Can Katelyn Tuohy make her first Team USA?

Well if you're just going to lie or if you don't actually write that stuff down then it doesn't mean anything

Show the thread where you posted that she was going to win cross country because no one said that on the board

Poster thread where you said she was going to win indoors

I can tell you I predicted NC State would win cross country and then I predicted that she would win indoors and outdoors so I was pretty close

I started the thread saying congratulations on first national championship right before indoors

Henes and or 2e will be right in it with one lap to go

It's hard to predict 2e because I don't think she actually wants to make the team as I think this is her right last race of the season...

So she definitely could kind of throw in the towel at some point

But I think that there's only two runners that we'll still have an edge on her over the next year and the argument that a lot of this field is stronger than her or out of her league is crazy

Looks like you are the one not willing to make a prediction.

7th is a decent prediction but saying she has no chance to qualify is not reasonable. Of course she has a chance.

She has no chance. Put your pick and your money out there.

Unfortunately, and maybe already mentioned - it's going to be very very warm for her 5K final, and she still doesn't have the World Q (I know she has the 'world 'ranking', but she could move down off that list). And as far as "it's hard to predict 2e because I don't think she actually wants to make the team",... where you getting that??

Does not matter that much-- nobody here from the US seems to be much of a medal factor on the world stage. Not sure why Monson is not in the race though:

14:12.98
Ejgayehu TAYE
10 FEB 2000
ETH
1
Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA)
27 MAY 2022
1256
2
14:24.59
Letesenbet GIDEY
20 MAR 1998
ETH
2
Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA)
27 MAY 2022
1233
3
14:25.84
Dawit SEYAUM
27 JUL 1996
ETH
1
Bislett Stadion, Oslo (NOR)
16 JUN 2022
1230
4
14:26.69
Gudaf TSEGAY
23 JUN 1997
ETH
2
Bislett Stadion, Oslo (NOR)
16 JUN 2022
1229
5
14:31.07
Karoline Bjerkeli GRØVDAL
14 JUN 1990
NOR
4
Bislett Stadion, Oslo (NOR)
16 JUN 2022
1220
6
14:31.11
Alicia MONSON
13 MAY 1998
USA
5
Bislett Stadion, Oslo (NOR)
16 JUN 2022
1220
7
14:32.17
Almaz AYANA
21 NOV 1991
ETH
6
Bislett Stadion, Oslo (NOR)
16 JUN 2022
1218
8
14:33.66
Hawi FEYSA
01 FEB 1999
ETH
7
Bislett Stadion, Oslo (NOR)
16 JUN 2022
1215
9
14:36.66
Rahel DANIEL
16 NOV 2001
ERI
3
Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA)

That's what Tuohy fans say so that they can't be wrong whether she runs well or runs poorly. Tuohy fans under predict her but lose their minds if anyone picks people to beat her.

"Tuohy fans, Tuohy fans". Aren't we all Touhy fans?

Is the new tactic to overpredict and then feign being disappointed? Clever. LOL.

Anyway I try to avoid predictions. Too many variables. Just hope she runs a good race.

So 7th is over predicting? You made my point. You predict 10th and go crazy when she finishes 7th. I predict 7th and get it right but you don't like the prediction even though you say I am putting her too high.

When have you ever been right about anything? Although 7th isn't bad.

Uhh, have you been following her career? She is one of the biggest fighters I've ever seen; she is NOT going to throw in the towel. She will go as hard as she can and if by chance makes the team but doesn't want to go will graciously yield her spot to the next in line. There is no way she finishes this race anything less than totally spent.

she's not going to make it.

And that is okay.

She's 20. She's a rising junior. The pro scene is pretty dang competitive compared to the past.

A poster earlier said it's likely 6-8.

I want to add to this and say, that grandiose visions of Tuohy are hurtful too because when she doesn't rise to impossible standards it makes her look like a failure.

She's already doing an incredible job. She is a force to be reckoned with. She is an NCAA Champion. But she still has more progress to make before she can keep pace with Olympic level women who have been at it for years!

Since she made the team in the 10,000, she and her coach decided not to have her run the 5,000 at USAs this close to Worlds.

There were several threads on her decision on this board. While posters did agree on whether Monson was a coward or a traitor for not running the 5 at nats, I think most posters agreed Monson's decision played a major role in the declining popularity of T&F in the US.

Typo, obviously:

There were several threads on her decision on this board. While posters
DID NOT agree on whether Monson was a coward or a traitor for not running
the 5 at nats, I think most posters agreed Monson's decision played a
major role in the declining popularity of T&F in the US.

Best American 5k runner presently and 3rd all time. I was disappointed at her scratch.

It sounds like they've been leaning towards scratching for a while. The priority was prepping for Worlds.

No.