Wiley 3:59.17! Faster than Simpson’s 3:59.90!

Simpson admitted she was a patient of Dr. Brown's.

It also helped that Mary was from New York and fans had followed her from a young age. Being in a major media center will get you more coverage. Look at Newbury Park.

It is not a matter of exposure or markets. It is because putting aside her amen corner here, no one is buying it and no one is dumb enough to think this is real. The sports and running media thinks this is a total embarrassment. She and her team went all in but no matter how fast she runs, she will never outrun this scandal. Instead of being prudent and building incrementally, they doubled down, which is their only setting.

Huh? 99% of track fans know nothing aboutnl her college or previous coaches. And most of us who do are fans of her despite that. You are literally in the less than 1% crowd buddy.

It really does and it sucks beccause there are going to be a lot of people (including young girls) who look up to her and who are not as knowledgable about the sport. She is going to influence a lot of them, which is not good.

I am tired of all of these doping scandals. I really don't think the bans are enough of a penalty at this time. I think the punishment should be a lot harsher to make it more of a deterrant for these cheaters. I am all for a lifetime ban for certain substances.

What would you conclude if the progression (by year best) was 9:05, 9:01, 9:33, 9:19, 8:54, 8:35?

Yep this will haunt her, her whole career.

"In a text message to DyeStat, Huntington coach Austin Roark said Wiley plans to represent the university in cross country this fall. If Wiley is chosen for the Pan American Games, whose dates coincide with the Crossroads League meet, “we will coordinate travel and see what is best for everyone,” Roark texted.
Roark said Wiley has been approached by shoe companies, training groups and agents but “has intentions” of representing Huntington University in both cross country and track in 2023-24."

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DyeStat.com - News - Addy Wiley Achieves All-Dates Collegiate All-Time 1,500-Meter Performance in Brussels

Wiley, 19, representing NAIA Huntington University (Indiana), earns eighth in 3:59.17 in Diamond League debut in Belgium to eclipse collegiate all-time mark of 3:59.90 set by Colorado star Simpson at 2009 Prefontaine Classic;...

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Oh joy.

One wonders why she would turn down these offers, unless the terms are just no good?

You are assuming there have been offers.

That is like assuming Roark is actually her coach.

She’d be certifiably nuts to forgo sponsorship and endorsement money to stay in the NAIA let alone Huntington. This whole thing is already weird and sad enough, but this would be the absolute dumbest move that anybody could make in the sport.

To the extent that there have been offers (doubtful given the cloud of suspicion), those offers almost certainly would have included the condition that she say bye bye to the Johnsons and train with legit coaches who have not been fired/sued for sex and doping reasons.

Not willing to do that I guess. I wonder why.

Turning down pro contracts to run in the NAIA where she’ll jog every race and win by 60+ seconds. The writing is on the wall.

Huge props to the jumpers coach Austin Roark. From coaching crappy NAIA jumpers to coaching the top college athlete in the nation. Definitely nothing else to see here…

Someone seemed to imply that Chris Layne might be her agent on another thread. Does anyone know if there’s any truth to that? Tbh though, I’m not even exactly sure if that’s what they were implying, or if they were saying he’s the only one who would take a chance on her.

Someone sounds jealous and unaccomplished.

Ok. Feel free to go back to cheering for Faith Kipyegon, Kipchoge, and Kelvin Kiptum. Putting down times that are completely believable from a country with systemic doping. The running media can fawn over them because that is what real and not embarrassing performances look like. End sarcasm.