I actually think it's really cool that Addy has an agent. Like genuinely, that is super encouraging and hopefully a step in the right direction.
Yeah, I hope that it means she is one step closer to getting out of Huntington.
I checked the World Athletics website and her agent is not listed in her profile if, indeed, she has one.
Wiley will try to get a pro deal that allows her to stay in Huntington and continue to be coached by Lauren Johnson. Wiley isn't interested in leaving to go train with a pro group in a different state with a different coach.
I lived less than 15 miles from Wichita East at the time and often trained with Timmons and the team.
Ryun ran a 5:38 time trial at the start of cross country season, then ended up 6th at the state cross country meet.
In the first track meet in spring he ran 4:32.4, only 2 tenths behind the defending state champion in the mile. Two weeks later he beat that defending state champion in 4:26. At the end of track season he ran 4:16 to win the state championship in the mile, and a few weeks later ran 4:08 in an open track meet against college competition.
Therefore, yes, Ryun went from 5:30 to 4:08 in the mile in just a few months.
Don’t worry haters, Wiley is already out of Huntington!
She is in Brussels for the Diamond League 1500m as you read this.
But Matt…rest assured that when she is done racing in Europe she will return to Huntington, Indiana! I’m not sure yet if she will sign her huge endorsement deal prior to coming back to Huntington or after….
You gotta love the way people want to "help" AW. It's moral preening along with gossip & smearing to the maximum... no actual help at all! It's disgusting and people can't even see it. It's funny how blind the pharisees can be, but sometimes I am sad for Adds. I bet she's a suspicious of just about everyone, based on how much people have wanted to "help" her.
Rojo, I’d welcome an explanation of why my post was deleted. I didn’t say anything controversial, offered no opinion on possible doping and was only critical of naive LRC posters thinking they need to warn potential agents or sponsors.
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Wiley will try to get a pro deal that allows her to stay in Huntington and continue to be coached by Lauren Johnson. Wiley isn't interested in leaving to go train with a pro group in a different state with a different coach.
I'm sure that's correct. She has had one breakthrough after another beginning with the 4:03. Now she's being invited to huge meets in Europe.
How does that translate to...I need to leave as soon as possible?
Wiley is not gripped by fear like so many posters here. She's not waking up every day trying to figure out how to apologize or explain things. She doesn't want to seek out Shericka Jackson and ask her if she thinks the wind gauge malfunctioned during the 10.49
The 1600m is not very frequently run. Cain's mile record is even a bit faster in conversion than Wiley's 1600 (I think). A 10s PR is not that strange in high school. I'm just not sure what else to say on this topic. If a runner other than Wiley accomplished this, I would not find it suspicious.
I understand the HU scandal makes her suspicious, but her progression is not suspicious.
The 1600 is (sadly) run now more than any other distance, as it is mandated at state level. I think currently only NY and Oregon regularly run the 1500m for women.
The exception to this are big invites and post season national meets.
The mystery around Wiley's 4:26 1600m had little to do with 'doping', but rather that it happened at an odd meet and in an odd manner. After the usual post season meets, Wiley's HS prs were 2:04 / 4:38. Then in a low key June all comers meet at G. Valley St., Wiley entered the 1600m together with her coach. With Coach actually physically pacing her, she won this little meet by about 30 seconds in 4:26. A PR of 12 seconds! She then went on later in summer to world u20.
Having watched Barnett, Frias, Cook, Whitaker, Gorriarran, Engelhardt & Shea all get stuck in the 4:30's, I just assumed Wiley's 4:26 was a timing glitch.
Wiley came right out, however, in her freshman indoor season to run 4:05 / 2:02 to back up that HS 4 :26, so in hindsight it's more legit.
The 1600m is not very frequently run. Cain's mile record is even a bit faster in conversion than Wiley's 1600 (I think). A 10s PR is not that strange in high school. I'm just not sure what else to say on this topic. If a runner other than Wiley accomplished this, I would not find it suspicious.
I understand the HU scandal makes her suspicious, but her progression is not suspicious.
The 1600 is (sadly) run now more than any other distance, as it is mandated at state level. I think currently only NY and Oregon regularly run the 1500m for women.
The exception to this are big invites and post season national meets.
The mystery around Wiley's 4:26 1600m had little to do with 'doping', but rather that it happened at an odd meet and in an odd manner. After the usual post season meets, Wiley's HS prs were 2:04 / 4:38. Then in a low key June all comers meet at G. Valley St., Wiley entered the 1600m together with her coach. With Coach actually physically pacing her, she won this little meet by about 30 seconds in 4:26. A PR of 12 seconds! She then went on later in summer to world u20.
Having watched Barnett, Frias, Cook, Whitaker, Gorriarran, Engelhardt & Shea all get stuck in the 4:30's, I just assumed Wiley's 4:26 was a timing glitch.
Wiley came right out, however, in her freshman indoor season to run 4:05 / 2:02 to back up that HS 4 :26, so in hindsight it's more legit.
Wait, what? Wiley ran 4:05/2:02 as a freshman in high school? That’s incredible.
The 1600 is (sadly) run now more than any other distance, as it is mandated at state level. I think currently only NY and Oregon regularly run the 1500m for women.
The exception to this are big invites and post season national meets.
The mystery around Wiley's 4:26 1600m had little to do with 'doping', but rather that it happened at an odd meet and in an odd manner. After the usual post season meets, Wiley's HS prs were 2:04 / 4:38. Then in a low key June all comers meet at G. Valley St., Wiley entered the 1600m together with her coach. With Coach actually physically pacing her, she won this little meet by about 30 seconds in 4:26. A PR of 12 seconds! She then went on later in summer to world u20.
Having watched Barnett, Frias, Cook, Whitaker, Gorriarran, Engelhardt & Shea all get stuck in the 4:30's, I just assumed Wiley's 4:26 was a timing glitch.
Wiley came right out, however, in her freshman indoor season to run 4:05 / 2:02 to back up that HS 4 :26, so in hindsight it's more legit.
Wait, what? Wiley ran 4:05/2:02 as a freshman in high school? That’s incredible.
Wait, what? Wiley ran 4:05/2:02 as a freshman in high school? That’s incredible.
Your reading comprehension isn't very good.
His last paragraph said, “Wiley came right out, however, in her freshman indoor season to run 4:05 / 2:02 to back up that HS 4 :26, so in hindsight it's more legit.”
How else can that be interpreted? I was just asking whether it is indeed true, since the other guy kept repeating over and over that she is not an exceptional talent?
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