The 20 year old NCAA Champion has been in Eugene since early June and has been training with former NC State teammate and Adidas pro runner Elly Henes who finished 6th at the Olympic Trials last year.
"We're working together, we're making this team together" - Elly Henes
Do you think Katelyn Tuohy has legitimate shot at making the 5000m team?
Don't get me wrong I am a huge Katelyn Tuohy fan and happy she won her first NCAA title, but this is a big ask of the newly crowned champ. Here's a look at the big names:
Cranny ran 14:33 indoors, and 30:14 outdoors so even though she pulled out of the 10k champs I have a feeling she will be ready. She has such a huge margin of error that even if she is off I doubt she will be in danger of missing the team. I don't think that she will get the win though.
Kelati is interesting, because she blitzed some insanely fast road races then seems to not quite reach that level on the track. She could only manage fifth at USA 10ks, but bounced back to run 14:57 recently so the fitness is clearly there. If she has a mediocre day I still think she will be top 6, good day she could sneak in for third.
Schweizer is the one to beat IMO. She is entered in the 1500 as well, but I doubt she will want to do the 1500/10k at worlds so she might just run the prelim of the 1500 to shake her legs out. She outkicked Monson at USAs to win the 10k champs in 30:49 (a woman who just ran 14:31 in the 5k), ran a recent 4 flat 1500, and, oh yeah, closed the last 5k of the 10k sub 15.
Henes recently ran 15:07 and 9:18 (two mile), and ran a 4:07 1500. I think she is right on par with Tuohy (4:06 and solo 15:14 PBs) and its a tossup between the two.
Fraser recently ran 15:05 and is finally closing back in on the form of the season where she went 14:48 indoors. If Tuohy has a GREAT day she could beat her, but I put the odds 70% Fraser 30% Tuohy.
Purrier I am confident will make the 1500 team, so I don't think she will start the 5k.
I don't think Norris will make the 1500, thus she will start the 5k, but she has been off of form as of late.
Rogers, Infeld, and Morgan have all run well recently, with Rogers (15:05) making the 10k team, Infeld narrowly missing (and running 15:0x), and Morgan running 4:04. Heck even O'Keefe is making huge strides, after a 15:30 start to the season she just ran 15:05.
So, long story short, I don't think she will make the team. There are so many big names and I think Tuohy can contend but a team birth is a big ask.
Katelyn Tuohy has been on a roll this year. I just read an article about how she has not finished lower than 2nd in her races this year, very impressive for the young runner, unfortunately the top American runners will put end to that streak on sunday.
Tuohy is very talented and promising, I believe she will make it in the USA Team later in her career but not this year. There's about seven to eight American women that could soundly beat her on sunday.
Always excited to see her run, and more excited to see her race at the highest level and see how she does.
Henes and tuohy could beat everyone but a healthy cranny and Schweitzer... And cranny is not... So... Both be battling for 2 to 6... The heat will only help the young babes... Tuohy seems to run well in hot weather, didn't she beat Rogers at club cross...
Do you think Katelyn Tuohy has legitimate shot at making the 5000m team?
katelyn said making the team would be crazy, she says her goal is to just try to do her best against the best in the country and hopefully get under the WS 15:10
That is a terrible attitude. She needs more confidence. May as well give up the spot to someone who wants to qualify.
crazy is an expression same as amazing, but then its not my business if you cannot comprehend well and cannot understand her humility, she has confidence but also respects every woman in the line up and knows theres a lot of women that are very capable
I expected more from the NCAA champ. She is suppossed to be one of the best but sounds like she isn't ready to beat the varsity. She is just happy to be in the game.
I expected more from the NCAA champ. She is suppossed to be one of the best but sounds like she isn't ready to beat the varsity. She is just happy to be in the game.
i think she ranks 13th in the US for the 5000m, shes happy but it doesnt mean shes just gonna settle for the experience, shes katelyn tuohy, her competitiveness is off the roof
trolls hate katelyn when she beats the a field by mile and doesnt shake all competitors hands, and also hates her for being humble and being grateful for the opportunity ... no escaping yall
Don't get me wrong I am a huge Katelyn Tuohy fan and happy she won her first NCAA title, but this is a big ask of the newly crowned champ. Here's a look at the big names:
Cranny ran 14:33 indoors, and 30:14 outdoors so even though she pulled out of the 10k champs I have a feeling she will be ready. She has such a huge margin of error that even if she is off I doubt she will be in danger of missing the team. I don't think that she will get the win though.
Kelati is interesting, because she blitzed some insanely fast road races then seems to not quite reach that level on the track. She could only manage fifth at USA 10ks, but bounced back to run 14:57 recently so the fitness is clearly there. If she has a mediocre day I still think she will be top 6, good day she could sneak in for third.
Schweizer is the one to beat IMO. She is entered in the 1500 as well, but I doubt she will want to do the 1500/10k at worlds so she might just run the prelim of the 1500 to shake her legs out. She outkicked Monson at USAs to win the 10k champs in 30:49 (a woman who just ran 14:31 in the 5k), ran a recent 4 flat 1500, and, oh yeah, closed the last 5k of the 10k sub 15.
Henes recently ran 15:07 and 9:18 (two mile), and ran a 4:07 1500. I think she is right on par with Tuohy (4:06 and solo 15:14 PBs) and its a tossup between the two.
Fraser recently ran 15:05 and is finally closing back in on the form of the season where she went 14:48 indoors. If Tuohy has a GREAT day she could beat her, but I put the odds 70% Fraser 30% Tuohy.
Purrier I am confident will make the 1500 team, so I don't think she will start the 5k.
I don't think Norris will make the 1500, thus she will start the 5k, but she has been off of form as of late.
Rogers, Infeld, and Morgan have all run well recently, with Rogers (15:05) making the 10k team, Infeld narrowly missing (and running 15:0x), and Morgan running 4:04. Heck even O'Keefe is making huge strides, after a 15:30 start to the season she just ran 15:05.
So, long story short, I don't think she will make the team. There are so many big names and I think Tuohy can contend but a team birth is a big ask.
I love your analysis but remember that Henes ran her 15:07 with only one shoe for 6 laps, so I'm guessing that performance is worth at least 15:00. That should put her ahead of Tuohy