Yup 14 y/o s. Point is...someone mentioned KT was some sort of celebrity. All 14 year olds know best soccer, football, baseball.....players. XC is so much smaller than you think it is. Having ncaas on network TV was a major treat last weekend. KT would be genuine celebrity in norway. She could go anywhere in the US and anonymous (except a xc meet)
In my experience I would be surprised if >60% know who she is. The competitive ones- yes. Freshman and "participant" XC runners-no. I hate to be old guy but kids today are way more up on the latest tik tok and Mr Beast. Tom brady and steph curry is forced on you, great girl XC runners... they have to go looking for that news. Put it this way, I asked my middleschoolers (up to 8th grade) if they ever even heard of jacob Ingibrigtsen...crickets. So lame.
Great. She should hire someone to manager her socials. They are super weak. It's fine because she is a baller-ass runner but if the name of the game is $, get someone on it stat.
Tuohy was asked about her Instagram account in a recent interview and she admitted she doesn't pay much attention to it. I guess with her NIL deal she'll have to spend more time on it now.
I'm pretty sure every female high school distance runner in the US knows exactly who she is.
You have no idea what you're talking about. The reality is that the vast majority of high school runners know nothing about college runners or pro runners. They aren't fans of the sport. Running to them is just an extra curricular activity.
I asked my XC runners and most of them never heard of her. Sad as that is. Certainly never heard of PV. Its XC in the US.
your runner doesnt take running seriously if they dont know who katelyn tuohy is
if they did take it seriously, they would know, simply because they would check what the national records are to see if they r close to it
at meets, kids know who katelyn tuohy is .. look at kt fanpage and see all the fan photos, mostly high school kids
You have no idea what you're talking about. You have never been to any of Tuohy's meets and you don't even live in the United States, so you don't actually know how things are here.
You just like to imagine that because you are a huge Touhy fan that everyone else is to. But it's just your imagination. For most high school kids running is just a participant sport. They aren't actually fans of the sport.
I doubt anyone outside of the US has every heard of her unless they browse these message boards.
I asked my XC runners and most of them never heard of her. Sad as that is. Certainly never heard of PV. Its XC in the US.
Among the youth demographic, I would be shocked if anyone has more name recognition other than someone like Bolt. According to this https://starrcards.com/kings-of-instagram-usain-bolt-eliud-kipchoge-asafa-powell-tops-in-followers-among-runners/ she is already in the top 10 in the world for Instagram followers and she doesn't really post anything. Literally everyone else on that list is over the age of 30. They aren't drawing in the youth demographic. Just because she doesn't have international name recognition doesn't mean she still isn't the most recognizable name on the planet for that demographic.
You have no idea what you're talking about. Tuohy is second in name recognition to Bolt? ha ha ha ha. How can you be a track fan and believe something so ridiculous?
Have you not heard of Athing Mu, Sydney McLaughlin, Sha-Carri Richardson, Abby Steiner, Emma Coburn, and Colleen Quigley?
And that's just American women, not even counting foreign women and all the famous male runners.
And Tuohy's 90k Instagram followers aren't even close to being in the top 10 of all runners. Probably not even the top 50.
Touhy is the 2nd most famous runner behind only Usain Bolt? Give me a break. Please educate yourself and stop posting such nonsense.
your runner doesnt take running seriously if they dont know who katelyn tuohy is
if they did take it seriously, they would know, simply because they would check what the national records are to see if they r close to it
at meets, kids know who katelyn tuohy is .. look at kt fanpage and see all the fan photos, mostly high school kids
You have no idea what you're talking about. You have never been to any of Tuohy's meets and you don't even live in the United States, so you don't actually know how things are here.
You just like to imagine that because you are a huge Touhy fan that everyone else is to. But it's just your imagination. For most high school kids running is just a participant sport. They aren't actually fans of the sport.
Coach Henes relayed a story last year in Eugene about seeing Tuohy at a HS XC meet in NC and they had to have security keep all the other runners away from her before the race. Everyone wanted a glimpse. It is in the LRC interview.
In my experience I would be surprised if >60% know who she is. The competitive ones- yes. Freshman and "participant" XC runners-no. I hate to be old guy but kids today are way more up on the latest tik tok and Mr Beast. Tom brady and steph curry is forced on you, great girl XC runners... they have to go looking for that news. Put it this way, I asked my middleschoolers (up to 8th grade) if they ever even heard of jacob Ingibrigtsen...crickets. So lame.
It's difficult to cultivate a fanbase, especially in the youth market, when the meets are so innaccessible and there isn't much press coverage. Usually not on broadcast on TV or social, and in many cases never recorded to begin with. If the sport wants to grow it needs a better media strategy overall. Even on the conference network channels it's all football, basketball etc. A bigger audience will result in more NIL opportunities for college athletes.
What I mean is that she is already on an Adidas sponsored team and she already has the Adidas logo on her clothes. So what more does Adidas get out of this while she's in college that Adidas isn't already getting?
She’ll post stuff online wearing adidas sh!t. Plus make sure she mentions them whenever possible. I’m assuming the main thing is rights to her when she leaves ncstate and actually goes pro