TUOHY should stay in school!!! get all records and attention possible from NCAA!!! Sponsors agree!!!

When did Tuohy made a wrong life/career-defining decision? I can't remember, so I don't expect her to go pro early.

M.L.B. has it figured out. Great baseball athletes do not feel exploited by N.C.A.A.; N.C.A.A. universities do not feel exploited by great baseball players.

Baseball players are either drafted out of high school or out of college. If a baseball player goes to college, he doesn't treat college like a glorified one year of minor league, he is a college baseball student athlete for four years.

No I'm just responding to the people who are saying she's going to go pro soon

I mean what's really the incentive to go pro?

I think way more people follow the NCAA and their championships and you get way more press coverage by winning championships than by finishing a distant second third or fourth in USA pro meets

good points, would say these NIL rules really change the calculus between staying in school or going pro. She's not necessarily leaving money on the table by staying in school, whereas ~everyone would be as of a couple years ago.

She can be like the Christian Laettner of running doing big things in college while slightly above average as a pro. Good move!

Athletes leave all the time after their Junior year (or out of JUCO). If you're a drafted Junior that doesn't sign, you will be exploited come Senior year unless you are an in the money pick.

After she uses all her US eligibility she should get into the Canadian college system and then Europe and be known as a college superstar around the world

Ha! After 7 years of elgibility. Funny stuff.

The reason to go pro is so that she can get better training partners, better training conditions, and to have more time for training and recovery. If she believes she can optimize all of that while still in school, she should stay. If she doesn't believe that, then she needs to decide what is her priority and how important it is too move on to the next level ASAP

another thing nobody is mentioning is better competition. She’ll get more experience racing pros rather than demolishing college fields

yes and no. she can get in plenty of races with pros even while still in college. It worked for Cole Hocker back in 21.

Katelyn is the most popular distance runner in the US. It doesn't matter whether its ncaa or pros .. she will get press coverage and attention. Needless to say the legion of diehard fans that follow her ~ that she earned through the past 8 years. I dont think press coverage is a problem because pro ranks has better press coverage than NCAA. But NCAA has MORE press coverage in a sense that theres more NCAA meets than Pro meets. So yea i guess half you're right.

BUT she will always be famous, the only difference is that in the pro ranks she will not win right away...losing and finishing 3rd or fourth as a new pro is inevitable, the same way she lost and finished 2nd or third many times vs the ncaa runners on her 1st - 2nd years before dominating.

I believe the decision will come down to this: if she leaves college early will her chances of making the US Olympic team and going to Paris go up? If the answer is yes she will probably leave.

Trying to protect your college legacy is looking backwards, and I expect that by now she is thinking of her future beyond college.

How's that been working for hocker?

Why not just red shirt a couple of semesters and keep your eligibility?

What are the odds of really doing anything significant at the 2024 Olympics?

I think you guys are really underestimating how you can quickly fade into obscurity if you become a second tier American pro

Especially if you are already extremely highly regarded

Stay in college and go after the records and cross-country titles... Like I said you can always red shirt a year to train for the Olympics or world championships?

How much press did henes and wayment get recently???... And wayment is faster than tuohy by a good bit!

upside

more money + more recovery time because theres no meet every 2 weeks + no long cross country season + no school (or maybe if she wants to do masters) + altitude training + better competition + training with runners that r FASTER than her + more free time

but even all that, im pretty sure shes not going pro, she will finish her eligibility .. i know shes eyeing that 3:59 1500m record once she breaks the 15 barrier

Bueckers gets 1million a year NCAA for uconn! Tuohy will be at that level in another year if stays in school!

I guess it depends on how much she is willing to bet on her future self.