Can/Should P. Valby receive an exemption from NCAA Outdoor East Prelims to race Pre Classic 5k?

no

You already know that the answer is no. So why ask the question?

I am not an NCAA official and do not know what is possible in this instance.

Do you think Valby is the only Olympic hopeful in the NCAA? Why should she be different?

Hypothetically, it will take Parker Valby approximately two years to get into 14:28 shape, and then another two years (approximately) to run 14:04, going into LA ‘28.

Valby improved 2.4 VDOT points in the 5k from 2022-2024 (i.e., 15:20-14:53.) Another 2.4 VDOT improvement (14:53-14:28) will hypothetically take another two years (2026), and an additional 2.4 VDOT improvement (14:28-14:04) will take another two years (2028), thereafter.

Valby will need to continue her rigorous training, without injury setbacks, aided by her curling-cupping treatments, and regular ionic foot soaks in order to remove toxins out the soles of her feet.

Not quite. She ran a huge negative split which means that she could have gone faster. She is in 14:40 shape now.

Edit: “…aided by her curling-cupping treatments, and regular ionic foot soaks in order to remove toxins out the soles of her feet, *(assuming she does those things.)” 😁

When she runs that, that is when she is in so and so shape.

Only someone doped to the gills can run those type of times. The yahooism of this board is amazing.

You’re talking about the other distance athletes taking short-cuts, typically packing atypical upper-body musculature.

Regardless of what happens in NcAA she’s our Olympic 5K hopeful so it needs happen.

In regard to the two questions posed--can she and should she--Valby might not be much different from M. Ramsden or O. Markezich, just to name two other athletes who could hypothetically compete at Pre. If such an "exemption" was granted to each, who knows which of the three would be preferred by DL and meet officials.

Says the Chief Yahoo.

The athletes at the NCAA Championships are the athletes with the top times at the regionals. If she doesn't have a top time at the regional meet, then she doesn't qualify for the NCAA Championships. It's that simple.

Because just typing her name gives him a stiffy and makes him splooge on his keyboard.

Maybe think of the Pre proposition in terms of effort rather than times. Indoor Champs was 6/10, right? Outdoor Prelims should level out no higher than 4-5/10. A DL 5k would seemingly boost her effort to 8-9/10, followed by 12 days of recovery. Great training stimulus? Ill-advised and dangerous?

She has a qualifying round scheduled for June 21, and then June 24 she needs to come out and “slay”. (Is “slay” the term the kids are using these days?)