A few more Tuohy comments/myth busters:
1 - can't run in traffic - In 2015 she was 49th at NXN, and 13th in 2016, mixing it up in traffic with other "good" runners. Only since her dramatic improvement as a soph, was she out in front by 30 seconds all the time. Similarly, coming from behind in a DMR, or racing with the pros, she's in there trading elbows with the competition just fine. So while it might be new to see some people around her, I don't think she'll panic.
2 - goes out too fast - Sometimes true, but have some perspective on this. If you win a 5k by 30 seconds and run perfectly even splits you will be up 10 at the mile, up 20 at the 2 mile, and up 30 at the finish. Also in XC, the general strategy is to get out fast to establish position, avoid losing a shoe, tripping or falling, or getting pinched off at an early turn. It takes an amazing amount of mental discipline to go out slow in XC, and work your way back through the pack without panic, which high schoolers often lack. Lastly if you are the strongest runner in the field and don't have great sprint speed, why not just attack from the gun? End the race by the 1.5 mile mark and make the last 800 a coronation, rather than a mystery.
3 - deep well - Here on LR you often here that when the going gets tough you have to "go to the well". Well, the Tuohy well is quite deep. Hart 164 at 2018 FL Final, and Starliper 163 at 2019 FL NE have the best non-Tuohy speed rating PB's in the field. Tuohy has about 30 performances at this level or above, and can call on the memory of the 177 rating she posted in 2018 at Holmdel. Similarly, the field has some impressive 16 minute+ 5k runners, 9:55 2 milers, and 4:38 milers. Again Tuohy can call up the 15:37 5k on the track (by herself and the only time she has run one), the 9:01 3000 with the pros, and the 4:33 mile at NBON. So if the going gets tough, and she needs to find something, there's a lot in there.
As a fan, I'd love to see someone have a breakout performance, and the race have a thrilling finish, but I don't really see it happening. On the other hand, the battle for 2nd and the Foot Locker girls final is wide open, and quite intriguing.