"She is on the mend,"said Parker's father and agent, Kyle. "I don’t want to get into [the specifics of the injury] at this point, but she is in good shape...I’ll be able to share more [about racing plans] in the future, we’re just waiting on a few things relative to her health. She’s in a good spot mentally." *MB: Valby deletes Instagram. Parker Valby update? 

In a one-on-one interview ith LRC, Valby said she adapted smoothly to altitude training in Flagstaff and is loving training with Mark Coogan and New Balance Boston. "People said [the altitude] would hit me, but it never really hit me."

With Noah Lyles v Marcell Jacobs in the 100, Grant Fisher v Josh Hoey v Jake Wightman v Graham Blanks in the 1500, Parker Valby making her pro debut, and Olympic champs Julien Alfred, Rai Benjamin, Masai Russell and Grant Holloway all racing, this meet is loaded.

The last super busy weekend of the year was full of action from all over the globe and we break it down for you.

Coogan's team earned two medals at World Indoors in 2024 (including gold for Elle St. Pierre), put two women on the US Olympic 1500 team, and last week signed NCAA superstar Parker Valby.

Another high-profile female NCAA athlete will train under Mark Coogan as part of the Team New Balance Boston group. *MB: Parker Valby to New Balance Boston

Chebet edged Italy's Nadia Battocletti by .10 to win a tactical 10k, Benjamin blew away Karsten Warholm in the home straight, and the US women won 4x100 gold but the men faltered at the Olympics again.

Kelati, who won her first US track title, is guaranteed a spot at the Olympics while Valby & Schweizer are likely to qualify via world ranking.

Elle St. Pierre edged Elise Cranny for the win as Karissa Schweizer got 3rd as the top 3 all broke the championship record leaving NCAA phenom Parker Valby 4th despite a PR.

Valby is the first woman in collegiate history to win five NCAA distance titles in the same academic year and did it in style by running 14:52.18 to break the collegiate record.

Valby's 31:46.09 took more than 20 seconds off the previous championship record and gave her the win by 5 seconds over Alabama's Hilda Olemomoi (31:51.89).

Some of the fastest women in NCAA history including Parker Valby, Michaela Rose, Maia Ramsden and Doris Lemngole are favored to take home NCAA titles

The Pre Classic (4-6pm on NBC on Saturday) highlights the weekend but we also have NCAA regonals, and NAIA, NCAA D2 and D3 Nationals.

Valby took 27+ seconds off the previous record and lapped everyone else in the field at least once.

Young and Valby were incredible in Boston but we offer a dose of perspective before the hype trains get out of control. Sifan Hassan is running World XC, remember the name Quincy Wilson, and Footlocker Champs Drew Griffith and Elizabeth Leachman broke high school records as did Daniel Simmons.

What a wonderful run from Parker Valby who made it look easy. Talk about a maestro negative split. In the DMR, BYU got the upset win and in the 800 the defending champ was eliminated.

Valby is the first collegiate woman (and youngest American) under 15:00 while Blanks is just the third US man to have hit the 2024 Olympic standard of 13:05.

Cross Champs is Thursday, NXN is Saturday, and most of the NCAA's best will be in Boston trying to run fast 3ks and 5ks.