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Parker Valby

Parker Valby

April 30, 2025

Parker Valby Is On The Mend After Missing The Ten Due to Injury

"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? 
February 01, 2025

Parker Valby Is Ready for the Next Step Ahead of Pro Debut at 2025 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

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."
January 30, 2025

2025 NBIGP: Lyles v Jacobs in Clash of Olympic 100m Champs as Fisher, Hoppel, & Valby Debut

With Noah LylesMarcell Jacobs in the 100, Grant Fisher Josh Hoey Jake Wightman 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.
December 10, 2024

WTW: Jakob Wins #20, Madness at BU, Jane Hedengren DOMINATES NXN as Charlie Vause Pulls A Stunner

The last super busy weekend of the year was full of action from all over the globe and we break it down for you.
October 22, 2024

Q&A: Mark Coogan on New Balance Boston's Big Year and Coaching Parker Valby

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.
October 17, 2024

Parker Valby Signs With New Balance

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
August 09, 2024

Friday In Paris: Beatrice Chebet Completes 5k/10k Double, Benjamin Gets His Gold + Another US Men’s 4 x 100 Disaster

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.
June 30, 2024

Women's 10K: Weini Kelati Wins Olympic Trials; Parker Valby, Karissa Schweizer Looking Good for Paris

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.
June 25, 2024

Elle St. Pierre Edges Elise Cranny as Top 3 All Break Meet Record with Valby 4th at 2024 US Olympic Trials 5000m

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.
June 08, 2024

Parker Valby Wins 2024 NCAA 5,000m Title to Complete Unprecedented Distance Sweep

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.
June 07, 2024

Parker Valby Dominates 2024 NCAA 10,000m Final to Win Her Fifth National Title

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).
June 03, 2024

2024 NCAA Women's Distance Preview: Parker Valby, Michaela Rose & Maia Ramsden Ready To Star

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
May 23, 2024

Weekend Track & Field Viewing Guide: Pre Classic, NCAA Regionals, NCAA D2, D3, NAIA Nationals: May 22-May 25

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.
April 12, 2024

Parker Valby Crushes NCAA 10K Record with 30:50 in Debut at Bryan Clay Invite

Valby took 27+ seconds off the previous record and lapped everyone else in the field at least once.
March 11, 2024

WTW: Putting Nico Young & Parker Valby's NCAA Doubles in Perspective, HS Records Galore, and Why Noah Lyles Needs to Do More to Run Olympic 4x400

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.
March 09, 2024

Parker Valby Breaks NCAA Record (14:52.79) To Destroy the Field and Win NCAA Title #3

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.
December 02, 2023

Parker Valby (14:56) & Graham Blanks (13:03) Break NCAA 5,000m Records at Boston University

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.
November 29, 2023

Weekend Viewing Guide: Cross Champs, NXN, Blanks Chases Olympic Standard & Valby Sub-15:00 at BU?

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.