Parker Wolfe after 3rd-place finish in 5000m at 2024 Olympic Trials

[@DanielNowak-xj5oc]

Congratulations 👏👏👏🎊👏🎊🎊 Parker Wolfe !

[@kevinswihart6867]

Great race Parker ! You have the heart of a lion ! And the will to excel !

[@AlfromVA]

Trying to figure out how a Denver guy that trains at altitude goes to UNC.

[@Arturo-sm1tb]

Trying to figure out why ANY top distance guy would go to UNC... The guy is amazing,.

[@saltykrispy5308]

@@Arturo-sm1tbMiltenberg is head coach at UNC . Guy coached Grant Fisher (who won this 5k) at Stanford and now Wolfe.

[@peterdvideos]

Awesome!

[@AndrewWhitehead-h7w]

Great to see he’s just doing his thing and improving steadily. His emphasis on speed says he’s looking ahead too.

[@matthewcarlton5693]

Well done, Great to see so many ACC runners at the trials.

[@jamiecorley1809]

Great job Kid!

[@neeque1]

REALLY hope this dood goes to Paris

[@matthewkeegan272]

How many go to Paris

[@neeque1]

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[@lorenzoquirante8685]

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[@jameshegeman5660]

I believe he will just make it in the world rankings.

[@MrBeast-1]

He should go pro now or sign a fat NIL deal

[@lunarkoala2375]

With NIL being present its definitely the right move so he can get his degree at the very least and still basically compete as a professional inside the NCAA getting paid by whatever sponsor.

[@user-vt7fl8zr5n77]

The Best Run Parker Good like in Paris....

[@Nsamity]

Bye bye North Carolina… he better get a deal while the iron is hot

[@MrBeast-1]

The coach should get fired for not running him at BU race or some time trial this year.

[@declanmulligan3265]

He ran 13:13 at BU same meet where blanks ran 13:03

[@AlwaysTheHorizon]

His coach is a legend and prepares his runners well

[@Gerhard2770]

Maybe going to Olympics was never an option in their wildest dreams

[@jameshegeman5660]

But PW did run the 3000 at BU on 2/3/24, and he got 1230 ranking points out of it -- which is actually slightly more valuable than his Olympic trials score...

[@jameshegeman5660]

This performance is worth 1220 ranking points, which should move his top-three average up to 1200. I think this will be just enough to move him into the top 42. (EDIT: Top 42 after the 3-per-country rule thins the rankings...)

[@TheAmazingHuman-Man]

World Athletics has a Road to Paris 24 page that seems to be up to date with trials results included. Shows him as 51st - 1200p. I suppose everything will be finalized by July 7th, but does that mean Wolfe won’t go? Fisher, Teare, and Young are top 3 and bolded on the “Qualified by Entry Standard”. But I thought it would go to next in trials final order if top 3 don’t have time or rank. That would mean 1 Fisher, 2 Nur, 4 Blanks?

[@jameshegeman5660]

@@TheAmazingHuman-Man 1200 points should be enough to get him to go once the 3-athletes-per-country rule is applied.

[@TheAmazingHuman-Man]

@@jameshegeman5660 Oh right. Cuz like Kenya probably has like 20 guys ranked above Wolfe. I was thinking you’d have to be ranked top 42, but I assume that’s the competitor cap for the olympics. I looked up the marathon rankings after the trials and Mantz was behind like 55 Kenyans I think.

[@jameshegeman5660]

@@TheAmazingHuman-Man Right, several countries have more than 3 athletes above PW.

[@TheAmazingHuman-Man]

@@jameshegeman5660 Apparently Wolfe didn’t have the rankings and Blanks will take the 3rd spot. Also Valby and Schweizer had the rankings for 10k. ESP and Valby opted out of 5k sending 5th place Whittni Morgan.

[@mprkg]

He was way off the olympic standard... so no Olympics?

[@neeque1]

“Way off” is a little overkill considering it is 5 seconds and it will come down to world ranking points!

[@Gerhard2770]

Parker Wolfe and Parker Valby....sitting in a tree......in Paris.....