Katelyn Tuohy Breaks National High School Mile Record at 2018 Outdoor Nationals

At the 2018 New Balance Nationals Outdoor, Katelyn Tuohy, just a sophomore broke the national high school outdoor mile record running 4:33.87.
From DyeStat's recap:
On a sweltering Sunday at New Balance Nationals Outdoor, Tuohy pushed through four laps in 4:33.87 to break the national high school record in the mile and added another landmark achievement to a prep career that is undoubtedly one of the best in history.
Tuohy cruised through the finish line and turned her attention to her family along the outside rail and reaching up to greet her dad on Father’s Day.
“The last 200, just hearing the crowd roaring and thinking about the record just motivated me to pick up the pace a little,” Tuohy said.
Tuohy felt confident that she could run faster than 4:35, and go for the record, after running 9:09 for 3,000 and 4:14 for 1,500 at the New York state meet.
After breaking the 2-mile record at the Loucks Games, Tuohy and her coach, Brian Diglio, turned their attention to speed mechanics to get ready for a fast mile.
“We worked on my knee lift, my form, pull-back,” she said. “All the work I did in the last few weeks really benefited me.”

[@saravanakumar1163]

What the heck… she doesn’t even seem to breathe hard after that massive run… she is a beast and I am looking forward to seeing more medals and wins from her

[@anderstauschristensen9184]

All Naturally good distance runners are people with High VO2 max(the amount of oxygen you can intake), massive lungs in small bodies too. with long legs, and a drive to succeed ofc. Which i think all of those things are true for her

[@thanossnap4170]

@@anderstauschristensen9184 Still, i would expect them to atleast be a bit winded after a race! Even Jakob Ingebrigtsen slumps over after a race. This girl just seems like she is out on a sunday run. Wow.

[@M.O.G.]

This young lady is the best I've ever seen and I Consider her the darling of Track and Field.

[@bradmckay8464]

Katelyn she sure has won my heart ; she is a great runner

[@clintparkerfilms]

Katelyn Tuohy is a great athlete--the national press ignores her--but I don't know if there is a better athlete in America with her determination, her competitive spirit, her work ethic.

[@onetwothreefour-s1n]

We finally get to see the race ending after all these years.

[@todallard8791]

You did not watch it live way back when it happened?

[@onetwothreefour-s1n]

@@todallard8791 nope.the original video that has over a million views doesn't show the ending except Kaitlyn.

[@todallard8791]

@@onetwothreefour-s1n I watched the live broadcast and did not miss anything, the vod is not the same thing.

[@onetwothreefour-s1n]

@@todallard8791 what the f*ck are you on about? Good for you watching the live broadcast. Did you want an award of some sort? Jesus f*cking Christ

[@Philobiblion]

It's fun seeing this again. With the indoor 1500, mile and 3000 records, the last likely to stand up for a while, you know she's looking at Jenny Simpson's outdoor 5000 of 15:07.64. And her next opportunity to break that will be this coming weekend, May 6, at the Track Fest- Sound Running meet, where she will be in a fast field that includes her friends Elly Henes and Whittni Orton Morgan. Simpson's record will be 14 years, 4 days old on May 6.

[@M.O.G.]

I believe she should just do the 1500 and 3000 to avoid burnout and career ending injuries.

[@Philobiblion]

​@@M.O.G. (Writing on Aug 22, 2023) Hard to say. She did go on to run 15:03 at Track Fest breaking Simpson's venerable record. And, after a disappointing NCAA, she ran seventh in the 5000 at the USAs, the only collegian in the race and better than two thirds of the pros. She decided to return to State at least for the cross season in her chronological senior year, although she has the credits to graduate plus extra covid eligibility. Astonishingly, according to the roster posted a few weeks ago, the Wolfpack has Chmiel, Bush and Moreno returning as grad students! That means Henes will be able to line up the 1st, 3rd, 9th (transfer from Alabama Amaris Tyynismaa) 15th and 29th finishers in their 2022 NCAA D1 cross champs. This could be historic. I am clinging to the hope that the presence of her, by all accounts, extremely attentive and supporting boyfriend Jake Toomey, also a Wolfpack runne, may convince KT to stay for the spring season, to graduate with her class, and to deal with unfinished business. That would be Simpson's collegiate outdoor 1500 record of 3:59, and Sisson's indoor 5000 record of 15:12.22, which will be ten years old come the Millrose Games. I think there is a strong argument that Katelyn can achieve more by cementing her collegiate legacy as the GOAT by potentially owning the indoor 1500, mile, 3000 and 5000 and the outdoor 1500 and 5000, than pursuing the will-o'-the wisp hope of a spot at the Paris Olympics, where she basically has zero chance to podium. Her year is 2028, when she could realistically podium.

[@icarus8471]

I forgot how badly the second place runner blew up. I think it was 95 degrees.

[@M.O.G.]

No one should be running distance in 95°, that's just not healthy.

[@bradmckay8464]

go Katelyn

[@markmarco2880]

Watching her smile all the way across the line brought me to tears.

[@benjaminjwilson6694]

woo, she beat my pr in highschool. this girl is fire!

[@barrybarry5803]

Katelyn barring any injuries will go down in history as the greatest ever female runner!... it's not that she is just a good runner, she is other Worldly!!!

[@frankiek2269]

We’ll see. So far, our American runners are no where on par with the African ladies in distance running. There are way more American girls interested in it now from a young age, so that could change.

[@HalStargazer]

well the world mile women's record is 4:7.64 so she has no less than 26 seconds to find to match that

[@pierrecombe3737]

Katelyn : la bombe humaine ! Le turbo réacteur ! Quelle athlète !

[@sophiapoe]

amazing

[@igloozoo3771]

She looks smaller and leaner here than now in college and it is a great role model to show girls that you don't have to be skinny thin to be faster.

[@yellowfolder]

That was a spectacular blow-up by the girl in yellow who was second for most of the race.

[@lynnzick4317]

She had the definition in her legs compared to her whole body weight back then... I can't fathom me having a national record as a sophomore in HS. Smokin'!!

[@simonpickering2948]

And not one of them has a beard .

[@chaplainmattsanders4884]

😅amen to that!

[@markkennedy5479]

4:50 and change for runners 7 through 5; 4:49 and change for runners 4, 3 and 2; Tuohy: 4:33 and change! What's she got in her shoes--rockets?

[@jsanch4892]

That girl must be superhuman.

[@Lehmann108]

Little Pre!

[@CapAnson12345]

It's gotta be awkward being a high school runner and some grown man is constantly screaming about how amazing you are over the loudspeaker the whole race. Katelyn probably looked embarrassed at her opponents.

[@tturner7786]

Yeah and never once said anything about the girl in 2nd place who was running a fantastic race as well... She basically running against the clock... Yeah we know that bro but girl number 2 just got reminded.

[@M.O.G.]

Yeah I think it would be better if he waited untill the race is over. Or, maybe she get her Kicks from it... Who knows!

[@carducci000]

?

[@FlaThunderstorm]

CapAnson12345 I believe she's a Senior in College or graduated already.

[@carducci000]

@@FlaThunderstorm Soph 2, not senior/graduated

[@tictoctreasures2554]

just onanother lvl

[@addcafe]

Imagine if she was breathing hard

[@jondelano8769]

So unfair to think ran 4:34 mile as a sophomore in gym class on a cinder track 48 years ago yet never received a whiff of a pat on the back

[@jdavis9905]

Nice. Haven't seen this race of Katelyn's before. Amazing young lady. Thanks

[@bepriceless]

Her stride is amazing; it didn't shorten at all.

[@surfboy9917]

What's with the numbers on her legs?

[@cincoslife6745]

I’ve raced on that track for aau my least favorite I

[@talkshitko9234]

Im a huge Kaitlyn fan but 😂 Was this her Dad or Uncle commentating on the race 😲😂😂🤣

[@jdenmark1287]

No, just a typical idiot they have at these events. Judging by what a good sport Touhey is it’s highly likely her relatives are pretty good too

[@bubamaranovichok4901]

All girls did think, that nobody can keep this tempo in this distance. This remind me of a horse race fifty years ago, the “ Triple Crown “ where a horse named Secretariat defied all rules or defied gravity? Brake the record and a lots of horse breeders hearth. Or just their proud? thankfully she is not a horse, but a delightful young Lady, who will break not only other records but many young dudes hearth. Remember my words, she will break even more Olympic records than anyone before!

[@poo2764]

Tuohy, Connolly, McCardell, Irish names.🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

[@brianmcd9492]

Irish genes in the Tuohy ,Connolly, and Mc Cardell(maybe scots/Irish)name 🙂great running by Tuohy

[@DustJem22]

This is a monster!! Wow 🤩

[@roldarnesen5767]

Always a delight to watch Katelyn run.

[@M.O.G.]

She doesn't run, she glides.