Tuohy’s NXN win earns her USATF Athlete of the Week honors

INDIANAPOLIS -- Katelyn Tuohy (Thiells, New York) won the girls title at the Nike XC Nationals to earn USATF Athlete of the Week.

Tuohy, a senior at North Rockland High School, won her record third NXN title in a row on the rain-soaked course at Portland’s Glendoveer Golf Course, traversing the 5km course in 17:18.4 to hold off the challenges of Taylor Ewert and Sydney Thorvaldson in the final stretch. The 2019 high school track list leader at 1,500m, 3,000m and two miles, Tuohy led most of the way and battled through the mud to triumph in the closest girls finish in NXN history, .7 seconds ahead of Ewert with Thorvaldson another .3 seconds back.

Full results are here.

Other notable performances from the past week:

• Nico Young — Young broke the boys’ course record at the Nike XC Nationals in Portland with a 14:52.3 for 5K, winning by more than 13 seconds.
• Taylor Werner — Werner became the No. 8 women’s 5,000m performer in U.S. indoor history with her 15:11.19 at the Colyear-Danville Invitational in Boston.
• Janeah Stewart — Stewart moved up the all-time world list in the 20-pound weight throw, notching the eighth-best performance ever with her 25.08m/82-3.5 at Southern Illinois.
• Patrick Reagan — Reagan set a course record of 12:21:43 to win the men’s USATF 100 Mile Trail Championship, knocking more than an hour off the previous course record.
• Julie Kheyfets — Kheyfets won the women’s USATF 100 Mile Trail Championship in 15:34:25.

Now in its 18th year, USATF’s Athlete of the Week program is designed to recognize outstanding performers at all levels of the sport. USATF names a new honoree each week and features the athlete on USATF.org. Selections are based on top performances and results from the previous week.

2019 Winners: January 9, Nick Christie; January 16, Hillary Bor; January 23, Taylor Ewert; January 30, Devin Dixon; February 6, Alison Wood; February 13, Ajee’ Wilson; February 20, Abbabiya Simbassa; February 27, Athing Mu; March 6, Neringa Jakstiene; March 13, Grant Holloway; March 20, Robyn Stevens; March 27, Deena Kastor; April 3, Irene Obera; April 10, Stanley Kebenei; April 17, Israel Merkle; April 24, Ryan Crouser; May 1, Emily Sisson; May 8, Kayla White; May 15, Parker Stinson; May 22, Kenny Bednarek; May 29, Sha’Carri Richardson; June 6, Brooke Andersen; June 12, Sha’Carri Richardson; June 19, Kayla Davis; June 26, Jordan Gray; July 3, Will Claye; July 10, Noah Lyles; July 17, Florence Meiler; July 24, Matthew Boling; July 31, Dalilah Muhammad; August 7, Cory McGee; August 14, Kara Winger; August 21, Leonard Korir; August 28, Will Claye; September 4, Donavan Brazier; September 11, Sara Hall; September 18, Kate Grace; October 10, Dalilah Muhammad; October 17, Jacques Sallberg; October 24, Leonard Korir; October 31, Camille Herron; November 7, Abdi Abdirahman; November 13, Dot McMahan; November 20, Joseph Gray; November 27, Grayson Murphy; December 5, Eric Jenkins; December 12, Katelyn Tuohy.

We welcome your nominations!

To nominate an athlete for USATF Athlete of the Week, please send a detailed email about his/her performance to communications@usatf.org.
 
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