On January 20, Katelyn Tuohy, the amazing sophomore from North Rockland High School in Thiells, New York, set the latest of her many records.

She ran 15:37.12 for 5,000 meters on an indoor track at the VA Showcase meet in Lynchburg, Virginia. The time is a record for high school girls.

How fast was it? Look at the numbers:

• She averaged 5:01.59 pace.

• She went through the mile in 4:54 and the two-mile in 9:54, according to MileSplit. “Looking back at the race, I could have definitely ran it smarter,” she said in a video interview with MileSplit.

• Tuohy lowered the existing high school girls 5,000-meter record by more than 18 seconds.

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• The record has fallen every year since 2011, eight years in a row. Between 2011 and 2016, it fell by a few seconds at a time. Last year, Brie Oakley, a senior, was the first high school girl to run under 16 minutes, when she took 12 seconds off and ran 15:55.75. Tuohy smashed that. 

• Her time would have placed her fourth at the NCAA Division I indoor track championships last year.

• Tuohy is still 15. She’ll turn 16 in August.

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Tuohy won Nike Cross Nationals in December by 40 seconds. Earlier in the cross-country season, her high school coach, Brian Diglio, spoke with Runner’s World about the challenges of holding back his star athlete to keep her from experiencing burnout. “My role so far has been to try to put the brakes on, so she doesn’t do too much,” he said. “She has an unbelievable work ethic; I’ve never seen anything like it.”

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Sarah Lorge Butler

Sarah Lorge Butler is a writer and editor living in Eugene, Oregon, and her stories about the sport, its trends, and fascinating individuals have appeared in Runner’s World since 2005. She is the author of two popular fitness books, Run Your Butt Off! and Walk Your Butt Off!