NC State coach Laurie Henes says Kelsey Chmiel will not run 2023 NCAA XC meet due to injury 

It will be a very long shot to win the team title without Kelsey I will be fine with that if Tuohy wins

@@solochristo65 They did it... by 1 point!

Amazing!!! What was wrong with Katelyn? People said she wasn't well@@PatrickWagz

It's fun to watch Perry King's Starshine Reflections channel where he documents Tuohy's rise through the NY State cross scene, beginning when she was in about 7th grade. Kelsey, from Saratoga Springs, beat her pretty consistently until KT was in ninth grade, I think, when she started beating Kelsey. KC was Katelyn's main rival until she graduated in the spring of '19. Another rival was Suffern's Mary Hennelly, who finished 204/169 for Georgetown. Brooke Rauber appears in about 2018. She was the big star at Tully HS in the Syracuse area. Brooke replaced Katelyn as NY State's top cross runner when KT graduated.

@@Philobiblion So many great runners from NY state. And of course Joannie Benoit, from NC State, won the Olympic Marathon. Maybe Katelyn will win an Olympic event someday. With Parker Valby and Allie Ostrander nipping at her heels, it's going to be a challenge. I pray Katelyn gets at least one gold medal.

They did it.

@@PatrickWagz yep!! I eat my words! So happy for them!

Yes, add in Gionna Quarzo.

@@enlightenedchuffer Right. In all the coverage of the race nobody mentions Gionna, who was seventh in. She was the second seventh guy after NAU's Maisie Grice.

Her last cross country meet and she can't run. That's so sad.

still excellent chance for podium. Pretty small chance for win tho imho.

I think NAU's team approach might give them a chance at their first ever NC. We shall see.

@@ronaldlincoln2935 they are just plain very good

Pretty amazing depth shown by NC State for the win. Congrats to them. Good news for NAU is if they can keep their team, they come back stronger next year. NC State will have a lot to replace despite having some strong Freshmen@@JF-dy2dr

Not entirely true, but now team oriented programs like BYU and NAU have increased chances.

They did it !!

I thought as you did. I'm so happy we were WRONG!

I thought the same thing. What's up with this question?

My understanding is that KT was three things at once, Because of covid I believe most athletes in the classes or '23' and '24 picked up a half or full year of eligibility. That's what Kelsey is running as a 5th year. So eligibility-wise, KT is usually listed as a sophomore. She is an academic señor, and would normally graduate in May '24. But she has been on an accelerated academic schedule, and completed the credits to graduate the day before yesterday, December 16. The historic collegiate Era of Tuohy is OVER. I am seeing quite a bit of Touhy Withdrawal Syndrome already breaking out. However, maybe she'll be back with her teammate friends Elly Henes (Adidas) and Hannah Steelman (On) for Millrose and Dr. Sander at the Armory.

@@Philobiblion I also have Abby Steiner withdrawal syndrome. 2024 will be the most interesting in women's running since Joannie Benoit. Benoit was/is an inspiration to my running. Now it's Tuohy, Ostrander, Steiner.

Care to guess again?

she means that it doesn't need surgery, not that it was caused by surgery.

@@carlcarl8827 I agree she doesn't say it was caused by surgery. As far as I could tell, she says it wasn't. I find this plausible: I suspect nobody thought it was. But you may be right that she meant 'doesn't require surgery'. That could be it. At any rate, she said 'surgical' several times between the indoor press conference and Gault's interview out in the field

@@brianway4240 Like myself, I think you may have a tendency to over-think or over-analyze. During this interview the Boss Lady was living with a lot of pressure and trying to hold her steely-eyed pack of girl-woman murderers together. She did. THEY DID IT! No one but they know exactly what Kelsey said or did to provide a wise word of inspiration, but I am quite sure that every one of that team will remember whatever the Mama Wolf Kelsey said for the rest of their lives. Go Wolfpack!.