Who will be more marketable as a pro- Valby or Touy?

KT Tape's gotta be drooling.

You are probably too young to know much about the history of high school girls distance running, but a TON of superstar teenage girls over the years have burned out.

A small number of superstar high school girls end up becoming a superstar pro. But the vast majority of them don't make it for a variety of reasons.

No, the world of American distance running has not revolved around Tuohy over the past 5-6 years.

The fact that you think your statement is true proves that you live in a very small bubble of your own making.

Ask not Valby or Touy. Ask Valby AND Tuohy.

They'll each be more marketable as rivals rising together on the world athletics stage. We need to market rivalries to grow the sport, not individual puff pieces.

I think a lot of people here are really missing the boat with respect to Katelyn. There have been plenty of athletes out there who were great performers but who never really resonated with the larger public for whatever reason, looks, charisma, etc. The people focused only in Valby's looks are missing the point that KT isn't just popular (and she is VERY popular) because she's fast; she most definitely has that certain intangible something which makes her a star, and not just merely another fast runner. The fact is both of them can be huge, for very different reasons. Apples to oranges.

and you are probably too old and naive to accept that katelyn tuohy is different and you have said the same thing to her after she graduated high school yet look at katelyn now

a 4-time ncaa champion and shes got 2 more years of college running

i feel sad for you that you have to think like this towards a talent like katelyn who's been winning in every level shes at, your insecurities could not have been laid out more

letsrun alone can prove you wrong

how about you go to youtube and find another distance runner who's got katelyn tuohy's numbers... you cant

just look at the numbers of likes and views of this fanpage account ... thousands of likes,10,000 likes, 20,000 likes, 300k views, 600k views,800k views and many more crazy stats

a katelyn tuohy fan channel got 10k subscribers with hundreds to thousands of active loyal fans

not even craig could top these numbers .. hes really popular too tho.. whats up craig!

danggg even shalane flanagan liked the recent kt fanpage post hhahahha

What does speaking and interviews have to do as a runner? Who ever is faster would be more remarkable, no cares how goo you talk

Looking forward to the Reebok “Kate vs Park” ad campaign.

ew reebok

Who's more marketable? Colleen Q or Karissa S?

Even the OP spelled Tuohy's name wrong while asking who was more marketable.

And at least one other poster spelled it wrong a different way.

I think Giannis Antetokounmpo would be a bigger star if he had an easier name. At least he goes by Giannis, mostly.

u missed the part where katelyn's instagram are full of high school boys asking her to prom hahahahah