March 10, 2021

Wiley selected as February Athlete of the Month

Addidson Wiley, 17, of Huntington, Ind. has been named the USATF Indiana Athlete of the Month for February 2021. Wiley is a junior at the Huntington North High School.

Wiley set three Indiana high school state indoor records during the month of February.

She started off on February 7 running 4:45.77 for 1600m at the SPIRE Scholastic Showcase in Geneva, OH. The time broke the previous record of 4:50.81 set by Emma Wilson in 2019. The time is the #3 ever indoors or outdoors trailing only Bethany Neeley's (4:42.14) and Waverly Neer's (4:43.46) outdoor performances.

On February 19 at the CYUP Misfits Invitational in Chicago Wiley ran 10:16.91 over 3200m. The time broke the previous state indoor record of 10:19.57 by Waverly Neer in 2011. It is also the #3 time ever indoors or outdoors. Only Anna Rohrer (9:56.48) and Neer (10:16.47) have run faster outdoors.

Then on February 27 at the Warsaw Classic she ran 2:09.69 to break the 800m record of 2:12.02 set just two weeks earlier by Amaya Turner. The time is the #7 performance ever indoors or outdoors.

February Results for Addison Wiley

SPIRE Scholastic Showcase (Geneva, OH)
CYUP Misfits Invitational (Chicago, IL)
Warsaw Tiger Classic (Warsaw, IN)

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