NCAA 5k Champion Parker Wolfe On His Rise In The Sport, Insights From His Win, & His Mindset Going Into The Olympic Trials

THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST

Dominic Schlueter

Running, Sports

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Back on the podcast is NCAA Champion Parker Wolfe!

Parker won the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Title in the 5k, taking down debately one of the most stacked fields of all time.

Parker also placed 9th at the 2023 NCAA XC National Championships, set a bunch of new PRs, and placed 2nd in both the 5k and 3k at the 2024 NCAA Indoor National Championships.

In addition to these recent accomplishments, Parker was first-team All-America status in three sports during the 2022-23 academic year: cross country, indoor track & field, and outdoor track & field. He holds records, such as setting a school record and an American Junior Record (U-20) in the 5,000 meters. In the 2022 NCAA Indoor Championships, he secured fifth place in the 5,000 meters, earning first-team All-America honors once more. He also gained first-team All-America accolades for the third time in the 2022-23 academic year, excelling in the outdoor 5000m event. In cross country, Parker's accomplishments are equally impressive, being named the 2022 ACC Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Year and earning All-America honors.

In today's conversation, Parker takes me through his NCAA Title win, all that led up to it, the power of believing in yourself, his future, the training that led into this race and more.

I always thoroughly enjoy my conversations with Parker and walk away feeling inspired.

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0:00.0	Hey friends, just a quick note before we hop into today's episode of the podcast, majority of you guys
0:05.9	listening right now have not given us a follow and a five-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts,
0:10.7	and it takes legitimately between five-and-10 seconds to hit the follow button, hit the five-star review
0:16.2	button. So I'd greatly appreciate you guys doing so if you have not done so already. And then
0:20.6	something all of you guys can do right now is share today's episode with a friend,
0:24.4	a family member, a teammate, someone who you think would find value and benefit from it.
0:28.8	I would greatly appreciate you guys doing that, sharing the podcast, sharing today's episode
0:32.4	with someone.
0:33.4	Because through that, we can expand the show and reach new people and hopefully through
0:37.3	that inspire them in the process. reach new people and hopefully through that
0:37.5	inspire them in the process without for their due let's get into today's conversation
0:41.7	Parker wolf NCAA champion those words feel great how you doing this afternoon man
0:47.7	welcome back to the podcast doing great doing great it's good to be back man that's so full
0:52.7	circle every time i've had you on we've talked
0:54.9	about an ncua title it seems the three previous conversations this is your fourth time on the
0:59.9	podcast you've referenced and discussed inching ever closer to it and when we talked just about
1:07.1	a month ago it was very it was very real and i know there were doubts and all that but it felt real for the first time ago, it was very, it was very real. And I know there were doubts and all that,
1:12.4	but it felt real for the first time. What was the mindset leading into this one? And how
1:16.9	whole circle is it to look back on, on those three conversations? And just the past few years
1:21.0	have filled up to this point. Yeah, no, it's definitely cool. The last time we talked to kind of, you know, be able to believe that I could win one.
1:29.4	I mean, we talked in cross-country and, you know, it's kind of up in the, up in the air, unknown.
1:33.7	There was a lot of new factors and ended up not doing as well as I wanted.
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