56 Facts About Addison Wiley

Addison "Addy" Wiley was born on October 24,2003 and is an American professional middle- and long-distance runner and the American Record Holder in the 1000m.

Addison Wiley holds the high school national record for the 1600m with a time of 4:26.16 and the collegiate record for the 1500m with a time of 3:59.17.

Addison Wiley placed 5th in the World Athletics U20 Championships in the 1500m in 2022 and won gold in the NACAC U23 championships in 2023.

Addison Wiley placed 2nd at the USATF indoor championships in the 800m to qualify for the 2024 world indoor championships in Glasgow, United Kingdom.

Addison Wiley was a multi-sport athlete that did not fully commit to running until her senior season.

Addison Wiley played on the varsity soccer team and was named All-Conference all four years, earning First Team honors as a sophomore, junior, and senior while leading her team in goals scored.

Addison Wiley played varsity basketball as a freshman and sophomore.

Addison Wiley added another All-State performance by placing 7th in the 800m in 2:13.26.

Addison Wiley was unable to defend her 1600m state championship title in spring of her sophomore year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Addison Wiley won the mile in a new personal record of 4:38.14, the fastest high school time in the nation in 2021 and the fastest ever by an Indiana runner.

Addison Wiley's time ranked No 9 on the all-time high school list for the outdoor mile.

Addison Wiley next traveled to Renton, Washington to compete in the Brooks PR Invitational.

Addison Wiley won her first high school national championship in the mile with a time of 4:42.78.

Addison Wiley earned All-America honors in both the 800m and the mile.

Addison Wiley won the 1600m in 4:38.69 and the 800m in 2:06.26, both of which were state meet records.

Addison Wiley then finished third in the 3200m in 10:38.57, and finally anchored the 4x400 relay team with a split time of 57.03.

Addison Wiley won her second national title, this time in the 800m.

Addison Wiley's winning time of 2:04.64 was the No 5 fastest time in the nation for 2022.

Addison Wiley's placing earned her a spot on the United States team that would compete in the World Athletics U20 Championships the following month.

Addison Wiley began her collegiate career at Huntington University in the fall of 2022.

Addison Wiley won her first three cross country races, the Louisville Classic in Louisville, Kentucky, the Great Lakes Challenge in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and the Crossroads League Championships hosted by Marian University in Shelbyville, Indiana.

At the 2022 NAIA Cross Country Championships held in Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Florida, Addison Wiley finished in second place to earn her first collegiate All-America honor with a time of 16:58.9.

Addison Wiley opened her track season at the Camel City Elite Races at the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Addison Wiley had to decline the $6,000 winnings due to NAIA regulations.

On February 18, Addison Wiley competed in the 1500m at the 2023 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Addison Wiley again had to decline the $1,500 prize money.

At the 2023 NAIA indoor track and field championships held in Brookings, South Dakota, Addison Wiley won five national championships and broke one meet record in a span of only three hours, 55 minutes.

Addison Wiley started the day by winning the mile in 4:48.04.

Forty-five minutes later, Addison Wiley won the 800m in 2:10.93 and only thirty-five minutes later, she won the 3000m in 9:47.57.

Addison Wiley finished the day by anchoring Huntington's Distance Medley Relay team to victory in 11:46.74.

Only 13 female athletes in NAIA history have won five or more indoor titles in a four-year career; Addison Wiley accomplished it in less than four hours.

Addison Wiley was named the meet's Most Valuable Performer and the Huntington women's team finished as the national runner-up.

Addison Wiley's time was the 6th fastest in the nine-year history of the event.

Addison Wiley remained in Des Moines to compete against another professional field in the Drake Relays.

Addison Wiley placed 4th in the 1500m with an NAIA record time of 4:12.53.

Addison Wiley suffered her only loss of the year to a collegiate runner in a track final, losing to Canadian Simone Plourde of the University of Utah.

Addison Wiley added two more national championships to her resume, winning both the 800m and the 1500m, along with running a leg of Huntington's 5th place relay in 2:01.25.

Addison Wiley's winning time of 4:03.22 time was the second fastest collegiate time in history behind only Jennifer Simpson, who won four Olympic and World Championship medals in the 1500m including the 2011 World Championship gold medal.

Addison Wiley again had to decline a cash prize, this time for $2,000.

Addison Wiley next competed in the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon.

On July 6, Addison Wiley won her semi-final heat with a time of 4:09.53, finishing ahead of 2021 Olympic gold medalist Athing Mu and Olympian Cory McGee.

Addison Wiley continued her 2023 track season at the Ed Murphey Classic held at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, another stop on the American Track League professional series.

Addison Wiley defeated a professional field that included 2023 World Championship team member Kaela Edwards to win in a personal record of 1:59.00, the fastest collegiate time in the nation in 2023.

Addison Wiley became the only female collegiate runner to ever run under 2:00 in the 800m and under 4:04 in the 1500m in her career.

Addison Wiley bested a field led by three-time NCAA Champion Dani Jones to win in 4:37.7.

Addison Wiley earned $1,000 for each win but was required to decline it as an amateur athlete.

Addison Wiley placed 2nd to Jamaica's Natoya Goule with a new PR of 1:57.64, making her the second fastest collegiate 800m runner of all-time behind only Olympic gold medalist Athing Mu.

Addison Wiley joined Mary Slaney as the only American women in history to run both sub-1:58 for 800m and sub-4:00 for 1500m during a career.

On November 17,2023, Addison Wiley won the NAIA cross country national championship in Vancouver, Washington, in a time of 21:04.2.

On January 9, Addison Wiley was named to the 2024 Bowerman Preseason Watch List, becoming the first NAIA athlete to ever receive the honor.

On January 23,2024, Addison Wiley announced that she had signed a professional contract with Adidas and would forgo her final three seasons at Huntington University.

At the USATF Indoor Championships, Addison Wiley placed 2nd in the 800m in a new indoor personal best to qualify for the 2024 World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, United Kingdom.

Addison Wiley opened her outdoor season in Xiamen, China, competing in her second Diamond League event.

At the Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon, Addison Wiley competed in both the 800m and 1500m.

Addison Wiley is the second youngest runner to ever achieve this honor.

In September 2023, in conjunction with her first track meets on the European circuit and Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Addison Wiley announced a fundraiser for patients at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, the hospital where she received her life saving cancer treatments ten years earlier.