Indiana running phenom Addy Wiley, a top candidate to make the Paris Olympics, announced Tuesday she is turning pro.

The 20-year-old will thus no longer represent Huntington University after winning eight NAIA titles representing the Foresters in 2023.

In an Instagram post, the Huntington North High School graduate said she signed a contract with Adidas. Longtime agent Paul Doyle said he will represent Wiley and the runner would be coached by former Huntington coach Lauren Johnson.

On Sept. 8, Wiley set a collegiate 1,500-meter record of 3:59.17, breaking a 14-year-old record held by Jenny (Barringer) Simpson, a 2016 Olympic bronze medalist and 2011 world champion. Also last summer, Wiley ran 800 meters in 1:57.54, second-fastest ever by a college runner.

In her last race for Huntington, she won an NAIA cross-country title Nov. 17 at Vancouver, Wash.

“Thankful to @doylemanagement for guiding me through this process and all the opportunities throughout the past year,” Wiley posted. “Last summer I decided there was no better time to go all in on giving myself the best opportunity to make my first Olympic team In 2024.

“My team is in place and I couldn’t be happier! Excited to starting racing! :)”

Wiley is a survivor of childhood cancer. Before arrival at Huntington University, she set a national high school record for 1,600 meters in June 2022. She later de-committed from Colorado and enrolled at her hometown university.

“I am very excited about her future,” Doyle said in a text. “She is an incredible talent and she is a true professional in every sense of the word. I’m amazed at what focus and determination she has at such a young age.

“The sky is the limit for Addy.”

Wiley has been scrutinized because of links to Nick and Lauren Johnson, both former Huntington coaches.

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Wiley was the Foresters’ third NAIA cross-country champion in five years. The two others, Hannah Stoffel and Emma Wilson, sued the university and the Johnsons in federal court in 2022 amid allegations of sexual abuse and doping.

An IndyStar investigation revealed what former runners described as a cult-like atmosphere around Nick Johnson. He was charged in December 2020 on felony counts of child seduction, kidnapping and identity deception. He agreed to plead guilty to identity deception and served 30 days of a two-year sentence, followed by 150 days of electronic monitoring.

After his arrest, he was fired and replaced as cross-country coach by his wife, Lauren. After the civil case was filed, the university placed Lauren on administrative leave. She left the university but has remained close to Wiley.

Nick Johnson is awaiting trial on charges of sexual battery. A pretrial conference is scheduled for Feb. 13.

The lawsuit filed by the former Huntington runners was dismissed last year by a federal judge, who ruled the allegations involved issues of Indiana law. Attorneys for Stoffel and Wilson have not refiled the case in state court.

Wiley has represented Team USA at the under-20 World Championships, U20 NACAC meet and World Road Running Championships.

She is set to open her indoor season this weekend and might aim to qualify for March’s indoor worlds at Glasgow, Scotland. As a 19-year-old, she was fifth in the 1,500 in last year’s USA Championships. Top three at June’s Olympic Trials make it to Paris.

Contact IndyStar correspondent David Woods at dwoods1411@gmail.com. Follow him on Twitter: @DavidWoods007.

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