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Location:

Provo,UT,USA

Member Since:

May 18, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

NCAA Champ

Running Accomplishments:

Pre-high school: I ran a lot of local 5ks and a few half marathons.  I didn't do a ton of training, but I just had fun, and I got more serious about it as high school got closer.

High school: I enjoyed running a lot, especially cross country.  I originally did track to keep my in shape for cross country.  I ran at Footlocker Nationals, the Adidas Dream mile, Brooks PR Invitational, world xc junior championships, and a few local 5ks. 

PRs: 800: 1:56.80-State Track 2014

1600: 4:10-State Track 2014/Mile: Sea Level-Adidas Grand Prix-4:07

3200:Alititude(~4500ft): 8:57.99-State Track 2014-2 Mile:8:53 at Brooks PR Invitational

5K: New Balance Indoor Nationals(2014) - 14:24

10K:USA Junior Track Championships (2014)-31:01

15K: Blacksmith Fork Freedom Run (aided) 48:10(2013).

Half Marathon: 
Utah Valley Half - 1:11:24(aided)(2012)

Post-mission:

1,500m-3:45

3k-7:50 

5k-13:29

10k-28:18

NCAA finishes:

Cross Country: 10th(2018);

Indoor: 3k-7th(2019) 5k-10th(2019);

Outdoor: 10k-22nd(2018), 4th(2019), 5k-7th(2019)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Make sure I have fun, not get burned out, and get faster.

School records in the 5km and 10km.  

Personal:

Served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints from July 2015-July 2017.  I gained 30 lbs. during the service and came back out of shape; however I knew that if the Lord wanted me to once again run competitively, he would bless me to return to fitness. 

I graduated from Sky View High School in Smithfield, Utah. I currently run for Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.  

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Race: NCAA West preliminary (6.214 Miles) 00:29:00, Place overall: 5, Place in age division: 5
Total Distance
14.00

PM-2 mile shakeout

Race-2.5 warm up, strides, race where I spent a lot of time getting jostled and on the outside, saw 6 of my teammates qualify for nationals(!), then cool down. Time to prepare for the 5k.

Late race report: After the warm up, a prayer with the team, and strides, we got to the track.  I felt pretty good, but I just tried my best to confident, but not cocky/too confident.  Heading into the weekend, I had thought more on recovering for the 5k, and less on the 10k.  Race plan was to let the race play out until 5k, then move up.  Gun goes off, I get pushed around, but I'm in decent positioning on the inside middle pack.  As the race went on, I got pushed to the back.  Dallin and Michael were leading the first few laps and I was a bit surprised, but not too much. Dallin wanted a fast race and had been talking about it all season.  During the first few laps I looked around and saw Brayden directly behind me.  Later on in the race, I made a move to the middle of the pack and then after 2 laps, was pushed to the back again.  When I was in the back, I looked around again, and realized I was just ahead of Brayden and in the same spot I was in before, and that my earlier move was wasted.  After 5k, I moved up.  I realized Rory had taken the lead and was pushing the pace.  I was likely 30-40 meters behind the lead pack and I quickly made a move to the top 12.  It hurt, but it wasn't terrible once I settled back into pace.  Eventually I got right behind Rory and Tibebu Proctor from Washington and just sat on them.  After a lap or so, I realized that Rory was pushing the straights and jogging the turns.  I was annoyed with this and eventually took the lead from him with 7 laps to go.  After a lap of leading, I wasn't feeling great, so I let Tibebu take the lead, and I just stayed in the top 4.  Later Rory took the lead and I just sat on him until 200m to go.  At this point Tyler Day passed me and I was pretty sure I was going to qualify, so I just kept the pace for a 100m, then let up just a bit.  A few people passed me at the line, but because this is a qualifying round, it didn't matter.  2nd was the same as 12th to me.  After finishing, I turned around to see Connor Weaver cross the line.  I asked him if he made it(to the top 12).  He then asked me the same question, then turned to his family, and they were screaming for excitment.  Not only did Connor Weaver qualify for nationals, but Dallin Farnsworth did too, which was awesome!  We ended up having 6 guys qualify for nationals in the 10k in total, and it was great! Way excited for nationals!

Comments
From Eugene on Fri, May 24, 2019 at 17:41:32 from 73.58.34.45

Congrats on the ticket to nationals!

From Jon on Mon, May 27, 2019 at 21:29:00 from 75.136.125.182

Awesome

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