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Region 8 Cross Country Championships

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Member Since:

Sep 07, 2014

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

World Class

Running Accomplishments:

Freshman PRs:

      I ran for American Leaderships Academy my freshman year, so I was in 2A and facing much easier competition than I would in higher divisions. I really only did cross country because it would get me in shape for soccer, But when I realized I was actually good at it I made running my number 1 priority. I barely made it to state, but had a bad race and did not place very well. I decided to try a half marathon in November and did pretty good (considering I had only been running seriously for about 4 months.) I started off track running my fastest time in the mile, and didn't get another pr in the mile until state championships. I realized I was better at the 3200 and thats what I have been focusing on since then. At state track I got prs in all 3 distance events, which was a huge confidence booster!

      800- 2:15(?) Sprint Medley State Chamionships 2014

      1600- 4:51 State Championships 2014

      3200-10:40 State Championships 2014

      10000- 37:10 Speedy Spaniard 10k 2014

      1/2 Mar- 1:25:33 Thankful 13 2014

Sophmore PRs:

      My sophmore cross country season went much like last track season. I started off with my fastest time and didn't improve on it until one of the last races. I struggled a lot during this season, I got down on myself after every bad race I had, that was probably my biggest problem. At region I had an absolutely terrible race. We were planning on getting the team qualified for state, and I'm pretty sure it was completely my fault we didn't. Haha yeah it was bad, I ran about a minute slower than what I wanted and got 20th or something. I kept training through to December, did a few races, and had a really succesful race at  Footlocker West. I got 14th in the Frosh/Soph race. Even though I got out kicked by two people in the last 100 I was really pleased, especially after that bad season. I started indoor track running 10:37 and 4:49. Soccer conflicted with track a lot and I think it was really detrimental to my times. I'm thinking about not doing soccer next year and just focusing on track. I had a few good races, and managed to destroy this kid in the last 300 meters at region and make it to state! Unfortunately I let the fact the I was seeded last at the state meet get to my head, and I got last by over a hundred meters. Not only the worst race of the season, but also the most humiliating. On to cross country!

      800- 2:13 Snow Canyon Invite 2015

      1600- 4:40.02 BYU Invitational 2015

      3200- 10:03.14 Snow Canyon Invite 2015

      3 mile- 16:09 Cedar 2014

      10000- 34:03 Provo Freedom Run 2015

      15k- 55:04 SLCTC Winter Series 15k 2015

      10 Miles- 1:00:24 One Hour time trial

Junior PRs:

     Junior cross country season went well. It was rough but I had some high points. Finally broke 16 for 3 miles at region with 2nd place, broke an hour in the 10 mile and 34 minutes in the 10k. State xc went really bad. I missed my goal time by 40 seconds and my goal place by 25 people. Footlocker wasn't that great, I got the same time as last year and missed my goals on place and time. Trained really hard with high mileage through the winter. 

      800-2:10

      1600- 4:42

      2 mile- 9:57

      3 mile- 15:39 Pre Footlocker

      5K- 16:14 Pre Footlocker

      10 mile-58:58 One Hour time trial

Best Races:

6th place in the Orem Earn Your Turkey 4 mile Run 2015

16th in the Footlocker West Regional Sophmore Boys Race (17:14.5)

10th place at the 2015 SLCTC 15K (55:04)

1st place-3200 Copper Hills Invitational 2015

8th place-Provo Freedom Run 2015

2nd place Region 8 Cross Country Championships (15:43.5)

5th place Distance Challenge 2016 3200

Short-Term Running Goals:

Train consistently and have some good races in the next few months. It would be nice to break 15 in the 5k soon as well.

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Get on BYU's XC team after my mission sometime. I also want to run under 29 for 10k and 14 for 5k but we'll see!

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Race: Region 8 Cross Country Championships (3 Miles) 00:15:43, Place overall: 2
Total Distance
7.00

Great race today! Finally got a good result! My coach had me start out easier and it worked out soooo good! So when we got there I layed down for a while then jogged 1.25 with the whole team. Layed down for another hour or so and cheered people on as they went by. Oh and my bff Maddie just ran an 18:55! Holy crap woman! Ok then I jogged 1.5 miles around the course then finished up to 2 miles with Wyatt, Tanner, and Fletcher. Got in 3 good strides and some drills. We lined up 5 across and me and Wyatt started in the back. The gun went off and I went into like 40th place maybe, close to the back. It got really bunched up and some kids tripped. I was with Tanner by 400, then I caught up to Fletcher by 800. I had to go off the course a few times to pass people. I worked my way up and at the mile I was with Nate and 5 to 10 seconds behind the leaders which included Heston, Springbot (the freshman from springville), Haden Cooper from Maple Mountain, and I think thats it. I slowly worked my way up to them, making sure I was still relaxed. Got with them at 1.5 miles, and kept it easy at the back. Then at a mile to go Springbot made a move and gapped Heston, and by this time the Maple Mountain kid had dropped back. I stayed right with Heston thinking that he would make a move and then I would follow because I really didn't want him catching me at the end. I kept thinking he would go but he never did. Finally when we went in the forest I made a move with 500 to go. I passed Heston but shortly afterward a different kid named Mason from Maple Mountain passed me. He was going really quick and I let him pass me and he got a little gap. I worked on it for a bit then got a great kick from 150 out and used the corner to slingshot around him. I kicked harder when I saw I was about to PR by like 20 seconds. Finished in 15:43.5. I should have gone with Springbot when he went, I know I had it in me. Heston I guess wasn't feeling very good, he got 5th. We wanted to get 1st, but ended up 4th, which is still ok! We got the whole team to state! Only got in .5 cool down because Fletcher didn't want to run more. Soooo excited for state!

Comments
From Eugene on Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 21:00:21 from 67.213.246.26

Joey if you ever see this just want you to know that Mason's from Uintah, not MM

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