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Personal:
In my fifth semester at Utah State University. A sophomore Cross Country and a junior in Track and Field. Majoring in Math Education, planning to graduate in 2013.
Joy = {roller-blading, running, fancy cheese, friends, ultimate frisbee, Jones Cream Soda, Star Wars and turtles}
Fast and fun 4x400's today! Started off with a DI loop warmup, then ran the 400's, each with 400m jog recovery between. I ran them all in my spikes and it was awesome! Times were 1:12, 1:10, 1:10 and 1:09! YES WAY! Then we cooled down on a couple of backwards big grass loops as usual. I'm so excited! (V spike 13.6) (DS3 227.2)
Today Holt showed us the rankings for the 4A State Track Meet this weekend and it should go pretty well! I'm ranked 2nd in both the 1600m and 3200m - by 6 seconds in the 1600m and by .03 seconds in the 3200m. So, I should definitely own the 3200m and have pretty good chances to do so in the 1600m as well! Also, with the lineup we have for our medley relay, we have a good chance at that state title as well as our school record! Sweet!
Easy Bank/Mall run by myself during 8th period. Killer winds, dude! Then warmup and all that stuff at practice, but no handoffs because Greenie said so. (Adrenaline 228.7)
Afterwards I got a massage with April and it
hurt. But now I feel awesome and ready to rock state! And later I got
"Outstanding Athlete of the Year" at my school's Senior Honors Evening
- with an engraved watch!
Went to Lehi's track and ran around for a bit to get the legs moving after the long bus ride. Did warmups, handoffs and ran a couple of miles on the track. Legs feeling fresh and ready! (DS3 233.2)
State Track Championships (4A) (1 Miles) 00:05:08, Place overall: 1
Slow miles
Fast miles
Total Distance
2.50
1.13
3.63
1600m STATE CHAMP!!!!! Yes way! It feels SO awesome to finally do it! I went into the race ranked 2nd (by 6 seconds), so for the first three laps, I stuck right on the girl ranked first and another girl was right behind us. As the last lap started, they both started to gap from me, and I almost let them, thinking "Man, this hurts and sucks, why do I even do this?!" Then the other half of me said, "Go GET them, you idiot, you want to win, not lose again!" So, I took off with 300m to go and ended up winning by 4 seconds! And I PR-ed by 5 seconds and got the school record! I literally couldn't stop smiling for the next couple of hours. Splits were 1:13, 1:19, 1:20, 1:16. Woo hoo!!!!!
Then we had a downer of an afternoon; our medley got DQ-ed because our 200 to 200 handoff went past their zone. So, I started my leg of the race, then Holt yelled at me to stop since we were already out of the race. So, I ran 100m of that, then walked back around to the start line and was frustrated for a (long) while. But it's done and I can't do anything about it and... I'm still 1600m State Champ! Yessssss! (DS3 235.7) (V spike 14.7)
State Track Championships (4A) (2 Miles) 00:11:15, Place overall: 2
Slow miles
Fast miles
Total Distance
2.00
2.50
4.50
The 3200m was not quite as AWESOME as yesterday, but it was pretty
sweet anyway! I got ganged up on by the Orem and Timpview girls! My
legs were a bit stiff and tired from yesterday from the get-go, but not
awful. It was a crazy race, way tactical and lots of surging
throughout. I came into the race with a time basically tied for 1st,
but since I'd won the 1600m, it seemed like I was "the one to beat" or
something. As a side note... at one point, the announcer said something
like, "We have Hilton in the lead, she won the 1600m yesterday..." and
I did a little dance... it was way fun. :) Anyway, I think I got passed
about 20 times and passed them back about the same number, it was
insane. The whole race was pretty up-in-the air until the last lap
where Krystal Harper and I pulled away and I surged at the start of the
lap and she got me on the last 300m and ended up beating me by 4
seconds. I really gave everything I had, though, so there aren't really
any regrets about the race, which is all you can really ask for, I
guess. Holt got my splits as 1:19, 1:25, 1:26, 1:25, 1:27, 1:29, 1:24,
1:18. The crazy thing is, Krystal must've run a 1:14 last lap, since
mine was still a 1:18, and it was the fastest of all my splits! So, I
just re-broke the school record and PR-ed by 9 seconds! And got 2nd
place in the state, SWEET!
Then I had the 800m, ouch. My legs were totally sucked dry from the
3200m this morning, so it was rather questionable. Even with ample
warmup, my legs still were stiff and sore for it. By the time I was
200m into the race, my legs were tired and I felt hammered. So, I
gutted it out and got the place I was ranked to begin with - 8th - with
a pretty slow time - 2:24 - and finished my last high school race EVER.
It
feels odd; I think that it hasn't even really hit me yet (otherwise, I
think I would've started crying) and I'm nervous for how different
college is going to be. My years of high school track and XC have been
awesome, my coaches are amazing (the best ever) and it's sad for it to
be over. (DS3 237.7) (V spike 15.2) (DD spike 52.5)
When I got home, I found an awesome/hilarious message on our answering machine from Coach Patrick Shane of BYU. Click HERE to HEAR! He apparently has forgotten that I attended his XC camp this summer. And I think he's a little late for recruiting, since I've already signed onto USU's team. Funny, though, and a definite confidence boost!
