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Jacksons Invitational

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Member Since:

Jun 01, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

NCAA Champ

Running Accomplishments:

My Personal Records are:

High School

1600 meters - 5:34 Freshman, Regions

5:30.44 Sophomore, State

5:13.35 Junior, State

4:54.68 Senior, State Champion!!!

3200 meters - 11:59.9 Freshman, State

11:50.33 Sophomore, State

11:15 Junior, BYU Invite

10:30.88 Senior, Arcadia Invitational (sea level)

10:39.23 Senior, State Champion!!!

College

1500 - 4:31, Trojan Invite 2013

3k - 9:44.01, MPSF 2012

5k - 16:34, Stanford 2013

10k - 34:46.94, Mt. SAC 2013

Half-Marathon - 1:24:30.56 (Handcart Days)

In my freshmen year, I lettered in both track and cross country. I also got the Rookie of the Year Award in cross country, and the Freshmen of the Year Award in track. At regions for XC I was 7th. At state I was 65th. In track at regions I placed 3rd in the mile and 2nd in the 2 mile. At state I was 17th in the mile and 13th in the 2 mile.

Sophomore year I was a cross country captain and I lettered again. I was 3rd at regions and 12th at state. At track regions I was 3rd in the mile and the 2 mile. I also anchored the winning medley relay team.

Junior year I got a stress fracture about a month before the cross country season started, but made a great comeback with a 2nd place finish at regions. At state I placed 6th, and I broke 19 minutes for the second time in my racing history. Team captain again. In track I shattered my old PRs and was doing well until I got a stress reaction. After 3 weeks off I built my strength back up and performed well at state, earning 4th in the 1600 and 5th in the 3200. After that, I was invited to the Great Southwest Track Meet in Albuquerque, where I took 5th.

My senior year in cross country I was a captain again, this time with Amanda and Natalie. This season I was injury free so I got to run competitively at invites. At state I took 3rd. At Footlocker Western Regionals I outkicked a girl on the track to finish 10th, which qualified me for nationals the next weekend. I beat both of the girls who had beat me at state in that race. At nationals I took 22nd and beat 6 of the girls who had beat me at regionals. Going into the outdoor season the first Invitational I attended was the Davis Super Meet where I qualified for state in the 1600 and the 3200, and I broke the meet record for the 3200 in an 11:01.29, the previous record was an 11:17. I had a strong finish to my senior season and finally claimed a state title. I ran the fastest 1600 and 3200 at state for any division, claiming the double crown in those events, and earning the athlete of the year award :)

Now in college, I run for the University of Utah. I lettered my freshman season of cross country, and made it to regionals in the 5k in track.

Sophomore year I improved in cross country. In track I raced the 1500, 5k, 800, 10k, and the mile of the DMR before repeating the 5k at conference and then the 10k at regionals. Placed 28th behind a lot of seniors... so nationals next year!!

Short-Term Running Goals:

~~Run a 5k in under 18 minutes~~

~~Win state in the 1600 and 3200~~

~~Place in the top 5 at state in the 1600~~

~~Make it to Footlocker National Championships~~

Make it to nationals

Run sub 16:30 5k

Run sub 9:30 3k

Break the school record in the 10k

Break the school record in the 5k

Long-Term Running Goals:

Be an All-American

Be a conference champion

Make Olympic trials

Personal:

I am a junior at the University of Utah. My little sister is a freshman at Utah Valley University.

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Fri, Jan 27, 2012

Race: Jacksons Invitational (1.9 Miles) 00:09:59, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1

Total Distance

6.50

This morning and early afternoon I just relaxed at the hotel with AuraLea, Lauren, and Kate. I decided to not do a shakeout run since my race was at 4 which isn't that late but also since we were able to do our pre-meet in the evening last night. When it came time to warmup, Kate, Lauren, AuraLea, and I went outside for a few minutes, out and back until we were at about 15. Then we got our spikes and got ready to go check in. We had a half hour before our race at this point. I decided to take a Gu, Amanda helped me make the decision by asking when the last time I had eating was (about 3 and a half hours) so I took it. Then I got my spikes and water bottle and went down to the track. On the track I did 2 laps just to get my heart rate back up and then in the middle I did a few light drills and some strides. Then I changed into my spikes for a couple more strides. I did some on the track too to get a feel for the banked curve. Finally it was time to get to the line, so all 11 of us that were in the race got ready. My goal going into it was to break 10 minutes, and I believed I could do it because of the pace we've been practicing the last few weeks. I knew that the 3rd and 4th laps (short track, remember) would probably be the hardest for me because of the workout on Tuesday, so I was prepared to have to push to keep the pace up during this time and then I felt I would be set for the rest of the race. Here is what happened. I started in lane one and was easily able to push out into the lead. One girl got in front of me coming out of the curve but she might have cut in a little too close since my feet hit hers and I went to the outside of the lane to run right by her. I went with her for the first lap, and we came through at 35 which I knew was fast but it felt right. Almost immediately I could tell that she was slowing down so I kept the pace up and pulled into the lead and took the inside back. The first 400 was about 1:19 (if I remember correctly) and then I knew the next 2 laps were where I needed to run strong to keep the pace. I hit pace, though I don't remember my 800 split (it might have bee 2:35?), but the splits Kep was telling me were in the 39-41 range. I had separated on the pack by now and I could hear the announcer saying that AuraLea was in second. Coming through the mile I was around 5:16, and I think I may have been losing speed a bit at this point but each lap I reminded myself that I needed to keep the pace up. With 4 laps to go I knew it was going to be hard getting myself to kick because I knew that it was 800 meters but mentally knowing 4 laps of kick would be tough! Coming around again this time with 600 to go I knew I needed to pick it up and knowing that I had let some of my laps slip, I would need to pick it up if I still wanted to break 10. The last 2 laps I began to pass some girls and was pushing really hard, especially on the last lap when I started at 9:22 because I knew I only had 38 seconds to break 10! Coming down the last stretch (only 50 meters...) I could see the clock in the 9:50s and knew I was so close, and I was so glad when I finished in 9:59! I would have been pretty mad had it been a second slower! After the other girls came in and we changed shoes, we went outside for a 20 minute cooldown, out and back.

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