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Mt. SAC Relays

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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, Apr 18, 2014

Race: Mt. SAC Relays (3.107 Miles) 00:16:06, Place in age division: 5

Total Distance

8.00

About an hour before my race I started my warmup. I got in about 2 miles before going to checkin, then did my strides and drills. I changed to my spikes just before we were allowed onto the track so that I could do a few more strides in them. There were 44 girls signed up for my heat. I was number 43, so I took my pick on the starting line in the second row in the 3rd lane. I'm not sure what everyone else with the high numbers was thinking, they were all in a cluster in the outer lanes behind the girls there. Starting where I did, I was able to get to where I wanted to be - the rail - and just move with the group. There was a lot of moving around by the people around me for the first few laps, so those laps went by fast as I just made sure not to trip or anything. This was probably one of the best heats I have been in in a while, since the pack was going the pace I wanted to so all I had to do was stay to the inside and let everyone else do the work. We came through the 1600 at 5:12, right where I wanted to be. I paid attention to the girls around me and noticed when girls would slip off pace and quickly move up so as to not lose the pack. Only once did I move to the outside to pass, because both of the girls I was tucked behind were slipping off pace. I came through the 3200 at about 10:22-23. I knew it was time to go and that I could pull out a fast last mile. If I could drop a few seconds, I might even have a chance at the two-week-old school record. Here is when some girls broke away from the pack. I moved up, to the point where I was by myself behind a pack of 4, who were behind the 2 leaders. This was hard to move up, but with my eyes on the girls in front of me and seeing them move back and forth was a good target to keep moving forward. With 600 to go, Kep told me I would need a 1:53 to break the record. That was going to hurt. But I picked it up and kept pressing on, I was so close! With 200 to go, Kep told me I needed to run a 35. Not sure if I had that left in me, but I gave it my best and apparently it was fast enough! I finished 5th in the heat, and reset the school record to a 16:06.31. Since I got a PR, I went to the Brooks tent for my free pair of golden sunglasses :) I didn't know this was part of the deal, but I had to get my PR tattooed on somewhere. I chose my bicep ;) For cooldown I did 2.25 around the Footlocker starting field and the parking lots. I think this race tonight was probably one of the smartest races I have run. It helps that I was in a heat that was competitive and able to pull me along. The first few laps were surprisingly easy, since I just focused on running in the pack I was in and being patient, rather than trying to go around everyone and get to the front. Sometimes that is necessary, like at my 5k at Stanford last year, but this time I am glad I had the chance to race in a pack and practice separating at the end. Since this time will probably get me into regionals, now I just need to figure out what my race plans are going to be the next few weeks at the conference at regional meets...

Shoes That Match Miles: 4.75

Comments

From Jake K on Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 08:42:35 from 98.202.128.218

Incredible! I saw the time last night... that's jumping to a new stratosphere!! :-) Congrats on the giant PR and school record.

From Paul on Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 10:26:09 from 67.6.188.195

Congrats on an awesome PR. Sub-16 will surely be soon to follow.

From Susannah on Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 12:13:30 from 134.71.79.184

Thanks :)

From Tyler on Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 11:03:43 from 98.247.82.12

Holy smokes, great race!

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