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2010 UHSAA T&F State Championships

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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, May 14, 2010

Race: 2010 UHSAA T&F State Championships (1 Miles) 00:05:13, Place overall: 4, Place in age division: 1

Total Distance

4.50

This morning I got to the track later than I had planned but I still had plenty of time to get in a good warmup and do what I needed to do. I did about a mile and a half warmup, and then I took my Gu and had to get in the bull pen. I changed shoes and headed out. I did some high knees and skips on the way over to the line. Waiting for the race ahead of ours to finish, I did a few strides. Finally it was time for our race. I was number 9 so I got to start second in the second alley. Bill had told me what I needed to to was get out fast and then stick with the lead pack. As the gun went off I got a good start and was easily able to break away from the other girls in my alley. Then at the 100 it turns out I was in the lead. No lead pack to stick with. I was by myself. At the 200 I was at 36. I knew that was a crazy pace but it felt right. My first lap split was a 1:14. As I crossed the line and saw the time on the clock I thought to myself "There is no way this is happening, I am not leading the mile at state right now and I did not just run a 1:14 first lap. Its just a dream and I am going to wake up now and just be in my bed at home." I was wrong, it wasn't a dream. I was really there. Bill was yelling at me to keep pushing. He was yelling different than he does at different races. I know he was shocked with how I was running the race, and so was I. At the 800 my time was 2:33. I didn't know how far the other girls were behind me but I was expecting someone to come up to me soon. Even though I couldn't hear them, I assumed they were probably 5 meters or less behind me. I could hear people cheering for them so I knew they had to be close. I pushed during the third lap, and was at 3:53 heading into the final lap. Starting that last 400 two girls caught up to me. I knew they were kickers which was probably why they hadn't moved until then. I hung on to them the best I could, but had lost them by 300 to go. Then going down that stretch there was another girl who caught up to me. The last 200 I knew was when I would have to give everything I had left to not get passed again, because I figured there was a pack closing in. I did not get passed again, and I got a new PR by 10 seconds! I made it to the podium this year too, and I scored 5 points for my team. Afterwards Bill told me that during the first 2 laps I had a 20, 30, or 40 meter lead (he changes it every time he says it). Also he noted that my last 800 was only 6 seconds slower than my first, which was great. He said that it gave him a heart attack how fast I went out. After I left the track I lost my breakfast... Then I did about a 2 mile cooldown with Jamal and Bill. Then later I took a 10 minute ice bath. Now I'm just working on calming my stomach down and resting for tomorrow. What a great day today :)

Spikes Miles: 1.00

Comments

From MarkP on Fri, May 14, 2010 at 14:52:47 from 24.2.76.180

Congrats. Way to peak and PR on an important race day. Kudos to you and your coach!

From rAtTLeTrAp on Fri, May 14, 2010 at 21:22:39 from 76.121.76.165

Good job! Way to leave it all on the road, including breakfast :) When that happens there's no doubt you gave 110%.

From flatlander on Sat, May 15, 2010 at 13:24:32 from 75.247.137.189

Good job, it is inspiring to read about that level of effort.

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