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2010 Utah UHSAA State XC 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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Wed, Oct 20, 2010

Race: 2010 Utah UHSAA State XC Championships (3 Miles) 00:18:30, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 1

Total Distance

6.50

When we got to the park we had time to get our stuff settled and then started warming up about an hour before our race. We did about 3 and a half miles warmup, just going over parts of the course. Then we changed shoes, I took my Gu and some water, and then about 20 minutes before the start we went over to the line. We had box 10. We did a few strides, and then our team prayer and cheer. When the race started I think I got the best start that I've had at state. I was able to break out of the pack and get up to the leaders before the first downhill, which was better than last year. By the time I got to the next hill going up I was up with the lead girl. I passed her coming around down the hill, but Summer caught up to me. She was starting to get a gap but then I realized that it was something Bill had told us about, to not lose people in the race because we wouldn't catch up. So I moved up to her and then I ended up leading for the second mile. It kind of bothers me being in the lead because I probably don't push as hard because I don't know how much of a lead I have and I think if I did know I would be able to push harder. I couldn't see any shadows or hear anyone behind me, I just kind of guessed on who I heard spectators cheering for, and from them I guessed that there was a pack of girls behind me. At about the 2 mile mark Summer passed me on a slight downhill, and I couldn't make myself to push to stay up with her. Then a little later Sarah, a freshman from Ogden, passed me as well. Around the pond where there is about 800 left Kelsey passed me too. She wasn't that far ahead of me, but with probably 600 to go she ran off to the side clutching her leg in pain, and then I think I picked it up a little. Then 4 girls wearing purple ran right in front of me to cross the course which made me kinda mad because I had to stop for a second. Going into the stadium I didn't really have much kick, I just felt tired. After turning on the track leading into the finish chute I remember feeling like it was cold too, but after I stopped it was hot. Natalie took 10th, and I was glad because I really wanted her to get a medal because the state medals are cool. Afterwards I cheered for Ben and Scott, but I hurt too much to cooldown. I am proud of my race today, I think I am good at setting the pace so that kickers can't keep up with it. I wasn't wearing a watch, but Bill told me that my time at the mile was 6:10, which means that I stayed even. I just wish I had more of a kick, I guess that's something I can try and work on to really improve my races.

Here is a link to the 4A results:

http://runnercard.com/runner/data/463/2893/Result/4A_Girls_3_Mile.htm

Pink Spikes!!! Miles: 3.00

Comments

From allie on Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 00:12:38 from 174.23.232.22

a big congrats to you on a great race today and an awesome xc season overall. i was standing right at the entrance to the track and you looked strong when you went by. top three at state is just great. lots for you to be proud of today. way to go!

From The Scouting Wolf on Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 00:26:49 from 66.182.90.119

Very well done

From The Scouting Wolf on Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 00:28:48 from 66.182.90.119

one more thing that i thought was interesting, you took 3rd in the whole state not just 4A now that is super impressive

From Susannah on Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 17:24:52 from 97.117.8.210

Thanks :)

From Oreo on Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 21:35:40 from 174.27.230.80

I think you are awesome!! Nice job on a great season... Keep it roll'n

From Sally(Not Amy) on Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 17:16:01 from 67.172.226.7

Good Job Susannah! You did freaking awesome! You truly were a man!

From Glory in the long run on Fri, Nov 05, 2010 at 15:37:20 from 67.177.39.145

Great race Susannah. You've matured into a good runner. Don't overthink it, just run strong.

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