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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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Flats Miles: 7.50Pink Spikes!!! Miles: 6.00
Race: Cedar Invitational (2.95 Miles) 00:18:10, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
6.50

After arriving at Cedar and getting settled and cheering on some of the JV girls, I warmed up with Natalie and Amanda.  We did 2 miles, and then changed shoes and took another POTTY break since they were 10 minutes late on the racce before ours.  I took my Gu, and then we got over to the line.  We did strides on the line for a while since they took a while to get us started.  We had fun singing songs and stuff.  We also realized we all had blue armpits from our new sweats haha.  Finally they explained the course.  Then, I wouldn't have even realized they were starting if I didn't see the guy with the gun, the race began.  I got out fast and took the lead immediately.  I could hear girls behind me through the first mile.  Then I was alone for most of the second, but then a little after mile 2 I got passed.  I tried to stay with the girl but it is kinda hard on sharp turns.  And my stomach was hurting, I should not have eaten all those peanut butter bars yesterday...  Getting closer to the finish I was trying to close on the girl but she just kept gapping me.  No one else came in contact and I finished second.  Afterwards I did a mile and a half cooldown with Natalie and Amanda. 

Later at the hotel I did my arm swings :)

Flats Miles: 3.00
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Total Distance
7.50

This morning Amanda and I did a run in St. George.  We ran along one of the roads by the hotel which took us down to the main road.  Then we turned down a street because we could see the temple and wanted to go closer to it.  We did a lap around the block it was on, and then ran over by part of the marathon course.  Then we went back up on the main road up to the hotel, where we went out a little farther and back.  Then I needed a half mile more than Amanda since I cut my cooldown short yesterday so I went out another quarter and back.  Then I did my arm swings.

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Total Distance
4.00

After school on the track we did a mile warmup and then a mile speedchanges.  Then we had a stretch break while Bill explained the workout.  Then we did a lap, and then we did two 400s with standing recovery.  My times were 1:20 and 1:17.  Then we did two 200s with jogging back to the start recovery, I hit 36 both times.  Then in the side field we practiced starts on 5 strides.  Then we did 2 stadium laps cooldown.  At home later I did crunches, pushups, and arm swings.

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Total Distance
2.00

Today after school we volunteered at the Food Bank as a team, like we have ub other years to continue our tradition.  We got to work with strawberries.  Afterwards we went for a 2 mile run on Jordan River trail and then had a nice dinner at Emily's house.  Hoping to do well tomorrow!!!

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Race: Region 6 Cross Country Championships 2010 (3 Miles) 00:18:33, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
5.50

This afternoon it was pouring and very windy when it was time to start warming up.  As a group, we ran around cheering for our runners, staying in the flat part of the course.  Then we changed shoes by our pine tree, and I took my Gu.  Then we went closer to the start line, staying dry under some trees.  To stay warm we had fun singing "I'll make a man out of you" while we were jumping and keeping warm.  Then we headed to the line and did a few strides.  Then after listening to directions we took off our sweats.  We were on the far left.  I had a good start I think, and the wind had gone down.  We went to the side of the sand a little bit.  A bit past the baseball fields I caught up to Natalie.  Then going down Bessie I opened up and was making the lead.  I ran the whole race like that, knowing that Natalie was behind me, and at sharp corners I could see that both of us had a huge lead.  The best part was when I was going back up the finger on the second lap and I saw my little sister in 5th place!  I cheered for her as I passed on the other side.  Then at the top of the hill after the finger I accidentally kept running along the fence when I was supposed to turn so I quickly ran back and went the right way.  When I got to Bessie for the final time I really was pushing because I was so excited and wanted to see how the team would do.  I finished with a time 6 seconds slower than last year, but under the conditions thats explanatory.  Natalie was second, Abigail was 5th.  There were a bunch of girls from the other schools who finished between Abigail and our number 4, Maggie, who took 15th.  Stansbury already had their 5 in.  Then Amanda finished 21st and Suzette was 22nd, Sarah was 26th.  We were so happy when we saw the final score on Amanda's card and that we had taken first place!!!!!!!!!!  We were so happy, we were screaming and crying and hugging each other!!! That makes our second year as region champs, and another great end for the seniors :)  Afterwards Suzette and I did about a mile cooldown going around parts of the course cheering on the guys.

Pink Spikes!!! Miles: 3.00
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Total Distance
8.00

Today for workout us girls got to choose to go wherever we wanted.  We were supposed to stay in a group the best we could, I was with Amanda, Natalie, Suzette, and Abigail.  We ran up to Guardsman, then went over into U campus and ran up to Legacy Bridge.  Then we ran through campus up to Red Butte.  I wanted to go up on Shoreline, but we would have had to take the detour so instead we went on Drycreek.  We ran all the way over past the JCC and went on the paved road that went down 11th Ave.  Then we ran out almost to the firestation and then turned around and ran to the Shriner's drinking fountain.  Then we took the Shriner's way back to the track and finished with a lap to bring it to 8.  When I got home I did my crunches, pushups, and arm swings.

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Total Distance
8.50

Today we drove down to Liberty for workout.  We started with a lap warmup and then stretched, and then ran to the painted start line.  Then we did a mile, 2 halfs, and a mile, all with half mile recovery.  My times were 5:59, 2:52, 2:48, 6:00.  After the first mile Emily said that if we beat our first mile time on the second mile then we would get a candy bar.  I was one second off, oh well.  Afterwards we finished our lap and did another for cooldown.  Later at home I did my crunches, pushups, and arm swings. 

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Total Distance
10.00

I actually got to sleep in this morning!  That was exciting :)  We had a later morning workout, we met at the park and ride lot and then drove up to Pipeline Trail.  We went all the way out to the end of the trail.  It was so pretty because of all the changing leaves.  When we got back we went up the road a little bit and back to make it 10.  When I got home I did my crunches, pushups, and arm swings.

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Total Distance
10.00

This morning I did 2 miles on my own, out to Sunnyside Ave and back home.

After school we started with a mile warmup, a mile speedchanges, and a lap recovery.  Then we stretched for a few minutes and then got on the line.  First we did two 800s each with a lap recovery.  My times were 2:49 on both, though the splits were different.  Then we did four 400s each with a lap recovery.  My times were 1:19, 1:18, 1:22, 1:19.  Then we did eight 200s, my times varied between 38 and 41 seconds.  What we did for the recovery on those was after the first four we had 45 seconds recovery, and then we only got 15 seconds recovery after the last 4.  Then we did 3 stadium laps cooldown.  When I got home I did my crunches, pushups, and arm swings.

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Total Distance
7.00

Today we had workout at Liberty.  We started with 2 laps warmup and then some stretching.  Then we ran over to where we do hills.  We split into 3 teams, and the teams stood in different places.  We did a sort of relay where we ran up the hill around a cone, along the top of the hill to the other cone, and down the hill to start our team mate off.  We each did 5 strides in that set.  Then I moved one of the cones because there were some really annoying people at the park who moved to get into our way and were being really annoying and rude.  We readjusted teams, and again were in 3 teams.  And Bill arranged the orders too so we'd be by people who would be challenging.  Again we all did 5 strides, this time they were in a loop.  Afterwards we did 2 laps cooldown.  When I got home I did my crunches, pushups, and arm swings.

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Total Distance
8.50

Today we ran from the stadium up Sunnyside past the zoo up onto Wasatch Drive.  I was running with Natalie.  We took that all the way to Thunderbird and then cut down to Foothill and to the drinking fountain past the flagpole.  Then we turned around and ran back along Foothill and then at 1300s cut down to 1900e and then over to Sunnyside and back down into the stadium.  When I got home I took a 10 minute ice bath, and then did my crunches, pushups, and arm swings.

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Total Distance
6.00

Today for workout we met at Peace Gardens.  We took the run easy, out 3 miles and back.  On the way out at about 2 miles we saw a baby snake, I think it looked like a king snake since it was black and yellow.  When we got back we stretched and then did 10 strides and some core.  We did arm swings, leg lifts, high toes, buttkicks, lunges, step ups, and wall sits.  At home I did crunches and pushups.  My legs felt tired during the strides, I hope they toughen up for tomorrow so that I can get in a good final speedworkout before state. 

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Total Distance
9.00

 Today we were at Wheeler Farm for workout.  We started with 2 miles warmup, and then stretched before going over to our loop.  We did fartlek, two sets of 10 1 minute on 1 minute off with a 5 minute break between sets.  Through the first set I stayed with Natalie the whole time.  The first few in the second set I was having a hard time keeping up with Natalie, so I pushed harder.  By the end I had caught up to all of the guys except for Ben.  Then we did about 1 mile cooldown.  Later I did my crunches, pushups, and arm swings. 

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Total Distance
4.50

This morning I went running with my sister at Liberty Park. I did 3 laps, she stayed with me all the way through part of the 3rd lap. We talked about the music video we're going to make with Natalie and Delaney to the shopping song :) When I got home I did my crunches, pushups, and arm swings.

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Total Distance
0.00

Today I did crunches, pushups, and arm swings, then enjoyed the rest of my lazy day.

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Total Distance
5.00

Today for practice we ran up to Sunnyside and did a lap and met by the tree for warmup.  Then we got in groups for fireman and did a lap of that.  Then we did two 400s, my times were 1:19 and 1:15 (downhill and slightly short).  Then we did 8 strides.  After that we did another lap and back to the stadium cooldown.  At home I took a 10 minute ice bath and then did my crunches, pushups, and arm swings.

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Total Distance
3.00

Today we did a mile warmup, a mile speedchanges, and a mile cooldown.  Tomorrow is going to be awesome.

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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
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Total Distance
4.00

Today after school I went on an easy run from my house to Sugarhouse Park, did a lap on the outside perimeter, and came back.  I could see where the grass had been flattened from the races yesterday.

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Total Distance
4.00

Today from the stadium we ran up Sunnyside to Guardsman and over to 500s, and down into the cemetery.  We did 2 laps there, and then went down to 1300e and over to 800s and back up to the stadium and finished with a lap on the track to make it a full 4.  I was with Natalie and Abigail :)

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Total Distance
4.50

This morning I ran to Sunnyside Park, did 3 laps, and ran home.  I made it just before it started pouring rain.

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Total Distance
7.00

This evening I did 7 miles on the dreadmill at Steiner.  It was cold today (it snowed on the mountains!) And I have bronchitis.  Also I missed practice because I was getting a TB test.  But my sister came to the gym so that was fun.  Then we did arm swings and squats. 

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Total Distance
6.50

Tonight I went out for speedwork at the Olympic Oval.  We started with 4 laps warmup, 3 laps speedchanges, and a lap recovery.  Then I changed shoes and stretched.  We first did a mile, my time was 6:00.00 (That was the exact time I stopped my watch on, I thought it was kinda cool).  Then 2 laps recovery and then 800s.  We were going to do 5, with a lap recovery after each.  My times were 2:58 and then 3:07.  I decided I was done after that because I am kinda sick.  I forgot to change shoes for the cooldown, but after the recovery lap I did 4 laps. 

Flats Miles: 4.50
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Total Distance
6.00

Today I went to the dreadmill again.  At 4 miles I got off the treadmill to turn up the fan and I had forgotten to pause and wasn't thinking when I got back on and totally wiped out.  Haha.  Then I did another 2 miles.  When I was done running I did arm swings in the weight room.

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Total Distance
6.50

Today we ran down to Liberty Park to the drinking fountain for warmup.  Then we did 10 sets of 1 minute on 1 minute off fartlek, which ended up as 2 laps around the park.  Then we ran back up to the stadium for cooldown.

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Total Distance
7.00

Today I ran from my house up to 1500e and then over to 2100s.  Then I went up to 1700e and then cut down to Imperial Street and took that all the way over to 3300s.  Then I ran all the way up to 2000e and then over to 2700s and down to 1800e, and pretty much back the same way we go when we do the cemetery run from Sugarhouse, only I ran back to my house to finish.

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Total Distance
7.00

This morning I got Abigail out on a run with me by doing her stalker run with her.  The end!

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Total Distance
164.00
Flats Miles: 7.50Pink Spikes!!! Miles: 6.00
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