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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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October Miles: 117.00
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8.50

This afternoon for practice we started with the usual first mile on the track.  After that, we ran fruit loops over to Sunnyside, where the group split.  Nikki and I went up Emigration Canyon, and everyone else went through the golf course.  They didn't want to run the hills, but honestly the hills we run on the fruit loop route are harder than the gradual incline of Emigration.  Anyway, Nikki and I had a nice run.  Finished with strides on the track before going to weights.

October Miles: 8.50
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This afternoon we had a workout on ballif.  I'm glad I wore long sleeves and capris, even though I was thinking I might lose a layer during the workout, because when we got out there it cooled down a lot!  We did the usual warmup and then did the strides and drills on ballif.  The workout was two sets of 6 300s with equal jog recovery, and 3 minutes between the sets.  We started by the humanities building and ran to the fire hydrant.  It was actually a little short of 300, but we didn't have to time them, it was all effort based.  We did the first 4 all in one big group, then started to separate as the different effort levels created natural packs.  I stuck by Andrea the whole time.  Well almost.  The last 4 I really struggled, but Nikki was also there to help pull me along.  And on the last 3 we ran them in the opposite way we had been going because the wind had completely switched direction.  I was exhausted by the end.  I made it through 2 miles of cooldown and needed to rest for a bit before thinking about abs... I took an ice bath for my foot, again the arch feels fine but just the heel hurts. 

October Miles: 8.50
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6.00

6 miles with the team at Sugarhouse today.  We did 3 laps around the perimeter and then a little extra to get the full 6.  Cooldown strides and drills afterwards.  The colors of the leaves in the park were beautiful, along with the clouds above.  The darkness due to daylight savings is a little weird to adjust to, but I guess that's winter.

October Miles: 6.00
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Today I took a much needed cross training day.  I must be getting old.  Just kidding.  But the wear and tear of the season's training is starting to get to me.  I went to the life center to go pool running.  Having the long lanes is awesome!!!  I warmed up 8 minutes (limited time before closing) and then did 10 sets of 2 minutes on 1 minute off.  Then I cooled down with whatever time was left before closing.  It was a good workout.

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9.50

Workout on the track today.  We did the usual warmup and then strides and drills.  It was wet from the rain earlier, but that didn't stop us from laying on the ground for our laying down drills.  Today we were unstoppable!  The workout was threee (it should have three es to demonstrate the definition) 1k thresholds with 45 second rest, five 200s with equal jog recovery, and then a progressive 2400.  The thresholds were supposed to be at about 92-93 per lap, so fairly easy.  We took turns leading.  Times were 3:56, 3:50. 3:48.  On the 200s I hit 37, 38, 37, 36, and 37.  Then on the progressive 2400, I think we had the best run on record!  I split each lap.  The first one was supposed to be a 1:44, and we were supposed to drop 4 seconds each lap to finish with 1:24 on the final lap.  The lap splits were1:44, 1:37 (too fast), 1:34, 1:31, 1:26, 1:21.  I think we got a little excited at the end, but that was probably because the last 2 laps weren't as bad as we all remembered them to be!  Cooled down with Andrea afterwards and finished with 9.5 total.

October Miles: 9.50
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10.00

Long run in Park City this morning.  It was colddddd!!!!  But on the bright side, this is my last 7:30 A.M. long run in Park City ever!!!!!!!!! At least with the team.  And I will miss them.  But there are other things I would like to do besides going to Park City on Saturday mornings to run in 27 degree weather.  Also it was a shorter long run than the other ones, since it is taper time.  I did 10 miles.  On the way back I caught up to Becky, and was a little confused when she said she had also turned around at 5 miles, because I didn't see her until about 3 miles left.  Whatever happened, it was nice to have someone to run back with :)  We got a senior pic afterwards since we were all wearing our black fleece lined tights and thermal top.  And we were quoting The Incredibles.  "Where is my super suit??"  Great run :)

October Miles: 10.00
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7.50

This afternoon after our mile on the track we ran out on Foothill and then 1900e.  We hit 4 on a random street so we took that up to 2100e and went back to Foothill.  Finished with strides on campus.  It was a really nice day!  And then we had an easy lift.

October Miles: 7.50
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8.00

We had a workout at Liberty Park today.  It was cold!  So we got to take the vans down instead of Trax.  After our usual warmup.  Actually not really usual, we did our drills and strides by the fountain since the first part of the workout was by the pond.  The workout was 3 400s with 90 seconds rest, and then 2 1 mile thresholds between 6:00-6:10, and then another 3 400s.  My times were 1:25, 1:23, 1:23 for the first 400s, then 6:08 and 6:11 for the miles (I erred on the side of too slow since I knew it would feel slow after the 400s), and then 1:23, 1:22, 1:21 on the final 400s.  Cooled down 1 lap in the park and then was happy to be done and go get out of the cold!

October Miles: 8.00
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Cross training day in the pool.  I warmed up 10 minutes and then did 6 sets of 3 minutes hard 2 minutes easy, followed by another 10 minutes cooldown.  The end.

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Premeet today in Albuquerque.  The course seems alright, though some parts are so narrow!  Anyway, I'm excited to race this course tomorrow!!!

October Miles: 4.00
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Race: NCAA Mountain Regionals (3.728 Miles) 00:21:33, Place overall: 20, Place in age division: 2
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10.00

This morning at the course we started our warmup about an hour before the race.  We ran just part of the lower part of the course, then came back up and ran the latter half of the course.  We did our strides and drills from the starting line, and  then got our shoes changed and went to the line for a few more strides before it was time to go.  We were in box 19, right between Colorado and New Mexico, and just a few boxes away from BYU and Weber.  This was great since it would allow us to know where they were from the start and the gauge our starting pace and positions off of theirs.  Going out I stuck next to Shaylen, and we were together for at least 1k.  Due to how the course got packed up, I wasn't right next to Shay, but we still passed the same packs at the same time, just on opposite sides of the course.  We were together around the next curve, and the one after that, and then we were with Joc, Dre, and Jess.  It was coming out of the second hairpin turn that I moved up, but sadly my team missed me because they were on the outside of the course and I was on the inside of the course.  A gap was starting to form off of the main pack, and given our mistake at conference I knew that I would have to move up then to prevent it from widening on our team.  So by the 2k mark I was ahead of the girls I was supposed to be with, according to our team race plan.  And I was getting conflicting messages from the coaches, because they were telling me to relax and that the girls were 10 meters behind me, but I was just trying to hang on to the back of the pack.  Finishing the first lap I was in a string of girls not really on a pack, but I kept moving forward and matched any moves that other girls made.  After the 4k mark there was a Colorado girl that was with me, and I ran with her up to the second hairpin turn, and then passed her on the slight decline that was there as soon as I turned.  The course isn't really hilly, just on a grade, so when it feels hard and you feel tired, when you turn the corner you are headed back down and can let it carry you instead.  It was along that stretch that I heard Kep say I was in 28th place.  Just 3 more people and I would have a medal.  I made that my goal and kept pushing forward.  The BYU pack had started to break up and fall back, so I focused on catching them since I knew we would improve our chances of going to nationals if we could beat them.  During the last part of the race I was starting to feel sick to my stomach, so I just pushed as hard as I could to give it what I had without puking, since I knew that would slow me down.  The finish was along an uphill grade, which was kind of awful.  Rounding the corner before that, Coach Mack told me to get 3 girls, which would have placed me just in front of Nat.  She was moving forward, so I focused on passing the girls she was passing.  At one point it seemed like I was gaining ground on her too, but I could tell when she turned on her kick and I knew I didn't have a chance then.  But I still passed a few people in the last stretch, including Sarah from my team.  I finished in 20th place, just one place lower than my junior year at regionals.  We got going on our cooldown as we waited for the results, then were excited to the point of tears when we found out that we placed 3rd!!!!!!!!!  Finished cooldown with 4 total to get 10 for the day. :)

October Miles: 6.00
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7.00

7 miles in the neighborhood this afternoon.  And today it was officially announced that WE MADE IT TO NATIONALS!!!!!!!!! So excited for the team :)  Also BYU and Weber made it too, it will be nice to have some Utah schools represented :)

October Miles: 7.00
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Felt awful today.  Puked about 20 times last night and this morning.  Needless to say, took the day off.

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30 minutes of biking today.  I feel better than yesterday, but not up to running just yet.  Still working on rehydrating and resting up.

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5.00

I went running today!  I went to Jordan River trail, then found out the bridges on the trail were closed at 4700s, and because I didn't quite know the way around to start on the west side of the river and eventually cross over, I just ran north.  Pretty sketchy, I know, but it was in the morning and there were a few other people on the trail too.  That part of the trail also smells gross.  Anyway, I went out 2.5 and back.  My calves were sore.  Flew to Cincinnati and drove into Louisville at night.

October Miles: 5.00
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6.00

This morning we had a brief workout to keep us sharp for nationals.  We started at the Tom Sawyer park and ran out on the road and across the street to an old golf course.  We did our usual warmup length and then strides and drills on part of the course, around the 1k to go area (we had permission, because of heavy rain earlier in the week the course was closed but this part wasn't bad).  Our workout was three sets of 300, 200 with equal recovery jogs.  The 300s were supposed to be about race pace, and the 200s just a little bit faster.  The distances weren't actually measured, Kep just counted steps and used a coffee cup for the start, a snow scraper for the 200, and a water bottle for the 300 meter mark.  My times were 56, 36, 56, 37, 56, 38.  It felt nice to get in and do this short workout especially following a few sick days.  Cooled down in the old golf course again just short of 2 miles to finish with 6 total.  It is so neat to think about how 6 weeks ago when we were here for prenationals we talked about how cool it would be if we could come back in 6 weeks for nationals, and here we are :)  We went to the banquet tonight at Churchill Downs, that was a really fun experience :)    

October Miles: 6.00
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5.00

Ran my last cross country premeet ever this morning!  Like ever. !!! Andrea and I were happy about that :)  We ran the course once, at least the parts of it that weren't closed while they still are trying to dry it up.  Then we did drills, spiked up for strides, Hannah and Shay and I went to the finishing area for a couple, and then changed back to trainers and did cooldown drills.  Had to take a couple of pictures afterwards. :) But I don't remember how to post pictures.

October Miles: 4.00
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Race: NCAA D1 National Championship (3.728 Miles) 00:21:18, Place overall: 168, Place in age division: 131
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This morning was full of a lot of last evers since this was my last college cross country race, ever.  About an hour before race time, we started our warmup as a team.  We ran about the last half of the course to refresh our minds and get a feel for any parts that had to be filled in last moment due to any of the rain from earlier in the week that hadn't cleared up.  We did our usual strides and drills, and then put on our spikes and headed over to the line.  We were in box 31, which was good because it put us towards the right half of the field.  After a few more strides, it was time to go.  The plan was to go out with Shaylen, but to get up to Jess, Andrea, and Sarah (who had been sick all week) before 2k.  Going out I felt like I had lost some of my warmup, so it was a struggle to get that back.  But I was able to stick with Shaylen pretty well.  Because the field was smaller than at pre-nats, it was a lot easier to get out together and not get lost.  But I was also very aware that I was at the back of the pack, because the field was really thin about where I was.  Shay and I kept moving up, towards Jocelyn to help her out, and then towards our other teammates.  I came through the mile in about 5:35, so a lot better then at pre-nats.  It was between the mile and 2k that I think Shay and I got separated, so I focused on getting towards Andrea, Jess, and Sarah.  When I caught up to them, Sarah and Jess stuck with me for a little bit.  Jess fell off, but Sarah was with me for pretty much the rest of the race.  There were times when one of us was a little ahead of the other, and times that we were running side by side.  Still, having each other within sight was extremely helpful.  And seeing pictures of the race afterwards, Andrea and Jocelyn weren't far behind either.  Around the 4k mark I heard Coach Mack tell me I was about 180th place.  I knew I would have to be able to move up a lot to get close to where the coaches said we could be last night in the team meeting.  Because I had gone out faster than at pre-nats, and this was a more talented field, I knew my chances of catching as many people in the last 2k were slim.  I just stuck with Sarah and we worked up together to keep passing people and gain any ground we could.  Around 1k to go we saw Mack again and she told us to catch 10 people.  I don't know if we did, but I just thought about picking people off one at a time.  But it was really difficult because everyone was giving it their all now, so a lot of my efforts went towards not getting passed.  I tried just kicking with Sarah and to make moves when she moved.  There were so many people down the finishing stretch it was crazy.  And so many people posting times so close to one another.  I finished in 168th place, 2 places and 1 second behind Sarah.  I scored 131.  Being able to be here as part of a team made the experience so much more meaningful.  Not like I would know from individually qualifying, but whenever I saw people there on their own I really appreciated my teammates and getting to share this experience with them.  It was working together in every workout and every race this season that made it possible.  As a team we finished 26th.  As our coach said to us afterwards, he could sense a little disappointment from us, but it was a good thing because it meant that we had gone into the race with goals.  From the team meeting last night, he had told us about the point range we would need to get below 20th as a team.  Given the illness that hit our team this week, and the novelty of the experience at nationals, we still performed well.  We cooled down 2 miles and then took a large group picture with all of our family members who traveled out to Louisville to support us.  While I wish the end results could have been a little better, I hope that this experience will serve as a chance for the coaches and returning team members to take as much as they can from it and be ready to do better next year.  Results from the race can be found here 

http://www.ncaa.com/ncaa-cross-country-championship-live-timing 

 

October Miles: 4.00
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Didn't have to run today, and it was awesome.  Except we still had to lift weights, which was lame, but at least it is only once this week.  And I guess Andrea and I got in a little bit of running today since we ran to weights from the locker room so we wouldn't be late.

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5.50

No more than 2 days in a row off is the rule (though I ignored that rule my freshman, sophomore, and junior years) for break, so we had a group run today.  Also because it is the last day of practice before Thanksgiving break.  The other rule for break is we have to do between 5-7 miles.  So I did 5, but then we still had to do strides afterwards.  We also had to do the first mile on the track.  After that we ran out on Foothill and 1900e and then back.  Was sore from weights yesterday, probably because we went from 1 set the previous weeks to 3 sets of everything, and we didn't warmup since the run beforehand is usually our warmup.

October Miles: 5.50
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6.00

6 miles in the neighborhood today.  No more than 2 days in a row running, so by running today it would be against the rules for me to run on Thanksgiving. :)

October Miles: 6.00
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5.00

I enjoyed my 2 days off for Thanksgiving and Black Friday shopping.  Even though I only went to Michaels yesterday, and it wasn't until the afternoon.  This morning I had to break out my running tights to run in the cold and snow!  I'm glad that after running for my 9th year I've been able to accumulate plenty of warm clothes to run in!  I was wearing 4 shirts.  And it was only just below 30. 

October Miles: 5.00
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6.50

Team run today. Most everyone came since we had lifting afterwards anyway, and I think everyone who still has break wants to take tomorrow off. We did the first mile on the track as usual, then went out and back on Foothill and 1900e for the remaining distance. Finished with strides on the track and then weights. 

October Miles: 6.50
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