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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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156.25
Flats Miles: 12.75Pink Spikes!!! Miles: 3.00Pink Footlocker Flats :) Miles: 4.50
Total Distance
6.00

Bill couldn't make it today but he told Dakota to tell us to run 6 miles.  We ran our Shriner's route, and turned around when we hit 3 up on 11th Avenue.

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4.00

Today we ran 4 miles at a stop in Saint George.  We went out 2 miles on the trail and back.

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2.25

This morning we went and walked the course at Mt. SAC. We just ran from the last hill down to the starting field for 20 strides (walking back counted). Then we finished with a lap around the corral for cooldown and went and got our packets. I was with Natalie and we were checking to see if we would get to start on the front line in the seeded race but my name wasn't on the list. Turns out I am going to be the 10th returner and will get my name announced at the start tomorrow! :)

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Race: Footlocker Cross Country Championships Western Regionals (3 Miles) 00:18:32, Place overall: 10, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
6.00

This morning Natalie and I went to the course a few hours early to watch Abigail and Delaney and other teammates race. A little over an hour before our race we took a potty break and started a warmup. We did about 2 miles with Bill out on a trail behind the loop at the start. Then we went and stretched by the start and did some drills. Finally it was time to go into the start area so we left our sweats and went in. I did some strides while I waited for my name to be announced. Then on the line I did a few strides. Coming back from one of them I noticed a girl with a red bib on the back starting line so with one of the other girls I went over and we told her that she could be up on the front line because of her bib number. When the race started few people from the sides got in the front fast. The girl who had started next to me fell I think, I didn't really see. The first mile I had to work a while to get up to where I needed to be. Natalie was ahead of me, and I could also see Kelsey and Summer. I passed all of them in the first mile, my mile split was 5:35. Starting up the switchbacks I was behind Caroline from New Mexico. A few people passed me but as soon as we were up the hill I pushed past all of them. Then I made myself go fast on the downhills. Coming down onto the asphalt I heard someone tell me I was 24. From then I counted down as I passed people. By about mile 2 I had moved up to 16, then a girl passed me but I passed her right back. By the final hill I was switching between 11th and 12th. From that point I knew I had to push with all I had left to pass 2 girls and make it to nationals. I didn't want to be 11th again. Coming down to the road I passed a girl and going on to the track I was in 11th. There was a pack of 3 girls not too far ahead of me at that point and I noticed when all of them started to speed up their kick. One of them fell behind the others and then I told myself that I had to pull out a really good kick because otherwise my working up the whole race wouldn't have paid off.  Going around the curve I tried to pass the girl on the inside but then I stumbled and almost fell, taking a step over the metal bar to catch my balance even.  Then I went around her the other way and kicked as hard as I could into the chute, finished 2 seconds ahead of her and one second behind the girl who took 9th.  As we were walked to the building to fill out paperwork for nationals the person walking with me was really nice.  I am very excited for nationals!  I hope I have a good week next week then place high at nationals :)

Flats Miles: 3.00
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Total Distance
4.00

This morning Bill came in the dining room as I was eating breakfast to see if I wanted to go for a run.  So I went and I got my running clothes and we did an easy 4 miles.  We went the same way as last year, out 2 miles and back.

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Total Distance
8.00

Tonight I went out to the Oval with Bill, Abigail, and Dakota.  We started with 8 laps warmup and 4 laps speedchanges.  Then we changed shoes.  We did two sets of four 400s with a lap recovery.  The times I was supposed to hit were 1:20, 1:18, 1:16, 1:14 for both sets.  My times were 1:22, 1:19, 1:18, 1:14, 1:19, 1:18, 1:18, 1:13.  Then we did 2 laps cooldown.

Flats Miles: 5.00
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Total Distance
6.00

Today we did an easy flat run.  From the school. we ran out on 1300e to 2100s, did a lap in Sugarhouse, and came back along 1500e but went up Bonneville Drive and over and down Sunnyside to get a full 6.  I ran with Natalie, Ben, and Bill the whole time, and Amanda and Abigail were close.  

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Total Distance
4.50

Today we ran down to Liberty Park for a warmup.  Then we did a backwards lap of fartlek, ten sets of 30 seconds off 30 seconds on.  Then we ran back up to the school for cooldown.  

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0.00

We all arrived in San Diego today.  I didn't run today, I'm just going to rest and then do a light workout tomorrow.  The Hotel Del is amazing :)

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2.00

We got to see the course today. I walked one lap of it with Erin and Suzy Hamilton. Then I ran the second loop of it. I did a mile and then I did 10 strides on the part of the course just by the finish, going opposite direction of the course so it was slightly uphill, walking back down each one. Then I ran the smaller loop and finished at the athletes tents for cooldown. I felt really good on my strides, and I really want to do well tomorrow and push harder than in any other race I've run.

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Race: 32nd Annual Footlocker National Cross Country Championships (3.1 Miles) 00:18:14, Place overall: 22, Place in age division: 4
Total Distance
7.50

This morning on the bus ride over to Morley Field I was very nervous.  I relaxed by listening to my iPod.  At the course I sat under the tent for a few minutes waiting for the time to warmup.  A little over an hour before my race I did about 2 miles warmup, over the smaller loop and then over the big loop cutting out the hill.  Then I did a few light drills and took my Gu.  As girls from the other regions were being announced I did my strides along the course by the athletes' tents.  I was the first West girl to be announced, I had bib 50.  At the starting line we were allowed to exit to the side to do strides while other runners were announced.  Finally we were all led back in to line up for the start.  When the gun went off I felt I had a good start, but that was probably just because I didn't get boxed in (I really need to work on quicker starts!).  But going into the smaller loop I realized I was at the very back of the pack.  And I got dirt and woodchips in my eyes.  So I knew I was going to have to always be working towards passing, so that's what I did.  When people tried to pass me I just passed them right back and moved on.  My first mile split was 5:33.  The first lap was over fast.  At the 2 mile my time was around 11:4o.  I knew that the bigger loop would again be quick and that I was fast coming to the point where I had decided I would start to pick it up, right after the hill as other people were trying to recover from it.  On the way to the hill I passed a few more, and then a few at the top.  I flew down the hill and closed on the girls in front of me.  At the 3 mile I was with 2 girls and I was able to outkick both of them.  I don't know what's up with the timing system but I was pretty sure I crossed at 18:13, and Bill who had been watching the race online said so too.  Its probably weird because they don't do decimal times.  I was very happy to have placed 22nd, especially since I had the slowest time from all the regions (though with different courses and conditions they shouldn't be compared that way), and I beat 6 of the girls who beat me at regions last week :)  After cheering on the guys I did 2 and a half miles cooldown on the lower loop of the course.  Back at the hotel I enjoyed a nice day at the beach :)

Pink Spikes!!! Miles: 3.00
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Total Distance
4.00

Today I went for an easy run with Natalie.  We started at my house and did the Shriner's route.  We made it in the campus just past the Union Building.  We stopped to stretch there and then ran back the same way we had come.

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Total Distance
6.00

Today we started with running up to the track and doing 2 laps.  Then we had to do drills with the sprinters.  Then we ran 8 hills, we did them in the driveway from the parking lot up into the stadium.  Then we did part of a stadium lap and went out to Sunnyside and ran up to Foothill.  Then we turned and ran down 500s, and when we got to the cemetery we did a lap.  Then we went down to 1300e and finished by going up to the track.  Then we ran back down to the school.  

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Total Distance
7.00

Today for workout we ran to Fairmont Park for strides.  I ran most of the way there with Abigail.  At the park we did 10 strides.  Then we ran to Liberty Park and stopped at the drinking fountain.  Then we did a backwards lap and ran back up to the school to finish.  Then we did a few things in the weight room.  We first did hamstring stretches, then we balanced on one foot and passed erasers around.  Then we did a few wall sits, followed by squats with the bar, and then lunges with weights.  After I got home I realized my shoes have way too many miles on them!

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Total Distance
3.50

Today we started with some stretches with the whole team.  We stretched our muscles that were sore from yesterday, and then did some wall sits.  Then we went into the weight room and got weights and walked all the way up to the D floor a few times, doing different things.  Then we did 2 sets of the Flannagan circuits, followed by some stepups.  Then we went for a short run, up to the flagpole at the U and then through campus past the bookstore and library and back to school the opposite way we go to Shriners.  I had my mom pick up some new shoes for me today, she got me the new Mizuno wave riders, but the new design hurt my feet!  After practice I exchanged them for wave alchemies, so hopefully those feel better tomorrow.

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5.00

Today after school (or rather the one class I went to :) I ran from my house up to 1500e and over to 2100s, then up to 1700e and over to 2700s where I went up a little and turned at 2.5, which was at about Melbourne Street.  Then I came back the same way.  And I figured out the problem with my shoes, I really had the Wave Alchemy 10s before but I thought I had the Wave Inspires... Oops

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Total Distance
4.50

Today I did I route I haven't done in a while.  I ran from my house up to 1500e, over to Sunnyside, up to Foothill, and down where it curves to 500s, then on 1300e I turned left and went back to my house.

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Total Distance
10.00

Today we had practice at the oval.  The workout was 30 laps tempo, I was supposed to hit 60 minutes for the whole run, so about 2 minutes a lap.  My first lap was 2:11, and I kept having negative splits after that.  After 10 laps we went the opposite direction for 5, then turned for another 5, and then turned again for the last 10.  I finished in 57:25 (about 7 minute pace since it was just over 8 miles), I wish I had worn my heart rate monitor for this workout.  Then I did an easy 6 laps with Bill for cooldown.

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Total Distance
4.00

Today I went for an easy 4 on my own.  I went from my house on the Shriner's route.  Same as last Monday when I was with Natalie, I turned around right by the Union Building.

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Total Distance
10.00

This morning we had a speed workout at the oval.  We started with 4 laps warmup, and then some stretching.  Abigail made us laugh while her hamstrings were being stretched :)  Then we did another 4 laps, and then 4 laps of speedchanges.  Then we changed shoes.  We did five 1000s, the goal was to hit about 3:40s.  The first one was a 3:28, then for recovery we did a lap up to the point where we started the 1000s and then stood until there was equal recovery time.  Bill had Natalie lead the next one, I hit 3:37, then Dakota led the next at a 3:37, I led the fourth one and hit 3:38, and Bill led the last one at 3:40.  Then we changed shoes back to our trainers and did 9 laps cooldown.    

Flats Miles: 4.75
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Total Distance
8.00

This morning we had practice out at the oval again.  We started with 5 laps warmup, then some stretching.  Then we did some drills, we did them for about 50 meters, did a stride the rest of the straitaway, rested on the curves and strided again on the far strait, again relaxing on the curve.  We got 8 laps of that, the drills were butt kicks, high knees, power skips, grapevines twice, lunges, reaching for the stars, and alligators.  Then we did leg lifts, arm swings, high knees (we scooted the bleachers back!) and finished with 2 sets of the Flannagan circuits.  Then we went outside for a run that was 4 miles, we did 2 loops away from the oval.

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4.00

Today Abigail and I ran to the grocery store to get some last minute treats for someone :)  We ran straight up 1300s to Foothill and then down onto the sidewalks in Foothill Village over to Dans.  Once we had purchased the goodies we exited at the other side of Foothill Village and along 2300e we ran to 1700s, down to 1900e, then across to Harrison Avenue, down and over to Roosevelt Avenue for funsies all the way down to 1400e and to our house.  Good run :)

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Total Distance
4.00

Merry Christmas!  This morning right after we finished opening our presents I hurried and got my run in (along 15ooe to 2100s up to 2000e and back) so that I could come home and use my new foot spa that Santa gave me!  

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Total Distance
8.00

This morning I ran on my own right after I woke up.  I ran from my house up 1300s to Wasatch Drive, then over to Thunderbird, down to Foothill, all the way to where it curves into 500s.  Then I turned on Guardsman and went back to my house along 1500e.  I was a bit frustrated at the beginning running on the sidewalks up 13th because a lot of them were icy, but the rest of the run was good.

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Total Distance
10.00

This morning we had a speed workout at the oval.  We started with 4 laps warmup, and then some stretching.  Then we did another 4 laps and then 4 laps of speedchanges.  I wore the flats I got at Footlocker, they felt very light and I like them :)  We did six 800s with one lap recovery.  We were supposed to try to hit consistent times and even splits.  My times were 2:48, 2:47, 2:48, 2:40, 2:41, 2:42.  Mostly my splits for each lap were even, only slipping 1 second on 2 of them and 2 seconds on the last one.  I think I ran the last 3 faster because I was frustrated because of some ice skaters that were stretching in lane one and wouldn't move even after we had asked.  At least I never tripped or anything, but I did hear them laughing when I called out "Lane 1" but I guess they are too dumb to know what that means.  After the last recovery lap we changed shoes back to our trainers and did 5 laps cooldown.  The ice skaters moved after we had finished the workout, but it was really annoying.

Pink Footlocker Flats :) Miles: 4.50
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Total Distance
6.00

This morning it was very windy outside so I decided I wanted to run inside.  I went to Steiners and did 6 miles on the treadmill.  Then I did arm swings in the weight room afterwards.

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Total Distance
8.00

This morning we met at Highland's parking lot for practice.  We ran on 1700e then cut up the side street that led us under the freeway on 20th east.  We stayed on 20th until Keller Lane (about 3500s) and then turned up to 2300e, then went a little more south to make it 3.  Then we were supposed to push the way back, Natalie and I were supposed to hit around 21-22 minutes.  Then for cooldown we went out a mile on the same route and back, we were looking for Sarah.  Fortunately she had made it back to the parking lot while we were cooling down. 

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Total Distance
4.00

This morning I did 4 miles on the treadmill at Steiner.  Then I did weighted arm swings afterwards.

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Total Distance
156.25
Flats Miles: 12.75Pink Spikes!!! Miles: 3.00Pink Footlocker Flats :) Miles: 4.50
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