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32nd Annual Footlocker National Cross Country 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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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
Comments
From allie on Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 15:14:37 from 174.23.238.75

susannah - great race! you have worked so hard and raced so well this season, and you have a lot of great years of running ahead of you.

congratulations.

From plumbcrazy on Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 16:40:25 from 76.24.197.145

Congrats on an awesome race. Sounds like you ran really smart. The great thing about x-country is that times don't mean a whole heck of a lot. Enjoy your off-season.

From fiddy on Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 17:13:06 from 155.99.198.58

Hey you're about as fast as I was as a Senior in HS! This is a pretty special moment, I hope you are sure to bask in the glory. Where are you going to College?

From Jon on Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 22:02:37 from 98.71.144.213

Awesome, congrats! Nice way to wrap up the season!

From The Scouting Wolf on Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 20:01:52 from 74.81.228.186

very nice. 22nd in the whole nation that is very impressive. well done. long live runners!

From Holt on Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 09:44:46 from 204.113.55.41

Such an amazing experience! You did very well; it was a great race to watch. Way to represent the state, your school and yourself!

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