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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: 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
Comments
From allie on Mon, Dec 06, 2010 at 21:38:21 from 174.23.238.75

wow! great race. that is an awesome time, especially on that course. very impressive. best of luck to you at nationals -- that is really exciting and i know you will do well.

From Holt on Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 13:25:42 from 204.113.55.41

Congratulations - what an awesome accomplishment!

From Andy on Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 13:35:05 from 199.190.170.31

Congratulations. I saw the article in the Tribune yesterday and was anxiously awaiting the report. Good luck at nationals.

From Tyler on Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 23:41:25 from 66.96.68.143

Congrats!!! Way to grab that last spot

From Kam on Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 17:47:13 from 68.66.163.179

Congrats on making it to nationals. It's funny how so many people look at it as one great race, but really it amounts to dozens of races and nearly 2000 miles this year. Great work.

From daceg on Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 00:02:14 from 74.211.95.26

Awesome job. You are amazing. That was my first time watching a big race like that, and I was so impressed with the speed endurance by all the athletes! XC runners deserve all the praise they can get and more!

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