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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 Lifetime Miles: 194.15
Spikes Lifetime Miles: 110.35
Pink Spikes!!! Lifetime Miles: 78.75
Pink Footlocker Flats :) Lifetime Miles: 38.00
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Wave Rider 15 PINK :) Lifetime Miles: 409.00
Time For Something New Lifetime Miles: 420.25
Mint On The Left And Watermelon On The Right Lifetime Miles: 416.75
And Their Sole Mates Lifetime Miles: 499.50
Lavender Watermelon Lifetime Miles: 472.00
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Halloween Colors! Lifetime Miles: 400.50
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Shoes That Match Lifetime Miles: 433.25
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Wave Rider 17! Lifetime Miles: 295.00
Wave Rider November '14 Lifetime Miles: 272.65
Green&pinklaces Lifetime Miles: 474.00
Cool Blue Lifetime Miles: 446.75
My Sister And I Have The Same Shoes! Lifetime Miles: 369.85
October Lifetime Miles: 371.25
January'16 Lifetime Miles: 326.00
March Mizunos 2016 Lifetime Miles: 200.15
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Race: Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships (3.1 Miles) 00:16:43, Place overall: 8
Total Distance
10.00

I woke up today telling myself I was going to get a PR.  About an hour before my race, Nikki warmed up with me for her premeet.  We ran on the trails right by the water and then a little into the neighborhood and back to hit 3.  I did some drills and then strides on the track.  Then I stretched and did a few more drills while the meet had gotten about 5 minutes off due to rearranging the heptathlon a little bit.  No big deal.  I put on my spikes and then did some more good strides on the track.  I did a prayer with Natalie and then we got our instructions from the official.  We got to start right next to each other which was sweet :)  When the race went out I was able to get into the pack on the inside for the first lap.  The first lap was 65 and I went with the pack as we picked it up the second lap when everyone heard the split.  I was relaxed and I just went with the flow.  I had a good position in the pack so I just stayed there.  A few laps in some girls broke away and then a chase pack formed, which I was at the back of.  The lead girls took off and then there were a few girls strung off of the back, and then me.  I think I was in 9th at that point.  I knew Nat was close behind me because I could hear her team cheering for her.  I wanted her to catch up to me so we could work together, but she never did :/  I knew she was there for a few laps though.  I focused on the girl in front of me and closing the gap on her, which I did.  I was able to pass her and keep going, a bit further ahead was a BYU girl, but this was a larger gap so I knew it would take work on a lot of laps to catch her.  I kept closing on her and was able to focus on my form a bit too.  At about 400 to go I caught her and passed her, and I could see that the next girl was fading fast so I focused on trying to catch her too.  I kicked hard the last lap and was scared that the BYU girl would catch me but I held her off until the final straightaway.  I was also catching the other girl, but then the BYU girl caught me and I was already going all out, so it was the BYU girl, the other girl, and then me in 8th place.  The decimal times were .13, .29, .50.  So close!!!  But I still scored a point. And I got a PR!!! :)  Nat PRd too!!! :)  I very happy with the way I raced and that I have gotten better since the rough ending of last season.  I am super excited for outdoor now too.  I have about a month off now before my next race.  For my cooldown I took my iPod and ran around campus 3.75 miles to finish at 10 for the day.  I might have been lip syncing to my iPod the whole time... I was that happy :)  And I wanted ice cream for dinner, but settled for HardRock.  Fun night :)  Back at the hotel I took a 15 minute ice bath with Amanda and Andrea.  

Mint On The Left And Watermelon On The Right Miles: 6.75
Comments
From Ryan Achatz on Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 00:31:08 from 170.232.192.10

Here is the race video. Enjoy if you have not seen it yet. http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/250020-2013-MPSF-Indoor-Championships/video/695637-W-5K-F01-Goethals-big-kick-2013-MPSF

From Susannah on Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 10:43:27 from 12.153.182.2

Thanks, I had not seen the video. I cracked up watching Nat and I on the starting line... :)

From Jake K on Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 14:16:22 from 67.177.11.154

Yeah Yeah!!! You're running great - you always run so well at this meet!!

From Abs on Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 11:27:58 from 205.127.196.3

I can't wait to be on the starting line with you guys next year!! :)

From Susannah on Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 22:12:06 from 98.202.222.219

I love the track in the Dempsey :)

Which team will you be on Abigail??

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