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NCAA Mountain Regionals 2012

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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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Fri, Nov 09, 2012

Race: NCAA Mountain Regionals 2012 (3.75 Miles) 00:21:23, Place overall: 29, Place in age division: 3

Total Distance

9.00

This morning I was really nervous for the race. I woke up at 6 and couldn't get back to sleep :( so I went down to breakfast early and did homework for a few hours. I wish I had thought better right when I woke up, I probably could have really used a shakeout run. When we got to the course we relaxed (or tried to) for a bit before getting going on our warmup. We did one loop of the course backwards, and then did our strides and drills in the starting area. After I had changed shoes and was about to head over to the line, Kep came over and told me he thought I could beat Shalaya because she didn't race very well at conference. WTF?? Thanks coach. He's getting an earful about that one next week. On the line I felt like crying between strides. Never have I come into a race with such low mental confidence. I was preparing with the goal top 30, not top 15 and beating an Olympian. I knew I had to focus so just thought about top 30. Or tried to anyway. When the race started I went out at a decent pace, was a little terrified about getting tripped, but was fine going with the flow. Coming to the first turn I got cut off a lot as people would run to the left of the course to avoid the small hill on the turn. This course was great for my knee! The race plan was not panic the first k and then push hard the last 5. I could see Giselle not too far ahead but didn't want to close on her yet because I wanted to wait for the k. If I had I might have been able to hold on like at pre-nats and run better, but I really wanted to just be patient and work later. When the k mark came, I went. There were several girls I was passing back and forth, but some I would pass and never see again. At one point I caught up to a pack and realized they were slipping away, but then figured I just needed to go with them and then I would be able to pull away with them. So I did. I didn't hear my splits but I didn't care. I just focused on keeping passing people. I could hear people yelling to an SUU girl that she was their 5. I did not want to let that happen, so I pushed to pass that pack. The first lap was over quick and then from that point I kept reminding myself it was more than half over, so I had to pick it up. At 5k my split was about 17:48, and I realized if I was going to break 21 I would have to have a screaming fast kick. I couldn't do it. When the course did turn though (probably 800 to go) I started my kick and caught a few girls. Coming down the final 400 I could see a Colorado girl and was determined to catch her, and I did. No one caught me, I pushed all the way through to the end. Giselle was 12th and finally broke 21!!! I was really happy for her :) But I wanted to cry after my race because I was mentally out of it. And now half of my cross country seasons are already gone. I cooled down with the team out and back on a trail to the outside of the golf course, then I ran more with Amanda until I hit 3 miles total for cooldown. I felt like I was going to pass out at the end of it, I was so exhausted. When we got our runnercards I was again painfully reminded of my time because the average pace was 5:44. That is the same as my very first race my freshman year up at Utah State. It is time for things to change. I hate running right now.

Wave Rider 15 PINK :) Miles: 5.25

Comments

From Kassi on Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 00:35:23 from 98.202.223.143

Way to stay strong and finish well! So sorry about your knee issues. Hope you can use this break to get 100% again.

From Jake K on Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 08:18:54 from 155.100.226.191

Don't be too disappointed... you hit the Top 30 goal and that is really great. Its been a tough stretch for you w/ the knee injury, so just getting out there and competing and running hard is a victory in itself. Take some down time and get re-charged... you'll be tearing up the track before you know it.

From Susannah on Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:12:16 from 98.202.87.3

Thanks Kassi and Jake. I think I don't hate running right now, I hate competing. But I am lucky that I am not injured enough to keep from competing. I need a nice mental break and hopefully that'll give me a positive outlook for track!

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