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NCAA Mountain Regionals 2013

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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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^Their Mates Lifetime Miles:						444.70
Shoes That Match Lifetime Miles:						433.25
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January'16 Lifetime Miles:						326.00
March Mizunos 2016 Lifetime Miles:						200.15
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Fri, Nov 15, 2013

Race: NCAA Mountain Regionals 2013 (3.728 Miles) 00:21:05, Place overall: 19, Place in age division: 2

Total Distance

8.00

It was nice being able to sleep in my own bed before the race today. We got there and had time to relax before warming up. Apparently it had been snowing that morning, but we were fortunate enough to miss it. An hour before our race we began our warmup, the usual strides and drills, then getting changed into our spikes and going to the line in plenty of time to get strides in. We had a false start, I saw the fall happen before the second gun was fired but as a precaution kept going until the second gun went off. The second start was better and we were off. I felt like I got out well, without much effort I was able to get towards the front half of the pack. I liked the course until I realized just how narrow it was when we got to that first turn! I could see whole teams in front of me that I knew weren't going to last. I figured this was the pack that the top girls were going to let do the work for the first bit. I focused on moving up as people fell back. I could see Bekah and worked up to her, and was back and forth with her for a bit, but it was hard to hold any position in relation to anyone else because it was so packed. I tried to pass people and move up via the same route she was going, which helped. Going into the final stretch of the first lap I think a lot of people fell off and I moved into the group of leaders. I was right behind and then next to Natalie as we turned to go back to the starting field to begin the second lap. I was also still with Bekah at this point. There the pack moved and girls were strung out behind them. Bekah was up there, and I was trying to move up. Mentally it was a hard race trying to move up when the girls right in front of me were ones I knew were going to qualify with their team, I was focusing on trying to grab an individual spot but having the team girls mixed in there was difficult because passing them didn't gaurantee me anything, it was the individuals that mattered... Still I kept pushing and did my best. Going around the final turn I picked it up and could see that some of the girls ahead of me had shifted position. If I could just start picking them off I might still have a chance... With about a quarter mile to go I picked it up and passed a girl, but then coming down the final stretch by the flags I got passed by two girls, one individual and one on a team. My time was the best I've had all season, and this was definitely my best race. I am still not sure if I made it to nationals, but Bekah did and I am super excited for her!!! :) And our whole team had their best races today, it was awesome :) I am not going to get my hopes up about nationals (but if Kep calls me any time this weekend and lets me know that I got in I for sure will be jumping up and down and screaming with joy) because in order for that to happen, BYU will have to get the team bid and our region will have to get the two individual bids. I am just happy I ran my very best today and had a great race and ran smart, not to mention being just one second shy of my PR :) For cooldown I ran with Bekah and Becky for about 20 minutes. Also I got a medal for being All-Region! I think it is my first medal I've gotten in college for cross country :)

Halloween Colors! Miles: 8.00

Comments

From Glory in the long run on Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 14:34:40 from 174.23.130.168

Congratulations on a great race. Your strength and smarts will continue to carry you through to bigger things. It was a pleasure to cheer for you. I was the crazy guy with a 4 yr. old yelling "Go Utah" to every Ute woman I saw. You've made great improvement from being 1:13 behind the leader to only 35 seconds behind. That's a 38 second improvement! I hope I'm not stealing your thunder but just a 15 second improvement would get you to Nationals. I look forward to seeing you continue to progress. You are an All-Region runner, the top 5% in the country and an awesome runner. When you were in highschool I used to gauge my fitness by whether or not I could beat you, but I'll never beat you again, unless you let me. Kudos Susannah

From Jake K on Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 15:09:36 from 67.177.11.154

Great job Susannah! I hope you get into nationals, but even if you don't - this was a heck of a performance!

From Susannah on Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 21:24:41 from 98.202.89.137

BYU got in on an at-large bid, but our region didn't get either of the individual bids. So I'm out. But I'm glad that I was able to end my season with a good race, and that track is just around the corner :)

Thank you for your comments and words of encouragement!

From allie on Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 17:36:14 from 161.38.221.168

awesome race, susannah. way to finish off a great xc season. congratulations.

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