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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: USC Trojan Invitational (0.932 Miles) 00:04:20, Place overall: 3
Total Distance
13.00

1 lap around campus to make a 2 mile shakeout.  I am racing the 1500 today.

I started my warmup long before my race time since I was still going for mileage.  And it took a while for my legs to get going.  After 3.5 miles of running I went to the warmup field to do my strides and drills.  I changed my shoes and did a few more strides before final checkin and being walked onto the track.  There were 6 BYU girls in my heat, 4 Purdue girls, and one other girl besides me.  I was hip 8.  There was a rabbit in the race who was supposed to do 70-70, so I just told myself to not worry about what the leaders were doing and go as I felt.  When the race started I went for the rail and stayed there.  The 200 split was 34, then it seemed that everyone who I had been in front of passed me.  I am pretty sure I was dead last, but it was early in the race so I was patient.  I came through the first 400 I thought in 72-73ish, Kep says 75.  At the 500 I realized some of the girls right in front of me were fading, but I had to wait until the end of the curve to go around them.  Going to the 2 laps to go I was wondering why no one was kicking, so I picked it up and passed a bunch of girls.  I kept that up and held on strong for the last lap, finishing in 3rd and setting a new PR!!!  All of that on tired legs, too! :) Kep went over my 500 splits and figured I must have been 1:30, 1:32, 1:28 (the first one fast just because of that first 200 meters).  My last 400 split was probably 69.  I do have speed afterall.  :)  After a 5.75 mile cooldown, I got my 70 miles for the week!  

Shoes That Match Miles: 11.50
Comments
From Rob on Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 23:00:10 from 206.81.136.61

Great races this weekend, congrats!

From Jake K on Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 17:38:48 from 67.177.11.154

Excellent double! Looking great.

From Susannah on Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 18:18:30 from 67.186.242.243

Thanks :)

From Glory in the long run on Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 00:22:28 from 65.130.183.26

Strength equals speed, always. Your strength can mean you can kick when you think you can't. Be inspired by Chris Solinsky who won the Outdoor 5K in 06 and 07, he kicked from 1000 meters out and his strength gave him the wins. Then of course he was the first white guy under 27 minutes for 10K, also the first guy who was 6'1 and the first guy over 141 pounds, he was 165 lbs. Incredible, but strength equals speed.

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