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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, Sep 06, 2013
Race: Utah Open (2.5 Miles) 00:14:34, Place overall: 4, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
10.00

This morning I did a 2 mile shakeout run before going to school.

In the afternoon after getting to the race, we warmed up on the field a bit and then did the lower loop.  We did strides and drills up on the field while watching the men's race.  I changed shoes and then did more strides at the line.  Going out I went the same pace as the two Boise girls, and there were some Weber girls in the pack too.  Taylor fell off, and then I was with Kelsey and the two Boise girls.  The first 800 split was 2:54, but that is the only split I remember being told during the race.  Coming around the loop the second time, coming out of the final turn before going over to the pavement and running down there, Kelsey cut me off... so I might have kicked her in the achilles, to which she responded with an "Ow!" ...but I didn't feel bad at all.  Then I had the energy to surge and get even with the Boise girls.  Going down the pavement I stuck behind them again, and was just holding on up to the final turnaround.  I had really wanted to pick it up with 1k to go, but that is not my forte so when the other three girls did I fell back... and finished alone.  For cooldown I did some with Hilary, but only made it to 3 miles and felt awful, so I just stopped.  Kep wasn't too happy with the team about racing together (not me this time since Bekah wasn't racing).  But he was also kinda busy running the meet so I think he was very distracted.  I felt great the first 3k of the race but I need to get back mentally to be able to fight through the pain all the way to the end.  Also seeing as my average pace was 5:51, I really need to work on that...  I did finally beat Taylor in the first race of the season, that didn't happen last year or the year before, so that was nice.  I don't race again until Montanna I think, so I have two weeks of workouts to refocus.  Then it will be on to Stanford and bigger meets!  

Mismatched Mizunos... Again :) Miles: 7.50
Comments
From Glory in the long run on Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 11:27:16 from 174.23.133.147

It's good to know your strengths and weaknesses as a runner. Let me make a suggestion. The kick at the end of a race is 100% mental, not 90%, not 50%, 100%. It's not about your breathing, cause you're asking your body to go beyond your breathing, it's not about your legs, cause they're already tired. It's more about your nervous system and your biomechanics. You're asking your brain to fire more quickly telling your legs to go faster, only the brain can do that, it's about guts, the courage to bend body to will. You already know all this, I just want to encourage you to keep the positive self talk while you race. You do have an amazing strength to keep up a good pace, and you can work on your supposed lack of forte in a prolonged push at the end and a devastating finishing kick. It's been a joy to watch your talents progress, thanks for that.

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