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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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I got different rehab exercises today :)  And Hanah taped my ankle instead of the ankle brace, I am going to gradually get used to running without it and going back to normal.  The group for the run included Becky, Jessica, Lauren, and Dana.  Becky and I picked up our pace a bit.  We started on the Albertson's loop, but Becky turned on 2100e since she was going shorter.  I ran back on 1500e.  I iced afterwards.

^Their Mates Miles: 8.00
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Today we had our first workout at the oval.  I warmed up inside so I could do backwards laps for my hips, I got in 8 laps then joined the group for the usual strides and drills.  The workout was five sets of two 200s and an 800 with equal jog recovery.  I was supposed to hit between 37 and 39 for the 200s and about 2:40 for the 800s.  I ran with Bekah and my times were 37, 37, 2:42 for the first set; 38, 38, 2:41 for the second; 38, 38, 2:45 for the third (at this point I was thinking of asking Kep if I could split the 800 into 400s for the last 2); then I hit 38, 39 for the next 200s, and when I asked Kep about doing 400s he said I could just do 4 sets, and I ran another 2:45.  I cooled down and was the first one done, it was so weird... so I did 5 minutes on the bike until some of the other girls were done as well.  Back at the training room I did my rehab.  The side of my heel below my injury was hurting a bit on the turns so I iced and stemmed and will see if I need to add any exercises or anything tomorrow to take care of it.  Today wasn't bad for only my third workout back. 

^Their Mates Miles: 10.00
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Today I started my run with Becky, Nikki, Jessica, Alyssa, AuraLea, and Dana. They were all going shorter so we went on Foothill. I continued with Becky to 2100s, then she turned on 2100e and I was alone the rest of 2100s to 1300e and back to campus. Running in the snow didn't hurt my ankle, and I feel like it might even strengthen it by giving it a challenge rather than flat all of the time.

^Their Mates Miles: 8.00
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Today we had workout at the oval. Per Kep's request that we get used to warming up outside since that's what we're going to have to do at indoor track meets, that's what we did. I finished with Nikki and Kenzie, and as we entered the parking lot returning to the oval a blizzard started, we figured that was going to be our reason for cooling down inside. After our strides and drills we got going on the workout. For the long distance group it was 2 sets of 12 minutes with 2:30 recovery, then four 200s. We started at the 3200 meter start, and I worked with Bekah. The mile split was 5:53, I was amazed I had that in me and was still able to keep going. Bekah fell back but I kept pushing to maintain my pace. I passed the 3200 mark in 11:48. I took the recovery the rest of the lap back to the start. On the second set Bekah fell off sooner but I still was able to keep a good pace on my own. This time the mile was 5:55. I didn't look at my time at the 3200 but I was past it again. It is crazy to think I can do two 3200s in under 12 minutes for just a threshold workout now, when my freshman and sophomore years of high school I aspired to even break 12 on my best day. The 200s weren't so great for me, I hit 37, 37, 36, 37. On the last one I tried to get up on my toes more (I was wearing my trainers and my ankle is still taped) but my ankle kind of hurt. I think as I get stronger I will be able to get better turnover work in. For cooldown I did 6 backwards laps with Andrea.

^Their Mates Miles: 9.00
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Today I did my rehab and then went running with Becky and Kenzie.  We started on fruit loop, Kenzie turned at Sunnyside, and Becky and I continued on through the golf course.  It wasn't that bad in the snow, except at the very end of the bridge it was slippery.  Becky was with me on Wasatch until she turned at the fork that goes down to Foothill.  I continued on Wasatch until it ended, then cut down to Foothill and went to the start of the paved bike path before turning.  On the way back I ran Wasatch above the zoo and then down Sunnyside to add on a bit.  Iced afterwards.

Mismatched Mizunos... Again :) Miles: 10.00
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This morning I went and did my rehab at the Smith and then went for my run from Sunnyside. I started out on 1900e and ran to 2100s where I wove down to 1700e and then further south. I turned around on 20th east a little bit past 3300s and ran back to Sunnyside for 10 total.

^Their Mates Miles: 10.00
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^Their Mates Miles: 45.00Mismatched Mizunos... Again :) Miles: 10.00
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