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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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Total Distance
11.00

This morning we had a run before lifting.  Becky and Jessica were the only other girls going outside, so the three of us ran up 500s/Foothill and then did the Albertson's loop.  It was just over 6 when we got back to the Smith so I added on to finish at 7, then went and lifted.  I did rehab afterwards and then iced lower legs for 10 minutes.  My foot didn't hurt at all on the run!  And my ankle is doing great!

In the afternoon I went running with Jesse in Centerville.  We started at a small park and just ran on the roads there and finished with 4.

^Their Mates Miles: 11.00
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Total Distance
9.50

Today we had a workout at the oval.  I warmed up outside and then did drills and strides inside.  The sprinters were there working out today too so the track was crazy.  The long distance workout was two 200s with 200 jog recovery, then three threshold 1000s with 45 seconds recovery, four 400s at mile race pace with 400 jog recovery, and then four 150 meter strides.  I ran with Bekah and AuraLea the whole time.  On the 200s I hit 37 and 36.  On the 1ks I hit 3:34, 3:36, 3:35.  For the 400s I hit 1:14, 1:13 (Bekah was mad after this one, she mis-timed it though so whatever), 1:14, 1:12.  Then on the mile threshold I hit 5:46.  For the strides I don't know if it was actually 150 meters or not, but I hit 26 for all of them.  I cooled down 7 laps in the opposite direction to finish at 9.5.  Back at the training room I did my ankle rehab (last time for a few of the exercises) then iced.

^Their Mates Miles: 4.00
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11.00

After feeling very mucous-y last night and realizing that it gradually went away when I was inside at school today, I guess I may be a believer in the negative effects of running in the pollution.  So I went to the fieldhouse with Nikki, Becky, Andrea, and Kenzie to run on the treadmill.  I did 7 miles, then hurried to catch the shuttle back up to the lockerroom for a massage with Tim.  My calves are worse than I thought they were :-P  14 minutes in the ice tub after that.

Tonight I went to the fieldhouse to run on the track there with Jesse.  It was 30 laps for 4 miles, we alternated direction every 10 and then every 5.

^Their Mates Miles: 11.00
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Total Distance
7.00

Time trial at the oval today!  We warmed up inside because of the nasty air outside.  And the long-distance group started our warmup 7 minutes after the mid-distance group so we could watch each other's time trials and not lose too much warmup.  For me, Bekah, and AuraLea it was a 2400.  Kep told us to go 79-80s and then whatever we had left the last 800.  I think we stood around too long after watching the mid-distance girls, and I really wish I had done at least a 200 meter stride, because when we started I had a really hard time feeling the pace.  The first 400 was a 1:21, then I fell back and was by myself for the next 400.  My 800 time was 2:45.  I came through 1200 in 4:04, so I knew I wasn't completely dead.  Then I started closing the gap, and came through the mile at about 5:24.  Some time in that lap or the next one I passed AuraLea, then going into the final 400 I caught up to Bekah, but didn't have enough to pass her.  And although I felt like I was picking it up, I was just maintaining 40s at each 200.  Final time was 8:04, not bad.  Then we did four 150s (27, 26, 26, 27) and then 8 lap cooldown to finish with 7 for the day.

^Their Mates Miles: 4.00
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Total Distance
10.00

The air looked better today, so a group of us ran outside :)  Me, Nikki, AuraLea, Becky, Lauren, and Andrea ran the fruit loop to Sunnyside and then up Emigration Canyon.  AuraLea turned around with me at 5.  It was really windy on the way down, now we knew why the way up wasn't so bad!  We might try to make Fridays be long run days more often, that way Saturday is easier for everyone so they don't have to go so long on their own :)

Halloween Colors! Miles: 10.00
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Total Distance
11.50

Today I ran a nice loop to finish off my miles for the week! I ran up 1300s to Wasatch and then over to the paved Shoreline Trail over the freeways. The second bridge and the slope down on the other side were kinda icy, but the rest of it wasn't that bad. I ended up by Tanner Park on 2700e, and decided to run out to 3300s before cutting down. I ran to 20th east and then took my usual route home from there. It was almost perfect distance for what I needed today!

^Their Mates Miles: 11.50
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Total Distance
60.00
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