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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
60.00
Pink Spikes!!! Miles: 5.75
Total Distance
10.00

Today since there wasn't school because of spring break we met at the track later than we would for practice when we have school, but that was alright.  Only distance kids were there (surprise surprise) but that was alright, we just didn't do the usual team warmup.  We did the same run as last Monday, along the Shriner's route and then up City Creek a quarter mile past the drinking fountain and bathrooms.  I was with Natalie the whole run, and the guys weren't with us this time which rarely happens!  At the Shriner's fountain we dropped our jackets because we had decided it wasn't that cold.  I was wearing my Arcadia shirt, I really like it :)  Up City Creek the guys were waiting to see how much further they would have to run up.  Back at the drinking fountain and bathrooms, Bill was there.  He had been working at a job and then drove up City Creek.  He started the way back with Natalie and I but we figured he must have still been way sore from his marathon Saturday because right after we got down to the main road we pulled ahead of him.  When we retrieved out jackets at the Shriner's fountain we found that someone had tied them to the no parking sign (Abigail and Gavin :P)  Our average pace for the whole run was 7:21 so not bad.  It had just started to rain as we were coming down Sunnyside.  Also we were catching up to the guys at that point.  After we left practice, Natalie, Abigail, and I got our rainboots and went puddle jumping at the track :)  that counts for our ice baths!  When I got home I did my crunches, arm swings, lunges, squats, and calf raises.  Then later, Abigail and I went and biked with Scott at Steiner for half an hour.

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Total Distance
10.00

Today at the track again it was mostly distance kids.  We didn't do a team warmup, we just started with our normal warmup of 2 miles and then a mile of speedchanges.  We stretched between the 2 warmup miles.  Then we changed our shoes and listened to what the workout was for the day.  Bill said we would start with two 800s.  I was supposed to hit between 2:30 and 2:35, my times were 2:33 and 2:35.  We took a lap and then a little standing recovery after each.  Next we did 400s.  We had two options, one was that we could do four if they were all under a target pace but six if one of them slipped over, or one until we hit a specific pace.  If I was going for four I would have had to hit 73s or faster.  For one I would have to hit 72, no faster or slower, and we weren't allowed to wear watches or hear splits.  I tried for the one, and I thought I was doing pretty great but then on the last 100 Taylor and Natalie were outkicking me and we all finished in 69.  We just took standing recovery after the 400s.  On the next one  I hit 73, then on the one after I finished after he said 72 but before he said 73 but I did another one anyway, and that one was a 72.  My legs felt great during the whole workout, I think right now its breathing that is the hardest part because of coughing up mucous and stuff :P  After we were done with the 400s we changed shoes and then needed a 4 and a half mile cooldown so we did the VA loop but cut across at Guardsman and then finished in the stadium with 2 grass laps and 3 track laps to bring us to 10.  Later when I got home I did my crunches, arm swings, lunges, calf raises, and squats.  

Pink Spikes!!! Miles: 2.50
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10.00

Today since it was Ben's birthday I went to watch his meet at Clearfield :)  he had to do a workout so I did 2 miles while I waited for him to finish that, and then I cooled down a mile and a half with him afterwards.

Later when I was back in Salt Lake I went for a run with Bill at Liberty Park.  We did 2 laps on the woodchips and then 2 laps on the outer perimeter of the park.  After I got home I did my crunches, arm swings, lunges, calf raises, and squats.  Then I finished with a 10 minute ice bath.

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10.00

This morning we did a speed workout at the track. We started with the normal warmup of 1 mile, stretching, a mile, and then a mile of speedchanges, and then a lap recovery.  Then I changed to my spikes.  The workout was two sets of 600, 400, 300, 200, and we each had splits we were supposed to hit that had the last 200 picking up the pace as if kicking at the end of a race.  My target times, if I remember correctly, were 1:50 (75, 35), 71 (37, 34),  54 (37, 17), and 36 (34 for the second set).  I don't remember all of my splits but I had a hard time hitting the first few :P  For the first set I hit 1:55 (78, 37), 72, 52 (?), and I think 36, we had a 200 jog before the 200 and then took 800 recovery after each set.  On the second set I hit 1:52 (76, 36), 73 (36, 37), 52 (?), and 31.  Natalie was right with me on the last few which really helped me to push, I think I could have put more effort into the whole workout though :P  Then we did an extra 200 meters recovery after the second set to get us to 3.25 for the speed stuff.  Then we changed shoes back and I went with Natalie and Amanda to Sunnyside Park to cooldown.  We did 3 laps there and then finished with a lap on the track to bring our cooldown to 3.5 and our miles up to 10 for the day.  When I got home I did my crunches, arm swings, lunges, calf raises, and squats.

Later in the evening I went to the gym and biked for half an hour.

Pink Spikes!!! Miles: 3.25
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Total Distance
10.00

This morning I had to get my run done early so that I could go snow mobiling in Kamas :)  I ran from my house along 1500 East and to Sugarhouse, then I did part of an outer lap going counter clockwise but when I got to 1700 East I turned and went south.  I went to 27th and then turned and then continued south again along Imperial Street until I reached 3300 South.  Then I went up to Melbourne, like we do when we do the cemetery run and went back to Sugarhouse Park.  Again I did a partial lap, opposite direction of last time and then I finished going back to my house along 15oo East.  Then I was at 8 miles and I decided I actually wanted to hit 10 for the day so I went inside and grabbed my iPod and ran along 1500e to Sunnyside Avenue and back, which is 2 miles.  Then I went and had fun playing in the snow :) 

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10.00

This morning Ben came to Salt Lake to run with me :)  We went up to the Pipeline Trail for a nice 10 miler.  I threw in 10 strides during the run because that's what Bill had told me to do today.  The view from the turnaround point was incredible!  And I didn't trip at all :)  And it wasn't as cold as I thought it would be :)  Afterwards I took Ben to Eggs in the City for breakfast and it was a great start to a fantastic day :)

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Total Distance
60.00
Pink Spikes!!! Miles: 5.75
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