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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: Pac-12 Conference Championships (3.1 Miles) 00:17:18, Place overall: 18
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This morning I went to church with a few of my teammates before some of us competed this afternoon.  We were an interesting group with half of us in jeans or sweats but the ward members wished us luck in our events today.  Later after returning to my hotel room I watched a movie to pass the time until I would need to begin my walk over to Hayward field.  I just had enough time before beginning my warmup to watch Rose compete in the 800 final.  For my warmup I ran laps in the cemetery just behind the practice fields where all of the team tents were set up.  It was nice there because there were soft paths to run on and it was shaded from the heat of the day.  After 2 and a quarter miles I ended up back at the tent and then took a final potty break before checking in and then doing strides and drills.  When they called us to the bull pen I grabbed my spikes and headed over.  I changed my shoes there and then they had us take everything with as we walked to the room under the west bleachers.  After giving all of us our numbers I quickly decided to splash myself with cold water, as some of the other girls were doing, before they lined us up to walk us out.  It reminded me of state last year when Bill poured a whole bottle of water over me before the 3200.  Once we were over at the start we had time for just a couple strides before getting on the line.  I was on the first waterfall about in the middle, and got a pretty decent start.  Quickly I was able to get to the inside and held my position there in the middle of the pack.  Here I told myself I just needed to be patient.  As I learned from my last 2 races, moving to the outside you have nowhere else to go.  The first lap I think was around an 81 or 82 so not bad.  The second lap the front of the group turned into a line but at the back we were still bunched up in a pack, so I waited for it to thin our a bit more.  Second lap we came through at about 2:40 so still at a good pace (though for this race I wasn't focusing so much on pace as keeping a good position and running better than my last 2 races).  On the third lap (or maybe the 4th, I can't really remember...) coming around the curve onto the back stretch the pack in front of the pack I was in started to break away so I left my pack and chased the other one.  This gave me what I needed to keep passing throughout the rest of the race.  I think the mile was around 5:30 but at this point I really didn't care so much about pace.  Halfway through I was at 8:37 so I knew I'd have to pull off a big negative split to go sub 17, but I was happy because I was catching and passing people the whole time :)  at 3200 I was at around 11 minutes so still even :)  I felt really strong the last mile and was really excited the last 2 laps to be so close to finishing and still gaining on people!  On the last lap I didn't kick too hard or I might have caught another girl or two, but after I finished I was in a self battle to not puke.  Even though I didn't come close to a PR and I didn't score, I am still really happy with how I raced and was able to make the situation work for me :)  Also there were people cheering for me on the home stretch in the stands and I couldn't tell who they were so I just pretended that it was different people every time, that really helped too :)  And on the back stretch I knew my teammates were there and also even though that stretch was into the wind I battled it like I did at the regional meet for cross country and was able to pass people.  A few minutes after sitting back at the team tent concentrating on getting my stomach to settle, I grabbed my iPod and went for a cooldown.  I ran out towards the Pre Trails.  I walked some of it because I felt like crap but most of the way I ran.  I went halfway across the bridge toward the trails and then turned around, finishing the cooldown to get to a full 8 miles.  As I was leaving the stadium after the meet was over I passed by a tent that had a bunch of Oregon shirts as they were cleaning up.  I thought about getting a Pre shirt but then decided maybe I'd get one another time... But as I walked away I changed my mind and went back and got a yellow "Go PRE" shirt :)  and I got $3 off since the sign that was up earlier said $20 but the guy who pulled the shirt out of the box looked at the price on the tag that was $17 instead :)  Then as I left the stadium again Amanda, Andrea, and AuraLea found me with the car so we went straight to dinner and for frozen yogurt (3 days in a row for Amanda and me!) and then to Pre's rock.  

After hanging out with the other 3 distance girls for a bit, Amanda and Andrea convinced AuraLea and I to go for an hour run with them.  We went out on Pre's trails behind the river that goes behind people's backyards, this time out for half an hour.  We went so far that the trail ended and we ended up at some different park, and then some bird watch place.  At half an hour we turned around and went back the same way.  We went a lot faster on the way back, we had averaged 8 minute pace on the way out and I was getting about 7:40 pace for the way back, the other girls totally lost me and I'm guessing they were 7:20-30 pace!  I was just short of 7.5 when we got back to the hotel so I added just a bit more until I reached it and then I was done.  It felt great to be done and I'm glad I went, but I think I will probably take tomorrow off since I don't usually run Sunday and I got a lot of miles in!  It has been a really fun weekend and I've really loved it here in Eugene :)  I hope that I will have other opportunities to come back and run at Hayward Field :) 

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Took the day off after getting so many miles yesterday!  And I ate real ice cream today since it is my brother's birthday :)

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5.00

After laying in my room for a while drifting in and out of sleep, I finally decided to get up and go for a run.  I started out on 1500e towards Sugarhouse, and that turned out to be painful.  As soon as I got to the park I stopped to stretch for several minutes.  My calves are still sore, and my quads too, also my left hamstring is really tight!  Stretching helped because when I resumed running it didn't hurt anymore.  Still I decided I was going to cut a few miles off of my run to play it safe and recover more before workout tomorrow.  I don't know yet if I am going to regionals, Kep doesn't think so but we will know tomorrow night when everyone has to declare and we will see how many people scratch from the 5k.  I turned around at 2.5 miles and ran back the same way.  Again I had to stop and take a stretch break for my calves, but they always feel better afterwards.  I completely forgot peak flow or inhaler today, and I was even looking right at them right before I picked up my iPod and Garmin to head out for my run... 

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10.00

This morning I went to campus to get my workout done at the same time as Amanda and Andrea.  Due to a miscommunication, I missed them on the warmup but ended up doing it on the track while they were doing their drills and strides.  Once I finished my warmup Kep told me my workout.  I did a fartlek, and decided not to change shoes, so after he finished explaining the workout I ran to the lockerroom to drop off my spikes and then ran up Legacy Bridge to the road in front of the dorms to start my workout.  It was three sets of 2 minutes on, 2 off, 3 on, 2 off, 4 on, 2 off  (but really 3 off because that was the in between of the sets).  What I ended up doing was making a loop over to Wakara and I'd get there just as I was finishing the 3 minutes on, then I'd head back on the opposite side of the street as before and finished just before the HC, then took the 3 minutes recovery back towards where I started each set on the road in front of Chapel Glen.  When I finished the third set I cooled down a mile so that I hit 10 for the day.

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7.00

This morning after I dropped my sister off at school, I grabbed my iPod and went for my run so I could be done in time for lifting.  I ran up 1300e to Wasatch Drive, then over to Thunderbird and down to Foothill and up just past the drinking fountain, .10 mile on the trail to get to 3.5 where I turned around.  I ran back the same way.  Other than the first light at Foothill and a quick stop at the drinking fountain on the way down, I didn't have to stop :)  

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7.50

This morning I went to Liberty Park for workout.  I warmed up running from the light at the south east corner with a lap around the park and then over to the painted start line.  I did a few strides and then got on the line.  I did 3 1 mile repeats with half mile recovery.  The first mile was 6:16, then the other 2 were both 5:57.  I think the first was so slow just because I haven't done a workout like this in a while :P  I hope by the end of the summer to be able to get a workout like this with some 5:40s.  I had thought about doing some half mile repeats afterwards but decided against it because of my high miles already this week and it was getting pretty windy and I could tell it was going to rain soon.  I cooled down around the park to the drinking fountain and then a little extra to get to 7.5.

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6.00

This morning after watching Natalie win state I went for a run in Provo.  I went out on 200e like I did last time, and went to the same street as last time where I turned and went east.  This time when I got to 900e I turned left instead of right.  I made it to a second church when I reached 3 miles and then just went back the same way.

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Total Distance
51.00
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