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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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Wave Rider 17! Lifetime Miles: 295.00
Wave Rider November '14 Lifetime Miles: 272.65
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Cool Blue Lifetime Miles: 446.75
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October Lifetime Miles: 371.25
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Totals
Total Distance
61.75
Cool Blue Miles: 61.75
Mon, Aug 17, 2015
Total Distance
9.00

This morning I had my last lone run of the summer! I did 9 miles in the neighborhood, 7:27 average pace.

Cool Blue Miles: 9.00
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Tue, Aug 18, 2015
Total Distance
11.75

This morning was the first day of team practice! We met at the track and ran together there for 10 minutes and then went out on a run. We went out on Foothill and groups turned around when they needed to. I ran with Shaylen and Jocelyn to 1700s and turned down to 2100e to head back to campus. We finished with some general strength at the track led by Coah Mack.

This afternoon we arrived at camp. I made it through the drive up without crying for missing my baby, though I almost lost it in the Costco parking lot when we said goodbye. We did a 4 mile run and then strides and a cool down routine with Coach Mack, followed by some planks. 4.25 for the afternoon.

Cool Blue Miles: 11.75
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Wed, Aug 19, 2015
Total Distance
12.25

This morning at camp we went to the trail by little deer creek reservoir. We started out as a group and everyone except me turned around at 3 miles. I wasn't lonely though, I saw 5 bunnies before turning around a mile later. Then somewhere in the last mile I ran into Hannah and Giselle while they were adding on. Did the cool down strides and exercises afterwards.

In the afternoon we did an easy run from the house. Most people did 3 but I did 3.5 with Kate so she wouldn't have to run on her own. We did our cooldown routine and core afterwards.

Cool Blue Miles: 12.25
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Thu, Aug 20, 2015
Total Distance
8.25

This morning at camp we got to run the ski course at Soldier Hollow. There were lots of turns and ups and down hills so it was challenging, but at least we had a biker guide to follow. The last 3 miles I think several of us hit a wall because we ended up strung out and it became a real struggle to finish. But we made it. We did the cooldown strides and drills afterwards, then 500 reps of core. 

This afternoon we got a break from running and got to go to the reservoir to swim or pool run for 30 minutes. There are 3 people on our team who can actually swim, so they were gone fast, and most everyone else decided to pool run. Nikki and I switched between swimming and pool running, though partially that was just so we would actually move and wouldn't just be running in one place. It also might have included going to where we could touch the bottom and just keeping our shoulders covered so that it looked like we were pool running. Because we're awesome. When we were done we had plans to eat lunch there and hang out for a while, but we forgot to put the bread in the car so we just made wraps with meat and cheese and spinach and didn't stay as long.

Cool Blue Miles: 8.25
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Fri, Aug 21, 2015
Total Distance
8.25

I came home from camp early because of orientation for my grad program. But really because I missed Ellie and Jesse. This morning I just ran in my neighborhood. I got practice on tangents doing the strides in my neighborhood.

Cool Blue Miles: 8.25
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Sat, Aug 22, 2015
Total Distance
12.25

I was really sad when I got to practice today and found out that we were doing our long run at Liberty Park. And even more sad when I asked if we could leave the park and my coach said no. At least the color run was going on along the west side of the park so there was entertainment to look forward to every lap. We did cooldown strides and core afterwards, and then enjoyed some of the leftover food from camp for breakfast. 

Cool Blue Miles: 12.25
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Totals
Total Distance
61.75
Cool Blue Miles: 61.75
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