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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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My right knee started to hurt on Saturday night.  The only thing I could think of that I could possibly have led to it was my fall earlier that day.  I must have twisted it weird :-/  It hurt on Sunday, but as it was a day off I thought I'd be ok.  This morning it felt better, so I went to practice.  I heated up before running, then started the run with the team.  I made it 40 seconds and knew the run wasn't happening.  So I walked back to the training room.  Olivia evaluated my knee and thinks I may have torn my meniscus and that it is catching :-\  I wasn't able to see a doctor this morning, and we have camp all week, so I will have to wait until Thursday to try and get in.  The pool was closed, and I can't bike with my knee the way it is, so I did ultrasound and iced and called it a morning.  

In the afternoon we made record time going to Costco and Smith's and getting up to the house!  I went with the swimming group for the second workout.  I lagged at the back with Kenzie, and made it a half hour.  We swam out 15 minutes along the shoreline of the reservoir, and then back.  Out was a lot harder going into the wake, so the way back was much nicer.  I was exhausted afterwards!  Luckily, Becky had dinner waiting for us back at the house to enjoy right afterwards :)

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This morning I was the only swimmer.  Heather took me to Pineview for my swim.  My goal today was to work on my neck position for breathing, and to try putting my face in the water as I moved from side to side breathing.  This was difficult while warming up since I needed to get into a rhythm!  But I tried as I got more settled into the water.  The water felt warmer than the air outside when I got in :)  I can move my head side to side and am comfortable putting my mouth in  the water, but not my nose.  I could do a few breaths at a time but only turning my head to the same side.  But hey it's progress!  On the way back I tried pushing the air our through my nose while under the water to keep water from getting in it.  All good progress!  I did 30 minutes total.  

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This morning I went and watched the running girls do their hill workout.  This time Kep inspected the trail for moose and scared the one away before the workout started so the 400 wouldn't be cut short.  In the afternoon I went swimming with Giselle and Hannah.  This time, I could actually move my face through the water and alternate which side I came up to breathe on!  Just gotta time it so I get 3 strokes before coming up.  I did this for a bit, but once I was around the first corner the wake was bigger and I struggled.  I turned around at 16 minutes, and still had to add on 5 minutes back at the start since the wake pushed me along now.  I've improved a lot since Monday!

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This morning I went swimming with Giselle.  I did the breathing thing for a little bit, but the top of the water was the coldest so I opted to keep my head a little above so I wouldn't be so cold.  I went out 15 minutes and back.  We're gonna miss swimming in the lake, especially when we are confined to the pool again :-P

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My knee didn't hurt at all this morning so I decided I would try heating and biking.  I biked for 45 minutes!  It only hurt if I let my form get sloppy and my knee dropped to the side.  But no more catching and it didn't hurt!  I iced afterwards.  I had a Dr. Appt. in the afternoon and the doctor said because it had settled so much I could start rehab on it soon.  He said the pain was more patellofemoral, same as what I've had the past two years just in the opposite knee this time.

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Heated up and did ultrasound before biking for an hour.  Iced afterwards.  I'm going to try running on Monday if all feels well!

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