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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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7.00

Did my rehab this morning and then ran to 3300s and back.  7:28 average pace.

And Their Sole Mates Miles: 7.00
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7.50

I did my first workout today since November!  It was hard :-P  I warmed up to Wasatch Drive and then got right to the workout (strides and drills are optional for the first few workouts).  The workout was three sets of 7 minute threshold with 2 minutes recovery and then five 25 second strides.  The first 7 minutes I felt the effort was there, but my pace was not up to speed.  The second set was hard, so I called it quits at that one and just did my strides.  My ankle felt ok, but getting up to speed I could feel pain behind my lateral malleolus.  Afterwards I feel sore on my injury spot.

And Their Sole Mates Miles: 7.50
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7.50

Today I did my rehab and then went for my run from Liberty.  I went out on 700e to 3300s and came back on 500e, then did a lap in the park to finish with 7.5, my average pace was 7:20.

And Their Sole Mates Miles: 7.50
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8.00

I went running without the ankle brace today!  It kinda hurt at first but then I guess it warmed up.  It hurt a few times during the run but that was when I stepped weird.  Definitely took the icy sidewalks slowly, running on the side of the road where it is crowned wasn't the best either.  I suppose finding nice flat roads that are clear would be best for now.

And Their Sole Mates Miles: 8.00
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7.00

Despite an awful workout Tuesday, I tried another one today.  I warmed up a lap at Liberty then did strides and a few drills.  My goal was four 1 mile thresholds, since the workout said 4 or 5 mile thresholds with 80 seconds recovery.  The first one was 6:02, already so much better than Tuesday!  The second was 6:04, and the third was 6:08 and I was really pushing, so I called it there.  Then I did my strides and cooled down to finish with 7 total.  As my miles get up I'm sure I'll be able to get more reps in.  I wore the ankle brace again today since it was hurting after yesterday.  Plenty of icing going on.

And Their Sole Mates Miles: 7.00
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I don't feel like my ankle is stable enough for snow yet, so I stuck to the dreadmill :-(  At least I got to watch Netflix while I ran, though even that didn't keep me entertained for long.

^Their Mates Miles: 8.00
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And Their Sole Mates Miles: 37.00^Their Mates Miles: 8.00
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