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2011 Utah UHSAA State Track and Field Championships

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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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Fri, May 20, 2011
Race: 2011 Utah UHSAA State Track and Field Championships (1 Miles) 00:04:54, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
5.00

This morning at the stadium I did a shakeout run in the parking lot before the bus left.  Once arriving in Provo, Natalie and I did 4 laps warmup on the track before they closed it to start the 1600s.  They started with 1A so after we were off the track we did drills and strides in the field and stretch of track by the bull pen.  It had been raining but it wasn't bad at the time we were warming up.  We had to take off our sweats right at the entrance of the bull pen, I kept mine on until right before we were walked out onto the track.  I did a few strides by the start and then they lined us up.  I was seeded 4th so I was in the first alley.  When the race started I knew I would need to get into the lead but I needed to hold back some so that I wouldn't go out too fast.  After the first 100 meters I moved into the lead and started breaking away.  Although I felt like I was holding back so that I wouldn't go too fast, my first lap was a 69.99.  At 500 meters in I pushed to pick it up again since I remember some of the girls moved at that point in the race at BYU.  I came through the second lap in 2:25.  I really worked the third lap, I picked it up when I got to 600 left and then 500 left.  I don't remember what I came in the third lap at but it was in the 3:30s I believe.  I pushed and picked up the pace as I got closer and closer to the finish.  Coming down the last stretch I could see the clock and knew that I would break 5, so I went all out and pushed as hard as I could and I was very happy after I crossed the line :)  I had guessed that if I would break 5 it would have been a 4:58 or 4:59 but nope, I finished in 4:54.68, a 14 second PR and a little over 3 seconds off the state record.  Finally in my high school career I had become a state champion :)  Here is an article from the trib that talks about my race: http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/sports/51856881-77/state-class-hurst-mile.html.csp          After my race I did about 2 miles cooldown just around the stadium.  Then I went to my cousin's house to get out of the rain and there I took a 10 minute ice bath.  I always amaze myself with how I have performed at state in the 1600, it feels like a dream!  I am very happy with how today went and I hope tomorrow goes well too :)

Comments
From Kam on Sun, May 22, 2011 at 22:52:29 from 174.23.120.174

Great job, Sus. That's a fantastic accomplishment. Way to stick it to the man! You definitely earned that sub 5 with every workout, interval and stride you've done over your running career.

From allie on Sun, May 22, 2011 at 22:59:58 from 174.23.197.101

congratulations. state champ!!! double crown!!! such a fitting end to your amazing high school career.

From Susannah on Mon, May 23, 2011 at 23:08:45 from 97.117.29.214

Thanks :) it took a lot of hard work!

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