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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: Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Conference Championships (1.9 Miles) 00:09:44, Place overall: 17, Place in age division: 6
Total Distance
8.00

This afternoon I wasn't sure when to warmup for my race which was at 1:45 because the meet was about 15 minutes behind schedule.  I had been planning on going at 12:45 but I waited about 10 minutes and then went.  I did 3 miles around campus before heading back into the arena.  It looked like the meet was back on schedule at that point so I didn't really have time to do strides and drills before my race other than right before lining up... But I wasn't going to let that keep me from having a bad race, I was just going to run.  I was 9th seed between some Colorado girls, and when the race went out I elbowed my way in front of the one on the right but just had to tuck in behind the one on the left.  A little after 100 meters into the race a girl just in front of me to the left fell and the girl to my left swore when she realized the girl was falling and that she'd have to move around her somehow...  The first 400 was 78, right on the pace that Kep told me would get me a PR.  The second and third laps I was about to hit 78 and 78 again, though I was at the back of the pack and I was pretty sure I was dead last but then I could hear someone behind me!  Still I just waited patiently for the pack to break up as girls would fall off the pace.  I came through the mile at 5:18 and then I just kept picking off girls the rest of the race.  Finally with I think 2 laps to go I knew I was gaining, and Kep yelled to me that I was going faster than them which gave me extra motivation.  When I came to the point where I was sure it was about 400 to go I told myself I needed to kick all out then and that it would be ok, but I couldn't get myself to move yet.  Even coming up on a lap to go I still wasn't ready to make my body go.  On the far straightaway I caught up to and passed half of the pack which had broken up and strung out, and coming out of the final turn I swung wide to try and get around more, I think I caught one, and I finished 6th in the heat and had a new PR!  I wasn't too excited about my race afterwards, but I wasn't disappointed either.  I'm glad I got a new PR, but I know I could have kicked harder and should have but just couldn't make my body respond even though mentally I was ready.  Kep told me that my last 600 was a 1:50 so I know I was going quick anyway.  He said at workouts I'll be able to do a little bit quicker stuff since yesterday and today I proved I can handle what I've been doing.  For cooldown I went out a mile and a half on the trail I did Thursday for premeet.  My legs feel great even after both races, I made sure to stretch well after I finished my cooldown.  I just need to get rehydrated and get some food in me, and the next few weeks I'm looking forward to some great training time in preparation for outdoor.  Later tonight I plan to do another ice bath and as usual I'm taking Sunday off.  

Comments
From Andrea on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 18:19:10 from 67.177.21.60

Awesome racing this weekend!!

From Jake K on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 19:28:36 from 67.177.21.60

Ditto on what Andrea said! That was a really impressive weekend of racing. You must like that Washington track, huh? :-)

From Tyler on Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 17:11:51 from 140.160.191.116

Nice work, that's very, very solid!

From Susannah on Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 16:55:43 from 98.202.87.3

Thanks!

From sarah on Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 17:51:08 from 97.126.158.198

WOW Susannah!! I wish I could be as good as you!!! You are just AMAZING!!!! You did much better than I could ever do, and much better than most could ever dream of! You are awesome and such a great role model! thanks for being amazing and giving me a motivation to run!

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