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Simplot Games 2011 3200 Finals

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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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Pink Spikes!!! Lifetime Miles:						78.75
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July 25 Lifetime Miles:						333.30
Wave Rider 15 PINK :) Lifetime Miles:						409.00
Time For Something New Lifetime Miles:						420.25
Mint On The Left And Watermelon On The Right Lifetime Miles:						416.75
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Halloween Colors! Lifetime Miles:						400.50
^Their Mates Lifetime Miles:						444.70
Shoes That Match Lifetime Miles:						433.25
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Wave Rider 17! Lifetime Miles:						295.00
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Green&pinklaces Lifetime Miles:						474.00
Cool Blue Lifetime Miles:						446.75
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January'16 Lifetime Miles:						326.00
March Mizunos 2016 Lifetime Miles:						200.15
My Husband Is The Best Husband!!! Lifetime Miles:						13.40

Sat, Feb 19, 2011

Race: Simplot Games 2011 3200 Finals (2 Miles) 00:10:50, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1

Total Distance

7.00

This afternoon about an hour before the race, Bill took Natalie and I on a mile and a half warmup. We did the same loop as yesterday, then Natalie and I did drills and a few strides in the field out on the south side of the arena before going back in for POTTY break and to get our shoes ready for the bull pen. I took a Gu but I misplaced my water bottle so just had to get a drink from a rusty drinking fountain :P Then Natalie and I went and did a few more drills and strides down by the track. Then we had to report to the bull pen so we got our shoes and went over. We changed shoes and got our numbers and then they walked us out to the track. We had time for a stride and then they put us on our spots at the start. I was on the higher up spot with Kelsey, Emily, Jamie, and Summer. We had a false start, but they got us ready to go again. Going out Summer was a little bit ahead of me, but after the first 100 meters I passed her and kept going. None of the girls came with me and a few laps in when I looked at the screen I could barely see a girl in red in second coming around the curve as I was getting closer to the line. My first mile was a 5:16, which if I had been able to hold it would have matched the meet record. By this point I could see the chase pack on the opposite stride of the track and the announcers were stating that I had a 100 meter lead. I figured out that the girl in red must have fallen back because at one point I counted at the other 13 girls were on the other side of the track. Bill told me that my splits for the 200s during the second mile were even, I was glad I wasn't slowing down at least. I lapped a few girls, and in the last 300 I pushed a little harder as I got closer to the finish but was going fastest down the final straightaway. I passed Natalie and another girl as I finished, and I was very pleased with my time which was well under 11 minutes :) Afterwards I felt like I had to puke but Bill was telling me I wouldn't, so I tried to hold it in as long as I could. I made it off the podium without having to run off to puke, and I made it through a video interview with Flotrack without puking while on camera, but then I was talking to a reporter and had to turn around and puke a few times, mostly it was water. They didn't put a cone over it though, oh well :P After I was able to make my way back up to my stuff after talking to a bunch of people, I put my shoes on and went for a 3.5 mile cooldown with Amanda, Natalie, and Bill. We did a loop through the neighborhood by the arena. Then we all went and enjoyed a nice dinner at Maddox :)

Here are links to the race and the Flotrack interview:

http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/238138-2011-adidas-Simplot-Games/video/464578-W-3200-F01

http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/238138-2011-adidas-Simplot-Games/video/464716-Susannah-Hurst-3200-champ-2011-Simplot-Games

Pink Spikes!!! Miles: 2.00

Comments

From PrincessAbigail on Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 12:17:20 from 97.117.22.52

For the record that girl that went out with you was wearing pink... and ended with a 12:40ish time.

And you can only get a cone over it if it's in the middle of the track... duh. :)

From allie on Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 12:21:39 from 174.23.192.205

congratulations! cool flotrack interview.

From Holt on Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 12:51:41 from 71.213.81.88

What a great runner you've become - I was very happy for you when I saw your win and time on DyeStat (or ESPNrise). Congratulations!

From Rob Murphy on Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 17:17:24 from 24.10.248.6

Two in a row at Simplot right? Congratulations!

From The Scouting Wolf on Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 17:57:39 from 50.8.68.110

impressive well done

From Susannah on Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 00:43:31 from 97.117.22.52

Thanks everyone :)

From Matt on Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 23:38:02 from 98.202.72.183

Very Impressive!!!

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