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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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Total Distance
44.00
Total Distance
8.50

Today we had a speed workout instead of tomorrow and Thursday because its conference this weekend.  We took trax down to the 900e station and ran to Liberty Park for our warmup.  Then we did our strides and drills.  I didn't feel like bringing my shoes so I just stretched while the other girls changed theirs.  We were doing three 1 lap (1.5 miles) repeats with 2 minutes rest in between and then four 200s with a minute rest in between.  Alyssa and Amanda were in their own group, and the rest of us were in one big group.  We were supposed to switch off the lead about every half mile or so.  The goal was to be at a threshold pace and on each set pick up the mile pace about 7 to 10 seconds.  I didn't split time the laps but from the girls who did time it I know we picked it up as we were supposed to.  I led a bit of the first part of the first lap and then stayed about in the middle of the pack the rest of the time but then on the second part of the last one I led for a bit.  The last half mile for each set we picked up some of the times but I tried to hold back and just let the other girls do the work.  After the strides and hearing the plans for the week from Kep, I ran a cooldown with McKensie and Macee back to the Trolley trax station.  I had planned on running up to the 900e one but I felt really sick when we stopped so I decided I was done.  When we got back, I did my core in the training room and then I did estem and an ice bag for 20 minutes.

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Total Distance
6.00

Today was a recovery run but most people were cross training so it ended up being just Hilary, Kate, and me.  We ran through the golf course and on Wasatch Drive and then turned around and went back the same way.  Then we did a few strides.  I went to the training after room to do core and roll out, and then I did estem and ice bag again.

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Total Distance
7.50

Today we did our second workout for the week and final workout before conference.  For warmup we ran up above the track and into the Avenues and back to the track to get about 15 minutes warmup.  Then we did our drills and strides before changing shoes.  The workout was two 200s with 200 jog in between, a 1200 with 3 minute rest, then seven 400s with 90 second rest.  The 200s I did in 38 and 39, and then the 1200 I hit in 4:23.  I took a lap recovery after that before we started on the 400s.  Kep wanted us to work on getting out fast and then settling into a comfortable pace, like in a race.  There were so many of us in the group doing 400s that it made keeping the pace was hard and we were running our splits all over the place, and Kep wasn't happy with us so he made us do an extra at the end.  The first few we were working on going out fast and then keeping a good pace, and for the last few we were working on hitting negative splits.  I'm not sure if I remember correctly, but we hit 1:27, 1:23, 1:21, 1:22, 1:24, 1:26. 1:29, 1:23.  Afterwards I changed shoes and ran a cooldown with Macee on the track.  When I was done I went in the training room and did my core.

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Total Distance
6.00

Today we had an easy run and strides in preparation for conference this weekend.  We ran out and back on Foothill, I turned around at 2 and a half.  Up to that point I was with AuraLea, Hilary, and Alyssa.  On the way back I was on my own but then Nikki and I went and did our strides and drills together.  We did 8 strides and then after the drills I did another tenth of a mile to get to 6 total for the day.  Then I went and got ice wrapped to my hip before going to the meeting.

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Total Distance
4.00

Today after arriving in Phoenix and getting to our hotel, we went to check out the course.  I ran through it with Nikki and Macee, though Macee only did 20 minutes with us and then went to do her strides.  Nikki and I stopped at 3 miles to stretch for a minute before doing our strides over the rest of the course.  I like the course, it seems a little rolly but not too bad.  Also the finish is slightly downhill (not much since it is a golf course) but every little bit counts!  After we were done I just did a little extra to get up to 4 for the day.  I'm excited to race tomorrow!

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Race: Pac-12 Conference Championships (3.75 Miles) 00:21:21, Place overall: 45, Place in age division: 3
Total Distance
12.00

This morning after we arrived at the course and got settled for a bit, the team got together for a warmup.  We followed a golf cart path and then ended up by the course so cheered for some of the guys as we ran past.  Then we turned around and headed back to our tent from where we went on to to our drills and strides.  Then we changed shoes and got our chips ready and headed over to the line.  We still had plenty of time so we did our cheer and prayer and continued to do a few strides.  When the race started I felt like I got out great.  Some of the other teams by us go out faster so I was able to give myself plenty of room by filling in behind them.  I could see the large pack in front of me and knew it was going to be a lot of work passing people to get to where I needed to be.  That was my focus of the entire race, picking people off one at a time to keep moving up.  The field started to thin out a little bit around the mile mark, which I hit at 5:33.  Hearing my time and seeing it on the clock I think gave me adrenaline to keep pushing because I knew that as long as I didn't crash and burn the rest of the race that I would get a PR!  As I continued to keep passing people and working up to the next string of runners I pretended that everyone was cheering for me and I paid close attention to what spectators were telling their runners which helps me a lot.  At the 5k mark I think my time was in the 17 minute range, having a fast field of competition definitely helps.  I devoted the last K to making sure that I was giving up everything I had left since I knew it wasn't that far to the finish.  Down the final stretch I pushed with all I had left and caught and passed 2 girls, but then had to fight another 2 girls who came up to me.  I think one beat me and I beat one of them.  I got a new PR by 20 seconds, and my time averaged out to 5:44 pace so not bad.  Afterwards we changed shoes and did as much cooldown as we had time for before the awards. 

In the evening after the football game I took my iPod and ran 4 miles on 1400e out a few times and back.  The first 2 miles I felt great, as if I hadn't even raced that day, but towards the end I could feel my calves getting tight but it wasn't that bad.   

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Total Distance
44.00
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