Running for Nebraska: Happy November

November 1, 2010

Happy November

I hope everyone had a good Halloween weekend, I did. Back to business now though, today is a recovery run and tomorrow a workout. A busy week ahead... bio tutor tonight, bio lab tomorrow, math test make-up on Wednesday morning, bible study Wednesday night, a film for english Thursday evening, a play for theatre on Friday night. I hope everyone is doing well, post any questions or comments you have and I'll get back to you a-sap.

The women competed at Big XII's this weekend, finishing 8th in the final Big XII Championships for Nebraska. Lara Crofford led us with a 10th place finish, the first Husker Cross woman to recieve 3 All Big XII team recognitions for her high placings at Conference. Martina was 16th in a speedy 21:03 and everyone else did the best they could to help the Huskers earn their 8th place showing. The men were 6th and the top 7 of each team continue on to Regionals in two weeks, go big red!

Two months and two weeks until Indoor track kicks off with the first race of the season!

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Why Nebraska?

When I began the college search I knew that I wanted to continue running at the NCAA Division 1 level. I desired a school rich in pride for its sports with good academics as well. I found this in Lincoln, NE. College sports are a very big deal in the state of Nebraska and it shows in the school's facilities and coaching staff. I picked Nebraska because of all it had to offer me as a student athlete and because of the at-home feeling I got on my visit and with the team. Quite a few of my teammates have become a lot faster since their high school PR's and this was a good indicator to me that I could trust in the training tendencies of my long time Nebraska Cross Country coach Jay Dirksen. A graduate of South Dakota State in '68, Jay was an All American steeplechaser and has coached at Nebraska for 28 years producing a total of 3 NCAA National Champions, 1 U.S Olympic Trials Champion, 20 Cross Country NCAA All Americans, 39 NCAA Track and Field All Americans, 5 Big XII Cross Country Team Titles, 6 NCAA Regional Titles and 22 NCAA Cross Country Teams.

Before Nebraska

I ran four years of Cross Country and Track for Great Oak High School under coaches Doug Soles and Daniel Noble. I was a four year letter winner in both sports and went to Nike Cross Nationals all four years. Some notable awards include #1 Freshman in Riverside County in 2006 and Freshman of the Year, as well as the #3 Sophomore in 2007, winner of the Long Beach Invitational, the Mt. SAC D1 sophomore girls champion and Sophomore of the Year. My Junior and Senior seasons I was a team captain and the Most Improved athlete on the track team, Junior and Senior of the Year as well as 1st Team All-League in the SWL, a scholar athlete, a member of the 2008 Riverside County Academic Team winner (gohs xc), part of the CIF Southern Section team champion in 2009, and the tie breaker of Great Oak's 2009 Runner Up accolades at the California State Meet. In track I was the Inland Empire 1600m Champ, held senior records in the 1600m (5:02.54), 3200m (11:09.10), and 3 miles (17:19, xc); and was a California High School Heisman Finalist in 2010.