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Ari Fisher

Ari Fisher the Focus of Flotrack Player Spotlight

10/1/2010 6:34:00 PM

This past week, Toledo harrier Ari Fisher sat down with Flotrack.org, a site devoted to all things cross country and track, for an in-depth interview.

Check out the full article here.

Here's a sneak peek...

University of Toledo's Ari Fisher is riding a killer upswing in her progression as a runner. After being three places off of All-American status in cross country last year and at The Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational, where she won her 5,000-meter heat in a big personal-best time of 16 minutes, 24.27 seconds, she suffered a stress fracture injury the next day on her easy run. Not willing to settle for losing that momentum, Fisher immediately hit the bike and the pool and cross-trained her tail off. After this past weekend, where she took third overall in the Gold Race at Roy Griak Invitational, Fisher is ready to roll all the way to nationals where she hopes to garner top-20 honors.

You're on the bus right now, back from Minnesota. How long have you been on there?

It's a good 12-hour drive. Next week we have Missouri, and we're going to fly there, which should be good. We're pretty used to these long bus rides. We watch a lot of movies and TV shows—like Entourage.

Can you talk about your opener and what it was like to kick off your season?

It's amazing, I've been waiting all summer to race. It's great to finally get out there and race. I finally got to prove my training and everything.

Is third place what you saw yourself capable of?

Yeah, I did. I thought I would be a contender for like top 10. I really knew I was going to show something that my training reflected. I did expect something like that this season.

You battled with Betsy Saina, of Iowa State, who took second in the NCAA 10,000 this past outdoor season. Does that get you really excited for how this season could play out?

Yeah, definitely. I'm super-excited because I was so close to All American last year and it just left me hungry. I want to prove myself. I know I'm All American and I want to prove it. It's really cool to get out there and start so well.

Is simply being an All American the goal or do you have bigger goals than that this year?

All American is the goal, but honestly, I just want to run as fast as I know I'm capable of. If that makes me All American, or if that makes me top 20, so be it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fisher travels to Springfield, MO this weekend with five others of the Rocket top runners for the Richard Clark Invitational. Stay tuned to UTRockets.com for updates from the weekend.

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