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3200m state champion as a 7th grader…1600m state champ as a freshman…..All-American in the freshman mile. The list of accolades was piling up for the talented junior from Gainesville Oak Hall by the end of her freshman year. The sky seemed like it was the limit for Uribe entering her sophomore track season campaign, but expectations were never fulfilled and Uribe was only left with frustration. Uribe would go on to run only 2:23 for the 800 and 5:20 for the 1600m after posting such impressive times as a freshman (2:17.76/5:12.68)…so what exactly happened?
"Sophomore year really just spawned from a chain reaction starting with the indoor mile race at UF (University of Florida). I had an awesome winter, had the training and was really confident, but I became really sick the week of the race. I ran horrible (5:31.99) and after that it seemed like nothing could go right. My workouts would get worse and worse. At times I would just leave the track because the workout was going so bad...
