116. Katie Izzo: From Broken to Best

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

Sport & Story

Arkansas, Hogs, Sports, Razorbacks

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Arkansas is widely known as "The Track Capital of the World" and has attracted some of the top talents, including distance star Katie Izzo. But Izzo's journey to national success included more than just a bump in the road. How? Well, while at Cal Poly, Izzo broke her leg in the middle of a race, leaving her stranded on the course before help finally came. After having a metal rod inserted in her leg and two years without competition, she found her way to Fayetteville where she came back with a fury—blasting past her personal bests, qualifying for Olympic trials and helping Arkansas win its first-ever cross country national championship. This is how Katie Izzo took the worst thing that could happen to a runner and became a champion.

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0:00.0	I want to say two miles into the race I hear a snap and it's my tibia and
0:06.6	fibula just completely snapped and I went to the ground and I had to scream because
0:12.3	there was no nobody around and the girls had passed me and
0:16.2	there was no officials know anyone so for about a minute I was just screaming for
0:21.0	help. Welcome into the Hog Pot. I'm Bo Mattingly and this episode is made possible by our friends at First Security Bank,
0:37.4	Sarazan Resort, Lindsay Golf, and Abilita Maria. The women's side of it.
0:43.0	One lap remaining for Katie Iso,
0:45.0	and there's quite a big gap.
0:47.0	Razorback distance runner, Katie Iso, has shattered the record book
0:50.0	since transferring to Arkansas,
0:52.0	breaking a school record in the 5k and helping win the program's first
0:55.8	national championship in cross country.
0:58.3	The razorback's first NCAA title in history.
1:01.6	This is the crowning achievement.
1:04.0	Hays to me,
1:06.0	but Iso climbed a steep hill to get here.
1:12.0	Before arriving at Arkansas, she broke her leg in the middle of a race,
1:17.3	leaving her stranded on the course with an uncertain future.
1:21.1	I knew the pain was really bad and I think I had that fear in the
1:24.9	back of my head breaking my leg going into the race but when it happened it was
1:30.1	like oh no the worst thing that happened just happened.
1:34.0	After two years of recovery and a metal rod in her leg,
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