Collegiate Results:
https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/7738730/Butler/Abby_Olson.html
Collegiate Bests (through the 2023 Cross Country Season):
1500m - 4:40.55, 2021 Illinois State Invitational (Outdoor)
Mile - 5:01.60, 2022 Jim Green Invitational (Indoor)
3000m - 9:37.45, 2023 Big East Indoor Championships
5000m - 16:46.59, 2023 Big East Indoor Championships
10,000m - 35:32.26, 2023 Raleigh Relays
4K (XC) - 14:09.6, 2023 Vic Godfrey Open
5K (XC) - 17:17.3, 2022 Joe Piane Invitational
6K (XC) - 21:11.9, 2022 NCAA Division I Great Lakes Region Championships
2023 Cross Country: Placed 60th in the 6k at the NCAA Division I Great Lakes Region Championship (21:36.6)... Finished 21st in the 6k at the 2023 Big East Cross Country Championship (21.28.8)... Placed 19th in the 6k at the Nuttycombe Invite (22:02.3)... Placed 56th in the 5k at the Live in Lou XC Classic (17:59.5)... Finished 4th at the IUPUI Jaguar Invitational in the 5k (18:00.1), Placed second and obtained a career best in the 4k at the Vic Godfrey Open (14:09.6).
2022-23 Track: Placed fifth in the 10,000 meters at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships...finished ninth in the 5,000 meters and 11th in the 3,000 at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships.
2022 Cross Country: Won the Rose Hulman Opener (9/1)... 3rd place finish at Redbird Invite (9/16)... Earned personal record at the NCAA Division I Great Lakes Region Championships (11/11), finishing 50th...placed 27th at the BIG EAST Championships.
2021-22 Track: 6th place finish in the 3000m at the Blue & Gold Invitational (12/3)...2nd place in the 3000m at the Gene Edmonds Invitational (1/8)...5th place in the 5000m at the Meyo Invitational (2/4)
PRIOR TO BUTLER: 4x All-Conference and All-Region Cross Country selection… 2019 All-State Cross Country… 2019 All-Conference Track and Field… Was a two-year team captain… With West Ottawa High School, won the 2019 cross country conference championship and 2019 regional championship… Academically, was named Salutatorian of her graduating class… An Academic-All State selection… Was a member of National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Brian and Julie Olson… Has one sister, Arianne.
WHY OLSON CHOSE BUTLER: “On my visit, I felt like I fit in well with the team and I felt like Butler would provide me great opportunities athletically and academically.”
