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Butler University Athletics

2022-23 Women's Track & Field Roster

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Katherine Olsen

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown DeKalb, Ill.
  • Highschool DeKalb

Biography

2021 Outdoor All-Big East (1500m)

Collegiate Results:
https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/7383991/Butler/Katherine_Olsen.html

Collegiate Bests (through the 2022-23 Track and Field Season):
600m - 1:34.41, 2023 Music City Challenge 
800m - 2:10.53, 2023 Fighting Illini Challenge 
1000m - 2:56.80, 2019 Hoosier Open (Indoor)
1500m - 4:24.13, 2021 EKU Rick Erdmann Twilight (Outdoor)
Mile - 4:48.68, 2022 GVSU Big Meet (Indoor)
3000m - 10:01.05, 2019 Blue & Gold Invitational (Indoor)
5K (XC) - 17:26.5, 2022 Joe Piane Invitational 
6K (XC) - 21:13.7, Fall 2021 NCAA Division I Great Lakes Region Cross Country Championships

2022 Cross Country: 7th place finish at the Redbird Invite (9/16)... Set personal record at the Joe Piane Invitational (9/30)

2021-22 Track: 4th place finish in the Mile at the Meyo Invitational (2/5)...3rd place in the Mile at the GVSU Big Meet (2/11)...5th place finishes in the 4x800 relay at the Big East Indoor Championships (2/26) and Big East Outdoor Championships (5/14)

2019 Cross Country: Redshirted the season. 

PRIOR TO BUTLER: Took third in the 1600m at the 2019 Illinois Prep Top Times Indoor Championships... Placed top-ten in the 1600m at the Illinois 3A State Championships two years in a row, sixth in 2019 and tenth in 2018... Placed sixth in the 3200m at the 2018 Illinois 3A State Championships... Posted top times of 2:16.14 (800m), 4:57.39 (1600m), and 10:42.48 (3200m)... Also ran a top time of 17:21.20 on a 3-mile cross country course.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

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  • 2020-21Sophomore

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  • 2021-22Junior

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  • 2022-23Senior

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