Kirsten Olling

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Wheeler, Mich.

2018 (Cross Country): Finished 35^th, and first among CMU runners, in 23:03.6 at the Michigan State Spartan Invitational (9/14); race comprised 275 runners … led CMU to a seventh-place finish in 25-team field … finished 50^th in 17:48.19 at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (9/28); race comprised 154 runners … was the second Chippewa to cross the finish line … finished 101st in 21:48.7 at the Pre-Nationals Invite (10/13); race comprised 239 runners … was the second Chippewa across the finish line … finished 10th in 21:28.2 at the MAC Championships (10/27), earning Second Team All-MAC honors ... race comprised 105 runners …

2018 (Outdoor Track & Field): Placed 11th in the 10,000-meter run (35:28.39) in the Virginia Challenge (4/20-21) … placed third in the 1500 (4:46.61) in the Oakland Golden Grizzlies Invitational (4/13-14) … placed 29th in the 800 (2:36.47) and 11th in the 1500 (4:53.29) in the Michigan State Spartan Invitational (4/6-7) … placed 71st in the 5000 (17:24.38) in the North Carolina State Raleigh Relays (3/30-31); race comprised 136 runners

2017: Did not compete. Redshirted.

2016 (Cross Country): Finished in 22:05.3 in the 6K Indiana State Pre-Nationals (10/15) … posted a 22:00.8 in the 6K Mid-American Conference Championships (10/29), finishing 21^st … broke the 22-minute barrier in the 6K (21:37.6) at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (11/11).

2015 (Cross Country): Finished seventh in 21:10.8 at the 6K Mid-American Conference Championships (10/31) ... earned Second Team All-MAC honors ... finished with a 6K time of 22:36.3 at the Minnesota Roy Griak Invite (9/26) ... Placed 14th at NCAA Pre-Nationals with a 6K time of 21:10.9 (10/17) ... placed 32^nd in 21:19.4 in the 6K NCAA Great Lakes Regional (11/13).

2014: At Arizona State University ... competed in five races.

High School: Four-time Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 4 Cross Country state champion (2010-13) ... one of only seven female runners in state history to win four state titles ... won 2013 state final in Division 4 record 17:44.9 ... four-time Division 4 track & field state 3200-meter run champion ... won the Division 4 state track & field state crown in the 1600 in 2011 ... named the Michigan Gatorade Runner of the Year in 2013 and in 2014 ... Footlocker Cross Country All American in both 2013 and 2014 ... named to Footlocker All-Midwest First Team in 2013 and organization's All-Midwest Third Team in 2011 ... ran for Team Michigan at the Midwest Meet of Champions in 2013 ... also ran in the Nike Midwest Regional and the New Balance Nationals during high school career, earning All-Midwest honors from Nike and All-America honors from New Balance ... four-time Mount Pleasant Morning Sun Dream Team ... four time Saginaw News Fall Sports Dream Team member.

Career Bests: 6K (21:10.9)