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Bethany Olson

Position:
Distance
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
South Hamilton
Hometown:
Jewell, Iowa

Awards & Honors:
Academic All-Big 12: First Team (2012, 2011)
Academic All-Big 12 Cross Country First Team (2013)

Personal Records

1000m	3:02.81	2010 Indoor
1500m	4:47.44	2011 Outdoor
Mile	5:10.10	2011 Indoor
3000m	9:55.93	2011 Indoor
3000m-stp	11:12.67	2013 Outdoor
5000m	17:33.01	2011 Outdoor
	17:51.21	2012 Indoor

2013-14
Outdoor: Clocked a time of 11:08.34 at the Musco Twilight.

Indoor: Ran three races on the indoor season … posted a 10:25.00 for a season-best at the ISU Classic … followed that performance with a 10:25.56 at the Big 12 Indoor Championships.

2012-13
Outdoor: Earned fourth place in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a time of 11:27.50 at the Jim Duncan Invite.

Indoor: Finished in 13th place in the 3,000-meter run at the ISU Classic with a time of 10:07.90 ... placed 15th in the mile run at the ISU Open with a time of 5:13.24.

Cross Country: Earned first team Academic All-Big 12 honors ... finished with a time of 21:58.9 at the Big 12 Championships ... clocked a time of 22:38.8 at the Griak invite finishing in the top 75 runners ... ran a time of 18:46 in the 5,000-meter run at the Cyclone Classic ... clocked a time of 15:11 at the Drake Bulldog Classic.

2011-12
Outdoor: Ran a time of 5:10.01 in the 1,500-meter run at the Kip Janvrin Invite ... clocked a time of 18:26.27 placing sixth in the 5,000-meter run at the Jim Duncan Invite.

Indoor: Competed in the 3000-meter run at the Bill Bergan Invitational ... ran in the mile run at the ISU Open ... ran a personal best 17:51.21 in the 5000-meter run at the ISU Classic.

Cross Country: Earned first-team Academic All-Big 12 honors ... finished 57th at the Big 12 Championships ... runner-up at the Drake Fall Classic ... finished ninth at the Iowa Intercollegiate ... competed at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational ... competed at the Roy Griak Invitational.

2010-11
Outdoor: Finished 27th in the 5,000-meter run at the Big 12 Championships ... ran a personal best time in the 5,000-meter run (17:33.01) at the Mt. SAC Relays … ran a personal best time in the 1,500-meter run (4:44.79) at the Kip Janvrin Open … competed in the 5,000-meter run at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival.

Indoor: Competed in the mile run at the ISU Open (5:10.10) … competed in the 3,000-meter run at the ISU Classic (9:55.93).

Cross Country Competed at the Pre-Nationals Invitational in the 6,000-meter race (22:01) ... competed in the 6,000-meter race (22:54.80) at the Roy Griak Invitational.

2009-10
Outdoor: Set a personal record in the 5,000-meter run (18:52.09) at the Kip Janvrin Open.

Indoor: Competed in the mile run, setting a personal best (5:13.26) at the ISU Classic … set a personal record in the 800-meter run (2:22.84) at the ISU Open.

Cross Country: Running unattached, 20th-place finish at the Iowa Intercollegiate on the ISU 5,000-meter course (19:40).

Before Iowa State
As a senior, member of the fifth-place 4x800-meter relay team and seventh in the DMR 800-meter (2:21)... as a junior, place seventh in the 4x800-meter ... holds personal bests in the 800-meters (2:21), 1,500-meters (5:03) and in the 3,000-meter run (11:18) ... earned all-State accolades three times for track and field... academic all-State in basketball and volleyball... class of 2009 valedictorian at South Hamilton High School.

Personal
Born Sept. 4, 1991 ... daughter of Rod and Terri Olson ... agriculture business major.