2011-12 Track and Field

Josh Olsen

  • Weight 0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Thomaston, Conn.
  • Highschool Thomaston

Biography


Click here to view andpurchase Josh Olsenphotos

2011-12: All-Patriot League First Team forcross country and All-Patriot League Second Team for indoor track… led the team with a 59th-place finish (25:16) at the PaulShort Invitational …  placed second at the PatriotLeague Cross Country Championship with a time of 25:12.80 …scored points for American with a team-best 28th place finish in atime of 31:18.5 at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals … tooksecond in the indoor 3,000 meter run at the Navy Invitational… tallied a second place finish in the indoor mile at theMaryland Invitational … won the indoor mile at the GeorgeMason Patriot Games with a personal-best time of 4:14.76 …posted a fifth place finish in the 5,000 meter championship at theNew Balance Collegiate Invitational … placed secondin the 5,000 meter run with a time of 14:25.72, also coming insixth in the 3,000 meter run at the Patriot League IndoorChampionship ... registered a personal-best 3:54.16 in the outdoor1,500 meter run to place third at the Navy Invitational Duals… won the outdoor 5,000 meter run with the 10th fastest timein program history (14:22.60) at the Bison Outdoor Classic …posted the second fastest time at American (30:34.20) in the 10,000meter run with his third place finish at the Patriot League OutdoorChampionship … named to the Patriot League Academic HonorRoll in the spring.

2010-11: Ran a season-best 8k time of 25:24.13for a 22nd-place finish at the Navy Invitational … finishedfifth at the Leopard Invitational with a 26:02.30 … placed17th at the Patriot League Cross Country Championship with a25:36.00 … scored points for AU at the NCAA Mid-AtlanticRegional Meet with a 62nd-place finish and 10k time of 31:56… ran a career-best time of 8:19.59 in the indoor 3000 meterto place third at the 2011 New Balance Collegiate Invitational… took fourth place and set the third-fastest indoor 5000meter time in program history with a 14:24.51 at the Patriot LeagueIndoor Championships … placed second at the MarylandInvitational with a career-best outdoor 1500 meter time of 3:55.83… finished first at the MSU Legacy meet with an outdoor 1500meter time of 3:59.84 … named to the Patriot League AcademicHonor Roll for the spring semester.

2009-10: Opened the cross country season with afirst place performance at the Mount St. Mary’s Duals in atime of 15:42.52 ... placed 23rd at the Patriot League CrossCountry Championship … won the 3000 meter at the GMU PatriotGames, setting a personal-best time of 8:26.45 … set a newpersonal record in the 5000 meter at the Patriot League Indoor Championships with a time of 14:42.11, the eighth-fastesttime in program history … posted the seventh-fastest time inprogram history in the 3000 meter at the Maryland OutdoorInvitational, finishing in 8:27.28 ... set a personal-record timeof 3:57.14 in the 1500 meter run at the Navy Invitational …posted a personal best in the 5000 meter at the Swarthmore LastChance Meet with a time of 14:39.79 … placed third in the10,000 meter at the Patriot League Outdoor Championships with atime of 32:16.14.

2008-09: Selected as the rookie of the weekafter recording a time of 16:29.24 in the 5k at the Mount St.Mary''s meet, the second fastest time posted by a freshman in themeet  ... ran a personal best in the 8k with a time 25.20 atthe Leopard Invitational ... named to the Patriot League AcademicHonor Roll in both the fall and spring semesters.

High School: Ran four years of XC and track atThomaston High School ... was a five-time Connecticut Class S StateChampion in XC and track ... was named All-New England in XC as asenior ... school record holder in the 3000 ... earned 11 varsityletters ... was also a member of student council and National HonorSociety.


Personal Records

Track
Indoor Mile: 4:14.76
Indoor 3000: 8:19.59
Indoor 5000: 14:24.51
Outdoor 1500: 3:54.16
Outdoor 3000: 8:27.28
Outdoor 5000: 14:22.60
Outdoor 10000: 30:34.02

Cross Country
5k: 15:34.00
8k: 25.12.80
10k: 31:18.50

Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Sophomore

  • 2010-11Junior

  • 2011-12Senior