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2021 Men's Cross Country Roster

Alisha Alexander
Becky Paull

Cole Olsen

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Clearwater, Idaho
  • Highschool Clearwater Valley HS

Biography

TFRRS Profile

2021-22 - SENIOR: Cross Country -
Capped cross country career as a four-time All-American and four-time all-conference honoree ... finished in the top 10 of every race during the season and finished second twice ... season-best 8k time of 24:31 to take fifth at the Inland Empire Championships ... finished second (25:03) at the Cascade Conference Championships to earn all-conference ... finished ninth (25:20) at nationals to earn All-American honors | Indoor - Broke Olympian Sam Atkin's record in the 3,000m (8:16.29) at the Whitwiorth Invitational ... set the LC State record in the indoor 5,000m (14:33.24) at the Spokane Invitational ... finished seventh in the prelim and eighth in the final of the 3,000m at indoor nationals (8:28.43) | Outdoor - Ran the second-fastest 10,000m in program history (30:30.23) to win the event at the Cascade Conferernce Championships ... finished second in the 5,000m at the event ... placed fourth in the 10,000m (30:36.02) at outdoor nationals to earn first All-American honor in outdoor track

NAIA All-American: Cross Country (9th Place), Indoor 3,000m (8th Place), Outdoor 10,000m (4th Place)
CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-American
Cascade Conference Champion: 10,000m
All-Cascade Conference: Cross Country (2nd Place), 10,000m (1st Place), 5,000m (2nd Place)
CoSIDA Academic All-District
National Qualifier: Indoor 3,000m, Indoor 5,000m, Outdoor 5,000m, Outdoor 10,000m
USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete
NAIA Runner of the Week: 10/20/21
Cascade Conference Runner/Track Athlete of the Week: 10/18/21, 2/14/22
Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete
Academic All-Cascade Conference


2020-21 - SENIOR (COVID): Indoor - Won both the 5,000m (14:42.24) and 3,000m (8:33.91) at the Polar Vortex Classic ... time in 5,000m was a career-best and qualified him for indoor nationals ... finished eighth in the 5,000m at the 2021 NAIA Indoor Track and Field National Championships to earn All-American Status | Cross Country - Completed another All-American season with a 15th-place finish (24:56) at nationals ... won four out of five races in the season, with the only exception being nationals ... won the individual title at the Cascade Conference Championships (24:18) to help LC State to its first CCC team title ... also won the Bushnell Invitational (24:50), LC State Winter Invitational 1 (24:01) and LC State Winter Invitational 2 (25:10) | Outdoor - Won the 10,000m and set a career-best (30:56.96) at the Bucs Scoring Invitational ... career-best 5,000m (14:37.26) at the Sam Adams Classic ... Cascade Conference Champion in the 10,000m (30:58.04) and was third in the 5,000m (15:15.92) to earn All-Cascade Conference in both ... finished ninth overall in the 10,000m (31:43.63) at outdoor nationals and 12th in the 5,000m (15:18.94)

NAIA All-American: 8th - Indoor 5,000m | Cross Country (15th Place)
USTFCCCA West Region Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Year
National Qualifier: Indoor 5,000m, Outdoor 10,000m, Outdoor 5,000m
Cascade Conference Cross Country Runner of the Year
Cascade Conference Champion: 10,000m
All-Cascade Conference: Cross Country (Individual Champion), 5,000m (3rd Place), 10,000m (1st Place)
NAIA National Runner of the Week: 3/31/21
Cascade Conference Runner of the Week: 2/1/21, 2/15/21, 3/1/21, 3/29/21
USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
Academic All-Cascade Conference
LCSPY Warrior of the Year

Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete

2019-20 - JUNIOR: Cross Country - Ran the second-fastest time in program history (23:42) to place fifth at the Inland Empire Championships ... placed second (26:51) at the Frontier Conferene Preview ... won the Frontier Conference Individual title with a first-place finish (25:31) to help lead the Warriors to the team title at the Frontier Conference Championships ... finished fourth overall in the nation (24:55) and helped LC State to its highest finish ever (third place) at the NAIA Cross Country National Championships Indoor - Had three first=place finishes, with two coming in the 5000m and one in the 3000m at NCAA DI meets ... qualfiied for indoor nationals in the 5000m with a areer-best time of 14:51.35 to win the Boise State Challenge ... qualified in the 3000m at indoor nationals with a win (8:31.45) at the Jacksons/Nike Invitational ... member of the 4x800m relay team that set the school record with a time of 7:55.29 at the Jacksons/Nike Invitational ... won his heat in stunning fashion in the prelims of the 3000m rubn at indoor nationals (8:44.73) ... finished sixth overall in the finals of the 3000m run at indoor nationals to earn All-American status with a time of 8:31.83)

NAIA All-American: 4th - Cross Country, 6th - Indoor 3000m
CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-American
USTFCCCA West Region Indoor Track Athlete of the Year
All-Frontier Conference (1st - Cross Country)
Frontier Conference Cross Country Runner of the Year
National Qualifier: Indoor 3000m, Indoor 5000m
Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete - Cross Country/Track & Field
CoSIDA Academic All-District
USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
Academic All-Frontier Conference
NAIA National Runner of the Week - 10/16/19
Frontier Conference Runner of the Week (XC) - 9/30/19, 10/14/19


2018-19 - SOPHOMORE: Cross Country: Set a new career-best time in the 8K (24:45.0) when he finished 13th at the NAIA Cross Country National Championship ... finished third at the Frontier Conference Championship (26:05.3) ... Indoor: Career-fastest 3,000m (8:31.30 to win event at WSU Indoor Meet (1/19/19) and qualify for Nationals ... won 5,000m (15:11.85) at WSU (2/2/19) to also qualify for Nationals ... placed ninth (8:51.34) in 3,000m at Nationals ... Ourdoor: qualified for Nationals in 10,000m with third-place finish (31:28.80), a career-best, at WAR 12 (4/6/19) ... personal best 1,500m (4:03.58) at Whitworth Twilight (4/18/19) ... placed 14th in 10,000m at Outdoor Nationals (32:54.32) ... was named the first-ever Male Athlete of the Year at the inaugural LCSPYs

NAIA All-American (13th - Cross Country)
All-Frontier Conference (3rd - Cross Country)
NAIA Runner of the Week - 9/19/18
Frontier Conference Runner of the Week - 9/17/18, 10/1/18, 10/15/18
National Qualifier: Indoor 3,000m, 5,000m, Outdoor 10,000m
LCSPYs Male Athlete of the Year


2017-18 - FRESHMAN:  Cross Country: Competed in NAIA National Cross Country 8K championship (25:56.8, 68th place)…Finished sixth in his first Warrior competition, 6K vs. Whitworth (19.33.8)…Top 8K finish was 13th at Cascade Conference Preview (26:27.1), and top 8K time was 25:18.0 at Inland Empire Challenge…Competed in 10,000 meter NAIA National Outdoor Track & Field championship (33:38.95, 21st place) Indoor: Won the 3000m at the WSU Open with a career-best 8:56.25 ... placed fifth in the 5000m at the Boise State Challenge (15:08.6) ... finished 14th at the NAIA National Indoor Championships in the 5000m (15:37.66) Outdoor: Set career-best 5000m time (15:06.90) to finish eighth at the 2018 Bucs Scoring Meet ... personal-best 31:40.38 in 10000m to place sixth at WAR XI ... set career-best in 800m (2:05.44) and 1500m (4:11.0) at Whitworth Twilight

National Qualifier: Indoor 5000m, Outdoor 10000m

HIGH SCHOOL: Four year varsity letter winner in both track and basketball...Three-year letter winner in cross country...Three-time cross country captain, two-time track captain ... 2016 Idaho 1A state champion in cross country… 2017 Idaho 1A state champion in 3,200 and 1,600...Class valedictorian...National Honor Society President...Athlete and Student of year

PERSONAL: Son of Jenny and Carl Olsen...Has three siblings (Tyler, Luke, and Teagan)... Majoring in Kinesiology

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

  • 2018Sophomore

  • 2019Junior

  • 2020Senior

  • 2021Senior