Jamie Olson

Jamie Olson

Year: Junior
Hometown: Glastonbury, Conn.
High School: Glastonbury
House Affiliation: Quincy

Honors and Awards
First-team All-Ivy League (4x800 meter relay, 2008)
Second-team All-Ivy League (cross country, 2007)

Personal Bests
800 meters - 2:12.58
1,000 meters - 2:49.65
1,500 meters - 4:28.64
Mile - 4:52.29
XC 5k - 17:41
XC 6k - 21:42

2009-10
Rounded out the Crimson scoring by finishing fifth overall at the Harvard/Yale meet with a time of 18:19.04, helping the Crimson to its biggest win over the Bulldogs since 2001 … Fourth among Harvard runners at the NCAA Pre-National Invitational with a time of 22:07.01 … Competed at the Heps Championships ... Fourth among Harvard runners and fourth out of 243 at the NCAA Regionals, helping the team earn a fifth-place finish at the event ... Second among Harvard runners and 21st overall at the ECAC Championships with a time of 17:59.3.

2008-09
Finished eighth overall and second among Harvard runners at the H-Y meet ... Finished 80th in the white race at the Pre-Nationals ... Placed fourth among Harvard runners and 29th overall at the Heptagonal Championships ... Fourth among Harvard runners and 57th overall at the NCAA Regional meet ... Finished second among Harvard runners and 11th overall at the ECAC Championships ... Finished third in the mile run at the Indoor Heptagonal Championships ... Placed sixth in the mile at the ECAC Indoor Championships ... Finished 10th in the 1,000 meter run at the Terrier Invitational ... Placed third in the 5,000 meter run at the Battle of Beantown... Finished second in the 800 meter run in the HYP meet ... Placed 14th in 1,500 (4:30.17) at the ECAC Championships … Ran a leg of the distance medley relay that broke the school record and finished sixth at the Drake Relays … Also a member of the 4x1600 meter relay team that finished fourth at the Drake Relays … Finished second at the Harvard-Yale dual meet with a personal best time of 2:12.58.

2007-08
First-team All-Ivy League ... Member of winning 4x800 meter relay team at the Outdoor Heptagonal Championships ... Placed second in the 1,000 meters at the ECAC Indoor Championships (2:49.65) ... Finished third in the mile at the Harvard Select Meet (5:01.15) ... Ran a season and team-best 4:28.64 in the 1,500 meters at the Outdoor ECAC Championships ... Placed third in the 1,000 meters at the Battle of Beantown (2:54.02) ... Hit an ECAC qualifying mark in the mile at the HYP meet, placing sixth (4:55.93) ... Finished second in the 800 meters at the Texas Southern Relays (2:13.28) ... Was the fourth collegiate competitor and sixth overall to finish the 1,500 meters at the Victor Lopez Rice Bayou Classic ... Finished second in the 800 meters after winning her heat at the Sam Howell Invitational (2:14.03) ... Finished third in the 800 meters at the Brown Invitational ... Placed second at 1,500 meters at the Harvard-Yale meet with an ECAC qualifying time (4:33.04) ... Second Harvard runner and 51st overall at the Paul Short Run ... Fourth overall at the UAlbany Invitational ... Top Harvard runner and 13th overall at the Heptagonal Championships ... Finished 35th at NCAA regionals.

Personal
All-state cross country selection sophomore thru senior year ... Individual cross country state champion senior year ... 1600m indoor state champion as a senior ... Member of the 4x800m relay indoor state champion as a junior and senior ... 800m outdoor state champion as a senior ... National Honor Society member ... AP Scholar ... Science National Honor Society.