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PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS

2021 Cross Country Roster

Olivia Brooks

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Highschool Summit HS
  • Hometown Bend, Ore.
  • Prev School Colorado

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Cross Country:

Awards:

- Academic All-Big Sky (2021)

Outdoor:

Awards:

- Academic All-Big Sky (2022)
 

PERSONAL BESTS:

Cross Country:

4,000m - 14:32.9 - Viking Rust Buster (9/3/21)
5,000m - 17:45.0 - Prep (2016)
6,000m - 21:38.3 - Battle Born Collegiate Challenge (2/19/21)

Indoor:

Mile - 4:51.16 - Prep (2017; PSU Best: 5:14.95 - Portland Indoor Four, 2/13/22)
3,000m - 10:30.50 - Portland Indoor Three (2/5/22)

Outdoor:

800m - 2:14.62 - Colorado Invitational (4/5-6/19; PSU Best: 2:19.42 - Portland Distance Carnival, 5/14/22)
1,500m - 4:28.82 - Prep (2017; PSU Best: 4:51.07 - OSU High Performance Meet, 4/29/22)

2022 OUTDOOR:

Ran her first 800-meter race as a Viking at the Portland Distance Carnival (5/14), finishing in 2:19.42...Set a new seasonal best in the 1,500 meters, finishing in 4:51.07 at the OSU High Performance Meet (4/29-30)...Shaved 13 seconds off her seasonal best with a time of 4:51.31 at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4/14-15)...Made her outdoor debut at the NW Distance Jamboree (4/2), finishing the 1,500 meters in 5:04.54.
 

2021 CROSS COUNTRY:

Ran for the Vikings at the Big Sky Championships (10/29), placing 74th overall in 19:06.0 as the Vikings' eighth runner...Made her Viking debut at the Viking Rust Buster (9/3), finishing the 4k race as the team's fifth runner and 21st overall in a time of 14:32.9.
 

AT COLORADO (2017-21):

Set personal bests in the 800 and 1,500 meters during the 2019 outdoor season, finishing in 2:14.62 at the Colorado Invitational and 4:31.85 at the Stanford Invitational, respectively.
 

SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL:

2017 Johnny Carpenter Female Prep Athlete of the Year at the Oregon Sports Awards…Won three straight state titles in cross country from 2014-16, and placed second as a freshman in 2013…Won three straight state titles in the 1,500 and 3k during outdoor track season…Helped lead her team to four straight cross country state team titles from 2013-16, as well as four straight track team titles from 2014-17…Recorded a pair of top 10 finishes at the Nike Cross Northwest Region Championships, placing seventh as a junior and eighth as a senior…Broke her high school’s mile and 3,000-meter records.
 

PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:

Daughter of Ken and Stephanie Brooks…Has two brothers, Austin and Colton Brooks, and a sister, Emma Brooks…Lists cooking, baking and art as hobbies/interests…Graduated from Colorado with a degree in accounting.
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