Olivia Menden

Class:
Senior
Position:
Middle Distance
Hometown:
Upper Arlington, Ohio

2016 Outdoor (Senior):
Registered a 10th-place finish in the 1,500 with a time of 4:41.98 at the Duke Invitational (April 22-23) ... Raced to a seventh-place finish with a time of 4:39.43 in the 1,500 at the Highlander Invitational (April 30) ... Finished eighth in the 1,500 after crossing the line in 4:41.92 at the 2016 Atlantic 10 Outdoor Track & Field Championship (May 7-8).

2015-16 Indoor (Senior):
Raced to victory in the mile, clocking a 5:08.96 at the JDL College Kick-off Classic (Dec. 5).

2015 Outdoor (Junior):
Raced to a first-place finish in the 1500 with a time of 4:36.23 at the Charlotte 49er Classic (March 19-21) … Helped the 4x800 relay team (9:20.77) to a seventh place finish at the Raleigh Relays (March 27-28) … Earned first place in the 1500 with a time of 4:36.61 at the High Point VertKlasse Meet (April 3-4) … Clocked a 4:35.94 in the 1500 at the Virginia Challenge (April 17-18) … Took the 1500 in a time of 4:37.29, while helping the 4x400 relay team to a second place finish with a time of 3:56.91 at the 2015 Carolina Cup (April 22) … Ran a season-best 4:33.35 to place seventh in the 1500 and was part of the 4x800 relay team (8:50.79) that took fourth at the 2015 Atlantic 10 Outdoor Track and Field Championship (May 2-3) … Placed 18^th in the 800 with a time of 2:12.60 at the Duke Twilight (May 6-7).

2014-15 Indoor (Junior):
Opened the season with a first-place finish in the one-mile (5:09.16) at the ETSU Invitational (Jan. 16-17) … Ran a season-best 5:04.64 mile to take fifth at the Hilton Garden Invitational (Jan. 30) … Claimed fourth in the 800 (2:16.56), while helping the 4x400 relay team to a seventh place finish (4:11.71) at the High Point Panthers Team Challenge (Feb. 12) … Part of the 4x800 relay team that raced to a third place finish (9:07.35), while taking 14^th in the one mile (5:15.60) at the 2015 Atlantic 10 Indoor Track and Field Championship (Feb. 21-22).

2014 Outdoor (Sophomore)
SoCon Honor Roll… Ran a 2:22.22 in the 800 at the Charlotte 49er Classic (March 20)… Improved to 2:18.92 in the 800 at the VertKlasse Meeting for a season-best and a fourth-place finish in the event (April 4) … Finished ninth in the 800 and second in the 1,500 with a time of 4:44.32 at the Carolina’s Cup (April 10) … Ran a 4:40.54 in the finals of the 1,500 for tenth-place at the SoCon Outdoor Championships (April 26) ... Posted a season-best 4:35.98 in the 1500 at the Wolfpack Last Chance Meet (May 16).

2013-14 Indoor (Sophomore):
Lone competition of the season was the SoCon Indoor Championships, where she took 11th in the 800 in a time of 2:20.46 (March 1).

2013 Outdoor (Freshman):
Was the runner up in the 800 in a time of 2:18.28 at the Palmetto Classic (March 8)… Posted a time of 2:18.97 for 11th-place in the 800 at the Charlotte 49er Classic (March 22) and competed in the 400 with a time of 1:01.46… Took fourth in the 800 in 2:16.58 and was a member of the 4x4 team that ran a 4:03.89 at the at the Vertklasse meeting (March 22) … Improved to a time of 2:16.38 in the 800 at the Duke Invitational (April 5)… Won the 800 in a career-best 2:15.56 at the University Carolina’s Cup (April 12) … Helped the 4x4 relay to a ninth-place finish (3:57.79) and took 11th in the prelims of the 800 (2:15.57) at the SoCon Outdoor Championships (April 20).

2012-13 Indoor (Freshman):
Made her collegiate debut in the mile at the JDL College Kick Off Classic, taking second in a time of 5:22.59 (Dec. 1)… Finished 12th in the 800 crossing the line in 2:24.15 at the Wake Forest Invitational (Jan. 19) and was also a member of the 4x4 relay (4:14.45)… Posted an indoor best of 2:21.31 in the 800 at the Tiger Paw Invitational, taking 12th in the event (Feb. 8)… Was also a member of 4x4 relay team that finished in 4:09.83… A part of the fifth-place DMR team at the SoCon Indoor Championships that ran a 12:15.69 as well as a member of the 4x4 relay that ran a 4:05.16 for 10th place (Feb. 23).

Before Davidson:
Named to the 2011 Academic All-Ohio Cross Country Division I team... Won the 800m and 1600m events at the 2012 District Finals meet… Also a member of the winning 4 x 800m relay… Was the runner up in the 1600m run at the district meet as a freshman in 2010… Placed in the top 50 of the Division I state cross country meet for Ohio… Columbus Dispatch Ohio Capital Conference Central Division Second Team honoree.