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2020 Women's Cross Country Roster

Therese Olshanski

  • Height 5-2
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Mountain Lakes
  • Hometown Mountain Lakes, NJ

Biography

Olshanski's Top Performances & Career Results (TFRRS)

Career Summary

- 2017 & 2018 All-American (1/8 2x All-Americans in JHU history)
- 2021 CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District
- 2017 & 2018 Mideast All-Region
- 2017, 2018 & 2019 First Team All-Centennial (1/10 3x First Team in JHU history)
- 2017 Centennial Conference Rookie of the Year
- Ran the 9th-fastest NCAA Championship time in program history (21:27.70)
- 2018 & 2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic
- 3x Centennial Academic Honor Roll


2020
- The 2020 WXC was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic


2019
- Competed in seven events in 2019
- Placed 3rd at the Centennial Conference Championships w/ a time of 21:51.0
- Ran a 6K PR of 21:09.4 at the Rowan Inter-Regional Border Battle
- Ran the 5K at the Louisville Classic in 17:47.7, a personal best


2018
- Competed in seven races during the season
- Placed 35th at NCAA's, running the 6K course in 21:54.2
- Earned a 5th-place finish at the Mideast Region Championships (22:51.3)
- Placed 6th at the Centennial Championships (21:49.5)


2017
- Ran in seven races as a freshman
- Finished 29th at the NCAA Championships, crossing the finish line in 21:27.7
- Grabbed a top-5 finish at the Mideast Region Championships, placing 4th
- Finished 5th at Centennials, running a time of 21:59.9


High School
- Team was conference champions all four seasons 
- 3x First Team All-Conference 
- Placed third in 800m at New Balance Nationals in senior season. 
- First Team All-County and Morris County Scholar-Athlete in senior season.


Personal
- Daughter of Ted & Terri Olshanski
- Has two siblings, Brian and twin sister, Elizabeth 
- Father, Ted ('85) played football at Pitt
- Brother, Brian ('19) played football at Lehigh 
- Certified Nursing Assistant at a senior living facility
- Went on mission trip to Nicaragua
- Plays guitar, piano and violin 
- Majoring in Public Health

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

    5'2"
  • 2018Sophomore

    5'2"
  • 2019Junior

    5'2"
  • 2020Senior

    5'2"