Mara Olson
Mara Olson
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Minneapolis, MN
High School: St. Louis Park

* Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2012: Named to the Alantic 10 All-Conference Academic team. Placed 28th at the 2012 Great Lakes Regional and 10th at the 2012 Toledo Bubble Buster meet. Finished fifth at the Atlantic 10 conference championships and helped lead Butler to the overall team title. 

2011:  Second team All-Horizon League...came in 11th overall at the league championship with a time of 19:45.7...finished 58th at the NCAA Great Lakes Region Championships (21:56.10)...came in 34th at the Bradley Classic (22:20.04)...ran a time of 18:27 to place 14th at the Indiana Intercollegiates 5k...finished first at the Illini Challenge (14:45).

Background: Earned all-state honors in cross country, soccer, and basketball...ranked No. 1 academically in her high school class...six-time state medalist in track...Minnesota state 2A champion in the 1600 meter run in 2008...finished fourth in the 1 mile run at the state meet recording a personal best time of 5:00.07...placed second at the state finals in the 3200 meter run on two separate occasions...recipient of the 2010-11 St. Louis Park Athena Award, given to the school's top female athlete.