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Olivia Brooks

Position:
Distance
Height:
5-4
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Bend, Ore.
High School:
Summit

2021: (Indoor): Did not compete. (Cross country)
(Outdoor): Raced two 1500-meter races for the Buffs ...

2020: Indoor: Competed in two miles at the Colorado Invitational and the Husky Classic ... Ran a season-best 4:57.32 at the Husky Classic
Outdoor: Canceled due to COVID-19

2019: Indoor: Did not compete.
Outdoor: Raced mostly in the 1,500, competing in four races including two at Stanford. Set a personal best in the 1,500 at the Stanford Invite in 4:31.85, and followed it up a week later at the Colorado Invitational with a 2:14.62 personal best in the 800.

2018: Indoor: Brooks focused on the mile during her first indoor season with the Buffs. She competed four times. At the Husky Classic in February she earned a personal best with a time of 4:52.45.
Outdoor: Did not compete.

CROSS COUNTRY:
2019: Did not compete.
2018: Did not compete.
2017: Redshirt. Did not complete.

HIGH SCHOOL: Brooks, a four-year letter winner in cross country and track and field at Summit High School, owns the mile and 3,000-meter schools records. She set the mile record, 4:28.82, at Oregon Relays, where she placed third overall. Brooks set her 3k record en route to winning the Oregon State Athletic Associate 5A State Championship. She also won the 1,500 (4:30.71) and was part of the 4x400 (3:58.64) at the state meet. Brooks saw a lot of success at the state championships in prior years as well. She won the 1,500 title in 2015 and ’16, the 3k in 2015 and ’16 and was part of the 2016 4x400 state championship team. On the cross country course, she was very successful, winning the state championship her sophomore, junior and senior years. As a freshman, she was the runner-up. Brooks recorded a pair of top-10 finishes at the Nike Cross Northwest Region Championships, placing seventh as a junior and eighth as a senior.

HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: 800-meters: 2:13.29; 1,500-meters: 4:28.82; mile: 4:51.16; 3,000-meters: 9:50.94.

IN THE CLASSROOM: Brooks is an open option major with a GPA greater than 3.00.

PERSONAL: Olivia Grace Brooks was born on March 10, 1999 in Salinas, Calif. She is the daughter of Ken and Stephanie Brooks of Bend, Ore., and has three siblings, Austin, Colton and Emma.