2017 Women's Cross Country Roster

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Olivia Dengel

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • High School Eden Prairie
  • Hometown Eden Prairie, Minn.

Biography

2017: Competed in eight races as a senior ... improved her career-best 6K time at the Crown College Invite (20:57.87) ... finished top-20 at four races ... posted her best finish at a MIAC Championship where she took 52nd. 

2016: Studied abroad and did not compete.

2015: Earned All-MIAC Academic honors ... competed in five races as a sophomore ... ran a career-best 6K time at Tori Neubauer (23:42.88) and 5K at the Fall Finale (19:56) ... took third at Fall Finale and 10th at the Alumnae Meet.

2014: Ran in seven invites as a first year ... finished in the top 50 four times and the top 20 three times ... best finish was fifth at the St. Kate's Dual in the first meet of her collegiate career ... also took 11th at the Fall Finale ... took 77th at the MIAC Championships ... ran a career-best 4K at the St. Kate's Dual in 15:41.6 ... also ran season-bests in the 5K (20:03.8) at the Luther Invite and 6K at the MIAC Championships (24:32.5).

High School: A 2014 graduate of Eden Prairie High School, Dengel participated in both cross country and track and field for four years and Nordic skiing for two years. She broke the school record in the 800-meter run, and was named the most valuable track and field athlete as a junior and senior. Dengel was the track captain as a senior, and was a finalist for the Golden Eagle Award that same year. She earned academic all-state honors as a junior and senior.

Personal: Dengel is the daughter of Jana and Don Dengel of Eden Prairie, Minn., and she has a sister, Maya. Her mom and uncle both attended CSB|SJU. Dengel enjoys reading and dancing and is a natural science and pre-physical therapy double major with a Hispanic studies minor. Dengel also competes on the CSB track and field team.
 
DATE MEET LOCATION DISTANCE TIME PLACE
09/01/17 Crown College Invite St. Bonifacius, Minn. 6K 20:57.87 16
09/09/17 Luther All-American Decorah, Iowa 5K 20:22 20
09/23/17    CSB Alumnae Meet Collegeville, Minn. 4K 16:13 6
09/30/17 Carleton Invite Northfield, Minn. 6K 25:18.7 82
10/06/17 Bob Waxlax Invite St. Cloud, Minn.  6K 24:48.7 19
10/14/17 Pomona-Pitzer Invite Claremont, Calif. 6K 24:25.96 45
10/28/17 MIAC Championships Northfield, Minn. 6K 24:15.4 52
11/11/17 NCAA Central Regional Northfield, Minn.  6K 23:59.4 73
 
DATE MEET LOCATION DISTANCE TIME PLACE
09/18/15 National Catholic Invitational (JV) South Bend, Ind. 5K 20:10.0 21
09/26/15 Saint Ben's Alumnae Meet  Collegeville, Minn. 4K 16:06 10
10/03/15    Carleton Invitational Northfield, Minn. 6K 24:19.0 40
10/17/15 Tori Neubauer La Crosse, Wis. 6K 23:42.88 57
11/06/15 Fall Finale Collegeville, Minn.  5K 19:56 3
 
DATE MEET LOCATION DISTANCE TIME PLACE
08/29/14 St. Kate's Dual St. Paul, Minn. 4K 15:41.6 5
09/13/14 Luther Invite Decorah, Iowa 5K 20:03.8 20
09/20/14 Colorado College Invite Colorado Springs, Colo. 6K
10/3/14 Blugold Invite Eau Claire, Wis. 6K 25:14.3 178
10/11/14 St. Kate's Invite St. Paul, Minn. 4K 16:13.55 50
10/18/14 Tori Neubauer La Crosse, Wis. 6K 25:05.3
189
11/7/14 MIAC Championships St. Paul, Minn. 6K 24:32.5 77
11/7/14 Fall Finale Collegeville, Minn. 5K 20:25 11

Historical Player Information

  • 2014First Year

  • 2015Sophomore

    5'8"
  • 2017Senior

    5'8"