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Eight-time NCAA Division II All-American  in track & field and cross country … Four-time North Central Conference Track & Field Champion … North Dakota State won the North Central Conference indoor and outdoor track & field championships each season she competed … NCAA Top 10 team finishes each indoor track & field season including third place in 1995 … Three NCAA Top 10 outdoor track & field team finishes including eighth place in 1995 … Member of 1993 NCC and NCAA Central Region cross country championship teams … Four-time NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field All-American (6th/5,000 meters in 1995, 5th/5,000 in 1994, 6th/3,000 in 1993, 6th/3,000 in 1992) … 1995 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field All-American (7th/3,000) … Two-time NCC Indoor Track & Field champion in 5,000 meters (1994, 1995) … Co-NCC Outdoor Track Athlete of the Meet in 1995 after winning both the 5,000 and 10,000 meters … On NDSU indoor charts, ranks No. 6 in 5,000 (17:15.19, 1994 NCAA) … On NDSU outdoor charts, ranks No. 8 in 3,000 (10:01.05, 1995 Minnesota) and No. 10 in the 10,000 (36:35.00, 1993 Kansas Relays) … Three-time NCAA Division II All-American in cross country in 1991 (8th), 1993 (19th) and 1994 (19th) … Pair of top five finishes at NCC Cross Country Championships, 3rd  in 1993 and 5th in 1991 … Two- time NCC Cross Country All-Academic team (1991, 1993) … Competing for Canby (Minn.) High School, earned honorable mention on 1991 All-USA high school track and field team compiled by USA Today … All-state in cross country … Little Sioux Conference cross-country MVP … Taught English and coached cross country and track & field at Sleepy Eye (Minn.) St. Mary’s Catholic School following 1996 graduation from NDSU … Married Chad Olsen in 1999 and moved to Hendricks, Minn. … Started and coached Hendricks (Minn.) cross country team for three years … Became a stay-at-home mom and stays busy with the activities of their five children, Josie, Claire, Ellie, Charlie and Nora … Family has custom harvest and farming business that takes them from Oklahoma to Canada throughout the summer.