Olivia Borowiak

Photo by: Steve Woltmann

Photo by: Peyton Rives - Illinois State Athletics

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Yorkville, Ill.
High School:
Yorkville

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Career Awards:

2023 All-Region Honors at Midwest Regionals
2022 All-Region Honors at Midwest Regionals
2023 All-BIG EAST Second Team
NCAA Women of the Year Nominee (7/19/23)
2022-23 BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2023
Season Best:
6K (XC) - 20:51.9 // Bradley Pink Classic (10/13/23)
3M(XC) - 16:21.9 // Bradley Intercollegiate (9/15/23)

Earned her second consecutive All-Region honors at the NCAA Division I Midwest Regionals in the 6k with a final time of 20:58.3 and 15th place finish (11/10/23)
Was one of the very first DePaul Cross Country Athletes (alongside Nina Amicon) to receive All-BIG EAST Second Team at the BIG EAST Cross Country Championship for her 15th place finish in the 6k with a final time of 21:09.8 (10/28/23)
Placed 5th at the Bradley Pink Classic with a final time of 20:51.9 in the 6k (10/13/23)
Earned a career best time of 16:21.9 in the 3 mile at the Bradley Intercollegiate (9/15/23)
Finished with a final time of 21:07.9 in the 6k at the Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invitational (9/29/23)

2022-23
Season Best:
5000 (OTF) - 16:19.58 // Mt. SAC Relay (4/12/23-4/15/23)
3000 (ITF) - 9:18.73 // BIG EAST Indoor Championships (2/24/23-2/25/23)
Mile (ITF) - 4:45.17 // GVSU Big Meet (Friday) (2/10/23)

Indoor

Set a school record and personal best mile time at the GVSU Big Meet when she finished second with a final time of 4:45.17 (2/10)
Accomplished a fifth place finish, a personal best and school record in the 3000m at the BIG EAST Indoor Championship with a time of 9:18.73 (2/25)
Member of the record-breaking DMR squad that finished second with a time of 11:22.15 at the BIG EAST Indoor Championship (2/24)

Outdoor

Placed sixth in the 5000m at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championship with a time of 16:43.17 (5/12)
Earned a first place finish in the 1500m with a time of 4:27.40 at the Clark Wood Open (4/29)
Broke the school record in the 5000m with a time of 16:19.58 at the Mt. SAC Relays in California (4/14)

2021-22
Season Best:
1500 (OTF) - 4:23.82 // 2022 Billy Hayes Invitational
5000 (OTF) - 16:25.88 // 62nd Annual Mt. SAC Relays (4/13-16/22)
3000 (ITF) - 9:36.77 // BIG EAST Indoor Track & Field Championships (2/25-26/22)
Mile (ITF) - 4:51.30 // GVSU Big Meet (2/11/22)

Indoor

Member of the DMR team that finished second in the BIG EAST Indoor Track & Field Championships (2/25-26/22)
Finished second in the 5000 event at the Meyo Invitational with a time of 16:33.87 (2/4-5/22)
Placed third in the 3000 with a time of 9:43.76 at the Notre Dame Invitational (1/22/22)

Outdoor

Finished fifth in the 1500 with a personal record time of 4:23.82 at the 2022 Billy Hayes Invitational (5/6/22)

2020-21
Season Best:
1500 (OTF) - 4:34.52 // Marquette Invitational (5/1/21)
5000 (OTF) - 16:53.09 // Gibson Invitational (4/16/21)

Indoor

Did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic

Outdoor

Won the 1500m run at the Marquette Invitational with a time of 4:34.52 (5/1/21)
Won the 5000m run at the Gibson Invitational with a time of 16:53.09 (4/16/21)

2019-20
Season Best:
Mile (ITF) - 5:13.62 // GVSU Big Meet Invite (Friday) (2/14/20)
3000 (ITF) - 10:24.70 // GVSU Bill Clinger Classic (1/17/20)

Indoor

Competed in the DMR at the BIG EAST Indoor Track and Field Championships (3/2/20) placing seventh
Earned 17th place after competing in the 3000 (10:24.70) at the GVSU Bill Clinger Classic (1/17/20)

Outdoor

Did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic

High School

Four-year letter winner in cross country and track at Yorkville
Set 4 x 800-meter school record at state semi-finals in 2019, placed 7^th overall
Member of 2015 cross country state championship team
Received six All-Conference honors in cross country and track

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