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2015-16 Carthage College Women's Swimming Roster

Liz Olson

  • Event Breaststroke/Individual Medley
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Forsest City, Iowa
  • High School Forest City

Biography

2016: Named Women's Swimming Most Valuable Performer and the Steve & Melissa Marovich Scholar Athlete of the Year...Took fifth place in the 200 yard IM at the CCIW Swimming & Diving Championships with a time of 2:12.61.... Took fourth place in the 400 yard IM at the CCIW Swimming & Diving Championships with a time of 4:41.99.... Member of the 4x200 yard freestyle relay team that registered a time of 8:10.93 at the CCIW Swimming & Diving Championships, good enough for fifth place....2016 COSIDA Academic All-District.....Women's Swimming Most Valuable Performer... Named to the CCIW Winter Academic All-Conference.

2015:  Finished fourth in both the 200 breaststroke (2:26.38) and the 400 individual medley (4:41.46) and eighth in the 100 breaststroke (1:08.96) at the CCIW Swimming & Diving Championship…named CCIW “swimmer of the week” on Jan. 13.

2014:  Finished third in both the 100 breaststroke (1:08.72) and the 200 breastroke (2:28.69) and sixth in the 400 individual medley (4:43.91) at the CCIW Swimming & Diving Championship.

2013:  Finished third in the 400 individual medley (4:36.06) and fourth in both the 100 breaststroke (1:07.97) and the 200 breaststroke (2:28.88) at the CCIW Swimming & Diving Championship…named CCIW “swimmer of the week” on Jan. 15.

High School:  Swam on the Mason City High School team…a four-time state qualifier in the relays part of two all-state relay teams…her sophomore-year team won an Iowa High School Athletic Association state title, her freshman-year team finished third, her junior-year squad fourth, and her senior-year team seventh…coached by Steve Hugo…four-year member of the track and field team…North Iowa Conference all-academic and high honors student.

Personal:  Double major in elementary education and special education…named 2013 College Swimming Coaches Association of America honorable mention Scholar All-America…named to the Carthage dean’s list five times.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

    Breaststroke/Individual Medley
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    Breaststroke/Individual Medley
  • 2014-15Junior

    Breaststroke/Individual Medley
  • 2015-16Senior

    Breaststroke/Individual Medley