The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2013-14 Track & Field / Cross Country: Women Roster
Roster
Olivia Mickle
- Position:
- Distance/XC
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Loretto
- Prev School:
- Brown University
- Hometown:
- Sacramento, Calif.
Career Bests
Indoor 3,000m: 9:41.91
Indoor 5,000m: 16:32.51
Outdoor 5,000m: 16:21.29
10,000m: 33:29.85
2009-13 (AT BROWN)
Finished 23rd (34:30.12) in the 10,00m at the 2012 NCAA Championships ... reached the final by finishing ninth in the 10,000m at the NCAA East Preliminary Round in 34:30.12 ... had the 16th-best 10,000m time (33:29.85) in the NCAA during 2013, but was unable to compete in the East Preliminary Round ... placed second in the 10,000m in a school-record 33:29.85 and fourth in the 5,000m in a personal-best 16:21.29 at the 2013 Ivy League Outdoor Championships ... ECAC qualifier in the 5,000m and 10,000m ... placed sixth at the 2012 Ivy League Championship Indoor 5K ... competed in the 3K at 2011 Indoor Heps and the 5K at 2011 Outdoor Ivy League Championship ... qualifier for 2011 ECAC 3K and 5K ... also competed in the cross country Heps in 2011 and 2012 ... did not compete in the 2009-10 season due to injury.
PRIOR TO BROWN/TEXAS
Two-time cross country state qualifier in California (2007, 2008) at Loretto High ... named MVP of her cross country team during both years ... earned MVP honors in track in 2009 as a senior, when she was also named Athlete of the Year ... Loretto High School record holder in the 1,600m (5:15) and 3,200m (11:02), which earned her a trip to the Section finals in both events as a senior in 2009 ... CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Scholar Athlete in the same year.
PERSONAL
Born in San Francisco ... parents are Casey and Iain Mickle ... Casey (1980-83) and Iain (1978-82) competed in track and field for Cal ... has one brother, Colin (24) ... graduated from Brown in May 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering ... was a Brown University Scholarship Recipient during four semesters of her undergraduate career ... earned the Barclays Capital Internship Award in spring 2011 ... Academic All-Ivy in spring 2012 ... valedictorian of the 2009 Loretto High School graduating class ... member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (fall 2013) ... enrolled in the UT chemical engineering graduate program.
