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Olivia Sydow

Player Profile
Class:
RS Sophomore
Hometown:
Grand Rapids, Mich.
High School:
West Catholic

11/12/2011

Women's Cross Country Places Second at NCAA Regional Championships

Spartans earn 13th-straight bid to NCAA Championships.

11/11/2011

Cross Country Travels to NCAA Great Lakes Regional Campionships in Toledo

Spartans look for auto bids for NCAA Championships.

10/30/2011

Women's Cross Country Claims Back-to-Back Big Ten Titles

Spartans finish with team score of 55 points.

10/27/2011

Cross Country Travels to Illinois for Conference Championships

Spartan women look to defend 2010 Big Ten crown.

10/19/2011

Cross Country Concludes Regular Season at EMU Fall Classic

Spartans remain in state for final pre-championship race of season.

2010:
Academic All-Big Ten ... Did not compete.

2009:
Competed unattached ... Finished the Jeff Drenth Memorial with a time of 20:01.6.

High School:
Four year letterwinner at West Catholic in both cross country and track & field under coach Don Passenger ... An all-state honoree in 2005 and 2008 in cross country ... All-region recognition in cross country in 2005, 06, 07, and 08 ... Cross country conference champion in 2008, finishing with a time of 19:21 ... Posted a fourth-place finish at both regionals and state her senior year ... Finished first in her conference in both the 800m run (2:24) and the 1600m (5:19) in 2008 ... Second at regionals with a time of 5:21 and fourth in the state, crossing the finish line in 5:10 ... All-conference honoree in track in 2009 ... All-region honors in track all-four years of high school.

Personal:
Born April 14, 1991 ... Daughter of Keith Getz and Rhonda Sydow Getz... Plans to major in pre-dentistry/human biology.