2023-24 (Senior): (XC) Ran 5k PR of 19:08.7 at Mets XC Championship (ITF) ran mile PR of 4:56.73 and placed 2nd overall and competed on winning DMR team with time of 12:08.02 at Rutgers Holiday Classic, won 800m and competed on 3rd place 4x8 team at YDC challenge, ran 400m PR of 58.70 at Fastrack National Invite, made it to 800m finals and ran time of 2:07.08 at Ivy League Heps Indoor T&F Championships. (OTF) ran 800m PR of 2:07.01 at Wake Forest Invitational, ran new school record on DMR team at Penn Relays with time of 11:00.38, made it to 800m finals and competed on the winning 4x8 team (8:36.97) at Ivy League Heps Outdoor T&F Championships.
2022-23 (Junior): (XC) Ran a 5k at Mets, finishing 40th with a time of 23:17.9 (Oct. 7) …Â
(ITF): Took third place in the mile at Rutgers Holiday Classic with a personal best mile time of 5:11.45 (Dec. 2) … Earned 2nd in the DMR at the 2023 Indoor IC4A/ECAC, with final time of 11:39.53 (Mar. 3-5) …Â
(OTF): PR 800m run time of 2:08.34, placing 12th at the Larry Ellis Invitational (Apr. 14-15) … Participated in the 4x800m at the Ivy League Outdoor TF Championships, placing 3rd with time of 8:42.77 (May 6-7)
2021-22 (Sophomore): (XC) Finished 14th in the 5K at the Mets Cross Country Championships (Oct. 8) with a time of 20:23.0 ... Ran the 2.49M in 15:30.7 at the Stony Brook XC Invite (Sept. 4) ...
(ITF) Finished first in the 1,000m (2:54.95) and the 4x800m (9:33.40), running the third leg, at the Bill Ward Invite (Dec. 4) ...
(OTF) Did not compete in any events.
2020-21 (First-Year): Season canceled (COVID-19)
High School: Four-time letterwinner in Cross Country and Track & Field at Lakes Community High School in Lake Villa, Illinois ... 2019 Cross Country All-Sectional ... Helped Cross Country team finish as the 2019 Illinois State Championship Runner-Ups ... Three-time All-Conference (800m) ... Three-time All-Sectional (800m) ... Two-Time All-State (800m) ... 2019 All-State (400m) ... Named to the All-Illinois State Academic Team (2019-20) ... Member of the National Honors Society.
Personal: Born, Olivia Rose Schmitt, on Aug. 19, 2002 in Highland Park, Illinois ... Daughter of Ruby and Christopher Schmitt ... Has two siblings, Maya (23) and Alex (21) ... Cousin, Ally McDonough, graduated from Barnard College Class of 2020 ... Sister, Maya, played four years of soccer at Wisconsin-La Crosse ... Worked as a ski instructor at Wilmot Mountain ... Received recruiting attention from fellow Ivy League program Princeton, along with Toronto, Cal-San Diego and Illinois-Urbana-Champaign ... Went with Columbia because "of the large minority and international student population" ... Will enroll in the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science ... Plans on majoring in Computer Science.
Career Bests
5K (XC)Â - 20:23.0
Mets Cross Country Championships - Oct. 8, 2021
2.49M (XC)Â - 15:30.7
Stony Brook XC Invite - Sept. 4, 2021
1000m (Indoor)Â - 2:54.95
Bill Wrd Invite - Dec. 4, 2021
