UND Roster
2020-21 Track and Field
Roster
Olivia Niziolek
Distance
Class
Sophomore
Hometown
Park Ridge, IL
High School
Maine South
AS A FRESHMAN:
- Chipped in a PR in the mile (5:10.12) on the way to third place indoors at the Blue and Gold Invitational
- Established a PR in the 5K (18:21.20) at the Joe Piane Invitational
- Posted a sixth-place result with a time of 19:06.50 at the National Catholic Invitational (5K)
- Logged a PR on a 3.1M course (18:19.80) at the Crusader Open
PREP AND PERSONAL:
- Graduated from Maine South High School in 2018
- Two-time All-State honoree
- Holds the 4x800m relay school record
- Finished 10th as a senior in the 1600m run at the Illinois State Championships
- Won the Distance Palatine Night 1,600m in 2017 (4:54.85)
- Was a member of National Honor Society
- Earned CSI Conference and IHSA All-Academic Honors
- Illinois State Scholar
- Daughter of David and Carole Niziolek
- Has a younger sister, Lily
- Father played football at Illinois and uncle played at Colorado-Boulder
- Plans to major in business