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As a Sophomore - XC (2023)
- Ran in two meets
- Made 6K debut at Ash Creek Collegiate Invite, running in 18:57.6
- Finished an 8K in 26:43.4 at the Cal State San Marcos Cougar Challenge
As a Freshman - T&F (2023)
- Appeared in three meets
- Ran in the 1,500m and 5,000m events
- Set a personal-best time of 3:58.38 in the 1,500m at the Chico State Invitational
- Ran a 14:56.85 in the 5,000m at the Wildcat Invitational
As a Freshman - XC (2023)
- Appeared in two meets
- Ran a personal best time of 25:48.3 in the 8K at the NCAA DII Pre-Nationals
2021–22
- Redshirted both the 2021 cross country and 2022 track & field seasons during his freshman year
- Clocked at 25:13 Wildcats’ preseason 5-mile time trial in Bidwell Park
- Ran an 8k time of 25:15.7 to earn a 13th place finish October 16, 2021 at Santa Clara’s Bronco Invitational
- Concluded the fall with a 15:08 5k in Chico State’s postseason track time trial
- In the spring began his track & field season with an 8:48.31 3k March 12, 2022 at the Aggie Open
- Recorded times of 4:09 in the 1,500m run and 16:10.65 in the 5,000m run March 19, 2022 at the Wildcat Invitational
- Posted a near-PR of 15:16.21 in the 5k April 1, 2022 at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic
- Followed up with a personal best 1,500m time of 4:00.40 and a 17th place finish April 23, 2022 at the Chico Invitational
- Finished out the season with a 9:14 PR in the 3,200m run on the Chico State track.
Pre-Chico Days
- Competed in both cross country and track & field at Sanger High School
- Helped lead the Apaches to two County/Metro Athletic Conference cross country titles and a pair of CMAC track & field crowns
- Earned All-CMAC honors in 2019 and 2020
- Placed fourth in the CMAC cross country championships as a junior
- An abbreviated senior season resulted in seven top-five performances in seven tries, including a 16:07 five-kilometer PR at Woodward Park
- Enjoyed a productive track season that saw personal bests at all distances, including a 1:59 for the 800m, 4:21 over 1,600m, and a time of 9:29 in the 3,200m.
Personal
- Born May 2, 2003, in Clovis
- Son of Moses Olea
- Has one older sibling, Kayla
- Distance runner Galen Rupp and coach Michael Smith are his heroes (“Galen has shown that an American can do well in a mostly East African-dominated sport. Coach Smith has a lot of great philosophies about how his athletes should approach running that I have fallen in love with”)
- Why he chose to attend Chico State: “Gary Towne is the main reason I came to Chico State. It is a successful program with a history of great runners who didn't always start as great runners, but Coach Towne can sometimes make a nobody into someone pretty good”
- His greatest sports moment is winning the fitness gram pacer test every year in elementary school (“I would just go until the PE coach stopped me. I found out at a very young age how much better I was than people at running fast and far”)
- The most interesting thing he’s ever done is attending the World Athletic Championships this past summer
- The most impressive thing he’s ever accomplished is run in the elite section at Azusa Meet of Champions and in the Invitational section at Arcadia
- Has learned by competing in distance running that “dreams are just dreams without discipline. Motivation isn’t even real; it’s temporary and very short-lived”
- Enjoys watching television going to get a coffee with friends when he has some free time
- His biggest talent outside of running: “I'm great at most sports—basketball, soccer, Ultimate Frisbee, football, and pickleball. I can also draw pretty well”
- Likes to drink tea
- Wants to run professionally or at a high level after college
- At the top of his bucket list: “I want to run 24:20 in the 8k this season in cross country. I also want to go to Truckee and Flagstaff, Arizona”)
- Best advice ever received he attributes to Coach Mike Smith: “Look at yourself in the mirror and say ‘whatever happens, it’s on me”
- Majoring in exercise physiology
- Plans to become a college cross country and track coach, or work in a lab for biomechanics for a big shoe company and develop better shoes for runners.
