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2025 Tufts University Jumbos Women's Cross Country Roster

Sonia Olson

Sonia Olson

  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Westfield, N.J.
  • High School:
    Westfield
  • Major:
    Biochemistry

Summary

Biography

2025 (Junior): Ran in six meets for the Jumbos...Began the fall with a 46th place finish and a time of 24:57.0 in the Purple Valley XC Classic...Set a personal best time of 24:19.3 in the KSC Invitational 3.73M race and placed 83rd...Set another personal best time of 19:13.7 and finished 76th in the NEICAAA Cross Country Championships 5k...Captured a tenth place finish in the Connecticut College Invitational with a time of 22:41.3...Recorded a personal best time of 22:28.0 in the NESCAC Championship for a 34th place finish...Tufts finished the season as NCAA East Regional Champions and fourth in the NESCAC Championships

2024 (Sophomore): Opened the season with a 19:34.2 in the 3.1M race at the Keene State College Invitational, placing in 43rd...Set a personal best time in the 6k with a 19:58.4 at the NEICAAA Cross Country Championships, placing in 104th...Finished in 19th at the Connecticut College Invitational with a 23:08.4...Set a personal best time in the 6k with a 22:30.4 at the NESCAC Championships, finishing in 67th

CAREER RESULTS: TFRRS | Sonia Olson – Cross Country/Track and Field Results & Statistics

PRIOR TO TUFTS: Letterwinner in cross country and track and field for the Blue Devils of Westfield High School...Captain of varsity track team senior year...MVP for track senior year...2x All-State (Meet of Champions)...2x All-Group IV...4x All-Union County...Holds 4 school records...2x All State Athlete of the Week...Individual sectional champion in the 1600...800: 2:17.65...1600: 5:00.66...1500: 4:43.45...5k (XC): 18:52.98
 
PERSONAL:
Daughter of Anita Singh and Jay Olson...Has three siblings Ajay, Nikhil and Rajan...Ajay Olson ran track at Bowdoin...Father Jay Olson and Aunt Arti Singh are both Tufts graduates...Biochemistry major...Chose Tufts for the "perfect combination of intense athletics and rigorous academics. Being D3 allows me to prioritize my education over athletics."

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