2024-25 (RS-Freshman)
Outdoor: Finished sixth in 1,500m (4:22.62) at SEC Championships and placed 12th in 5,000m (16:14.28) … Qualified to NCAA West First Round in 1,500m … Placed eighth in section of 5,000m (16:12.68) at Stanford Invitational … Fifth in 1,500m (4:25.48) at Arkansas Spring Invitational … Set career best 16:09.71 to place ninth in 5,000m at Payton Jordan Invitational … Won 1,500m at LSU Invitational in PR of 4:19.46.
Indoor: Competed in three home meets … Third in mile (4:52.45) at Arkansas Invitational … Raced in mile (4:53.93) and 3,000m (9:45.68) at Tyson Invitational … Finished fourth in mile with PR of 4:48.20 at Arkansas Qualifier.
Cross Country: Opened season leading the Razorbacks in the Mizzou Opener, placing third in a 5,000m race as she covered the course in 17:49.8 … Fourth finisher among Arkansas squad that won the Chile Pepper Festival, covering the 5k course in 17:11.1 to place 25th … Third among Razorbacks at the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals, posting a time of 21:06.0 on the 6,000m course … Placed 51st at SEC Championships, fourth among the Razorbacks, with a time of 20:18.8 on the 6k course at Texas A&M … Fifth runner for Arkansas at NCAA South Central Region, placing 29th with a time of 20:21.1 at Texas A&M … Member of squad that competed in the NCAA Championships at Wisconsin, finished fourth among Razorbacks and placed 171st with a time of 20:57.2 over the 6k course.
High School
2023 graduate of Lake Hamilton HS in Pearcy, Arkansas … 2022 Arkansas Gatorade Athlete of the Year in cross country as well as track and field … Totaled 13 victories over three seasons in Arkansas Outdoor State 5A Championship meets – Cross country (2), 800m (3), 1,600m (3), 3,200m (2), 4 x 800m relay (3) … Lettered four years in cross country and track … Coached by Brandon Starr … Team finished as State runner-up in cross country during junior and senior seasons as well as in track and field … Sophomore season team placed fourth in State cross country … Established Arkansas state records in indoor mile and outdoor mile along with 1,600m and 3,200m … Set Lake Hamilton school records in 800m, 1,600m, 3,200m, 5k in cross country and 4 x 800m relay …
2022-23: Claimed cross country State 5A title as a senior in 18:40.92 and placed ninth in Chile Pepper Festival with a 17:48.7 on 5k course at Agri Park … Indoors, won 800m (2:17.27 PR) and 1,600m (5:00.16 PR) Arkansas HS Championships while anchoring 4 x 800m relay to title in 10:07.66 along with anchoring runner-up 4 x 400m relay (4:19.84) … Competed in New Balance Nationals where she set career best times for Mile (4:56.20) and 1,500m (4:36.32) enroute … Outdoors, repeated three-event individual victories in Arkansas State 5A meet – 800m (2:15.11), 1,600m (5:15.34), and 3,200m (11:49.07) – and added a title in 4 x 800m relay (9:47.64) which she ran anchor leg on … Competed at Nike Outdoor Nationals, winning the Mile in 4:56.31 and placing fourth in the 800m with a career best 2:12.92 …
2021-22: Won Arkansas State 5A cross country title in 18:44.61 … Runner-up in Arkansas vs. Oklahoma All-Star meet with a 18:35.02 … Placed 21st in Garmin RunningLane Championships … Indoors, won 1,600m at Arkansas HS Championships with a 5:06.96 … Outdoors, completed a three-event sweep of individual titles in Arkansas State 5A meet – 800m (2:20.74), 1,600m (5:11.43), and 3,200m (11:15.86) – then added a relay title in anchoring 4 x 800m relay (9:42.05) … Won 3,200m in 11:05.06 in Arkansas Meet of Champions … Finished third in Mile with a career beset 4:53.88 in RunningLane Championships … Placed fourth in 1,600m with a PR of 4:54.77 at Texas Distance Festival …
2020-21: Third place in cross country State 5A meet and fourth in Arkansas vs Oklahoma All-Star meet … Outdoors, claimed pair of State 5A titles in 800m and 1,600m while anchoring 4 x 800m relay to victory … Runner-up in 800m at Arkansas Meet of Champions … Finished ninth in Mile at RunningLane Championships.
Career best marks
Indoor: 2:17.27 (800m), 4:36.32 (1,500m), 5:00.16 (1,600m), 4:56.20 (Mile)
Outdoor: 2:12.92 (800m), 4:54.77 (1,600m), 4:53.88 (Mile), 10:35.23 (3,200m)
Cross Country: 17:48.7 (5k)
Personal
Olivia Reed Pielemeier was born September 21, 2004 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, which is her hometown … Daughter of Jeremie and Laura Pielemeier … Has two younger siblings, Lily Beth and Reid … Planning to major in Exercise Science … Life’s ambition is to stand out and point others to Christ … Favorite athlete is Anna Hall … Person she most admires is her dad … Hobbies include having secret chef skills … Chose Arkansas since it’s her home state and they’re the best, why go anywhere else.
