LC’s Olsen named NAIA National Runner of the Week

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After earning his first conference weekly award of the season on Monday, Lewis-Clark State senior Cole Olsen has been voted the NAIA National Runner of the Week.

Olsen was the top NAIA finisher at the Inland Empire Championships on Saturday, finishing fifth behind a pack of NCAA Division I runners with a time of 24:31. The Clearwater, Idaho native led the Warrior men to a third-place team finish to lead all NAIA teams at the meet.

Olsen has been named the conference Runner of the Week eight times in his career, and has now earned the national award four times.

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