2025-26 Track & Field Roster
Olivia Cress
- Position:
- Jumps
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Ellenboro, W. Va.
- High School:
- Ritchie County High School
2024-25 (r-So.)
Indoor Season- Competed in the 60 meter hurdles and the long jump at the 2024 YSU Indoor Track and Field Icebreaker
- Finished fifth and seventh at the 2025 YSU Collegiate Invitational in the 60 meter hurdles and long jump, respectively
- Ran a personal best time of 2:19.01 in the 800 meter while competing in the pentathlon at he Penn State National Open
- Crossed the finish line first and ran a personal best in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.84 at teh Penn State Tune-Up
- While competing in the pentathlon at the Big 12 Championships, earned a personal best in the long jump, shot put and high jump
- Finished tenth and ran a career best in the 200 meter with a time of 24.80 at the Bison Outdoor Classic
- Ran a personal best in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:02.30, earning first place in both the 400 and 100 meter hurdles at the Mountaineer Twilight
- Earned a second place finish in the 100 meter hurdles at the Stan Romanoski Open, running a personal best time of 14.65
- Threw a career high 30.21 meters in the javelin at WVU Last Chance, finishing fourth
2023-24 (r-Fr.)
Indoor Season-
Redshirted
- Redshirted
2022-23 (Fr.)
Indoor Season- Placed fourth in the high jump at the Penn State Tune Up
- All-Big 12 Outdoor First Team
- Claimed first place in the high jump at the Mountaineer Showcase
- Placed fourth in the 200m at the WVU Last Chance Meet
High School
- Jumped at Ritchie County High School for Coach Lindsey Garett
- All Little Kanawha Conference Track and Field 2019, 2021 and 2022
- All State High Jump 2019, 2021 and 2022
- All State Long Jump 2019, 2021 and 2022
- All state Shuttle Hurdle Team 2019
- All State 100m High Hurdles 2021 and 2022
- All State 300m Hurdles 2021 and 2022
- Track Team State Runner Up 2019
- Track and Field All-American High Jump New Balance Indoor Nationals 2022
Personal
- Daughter of Christopher and Shannon Cress
- Her father ran on the track team at Glenville State College
- Has one brother
- Birthday December 22
- Majoring in nursing
- Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
- 2025 Spring Academic All-Big 12 Team
T&F: DMR Team Big 12 Championship Post-Race Interview
Saturday, March 01
Petal Palmer - 2024 Wilma Rudolph Award Recipient
Monday, June 10
A Conversation with Wren Baker
Monday, December 05
Life as a Mountaineer - Haley Jackson
Monday, May 16
