Cedarville University Yellow Jackets

Olivia Esbenshade is back for her fourth season as one of the Lady Jackets’ top returning runners.....saw action in just four meets as a junior, but was the team’s #2 finisher each time.....NCCAA All-American on championship squad placing 4th in a 5K career-best 17:57.....posted a career-best 6K of 21:48 to finish 26th of 224 in the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional.....came in 9th at Evansville (18:38) and was 40th of 592 in the All-Ohio Championship (22:38).....produced an outstanding season on the track.....NCAA Division II Indoor qualifier in the 800 and distance medley relay.....NCCAA Indoor All-American with runner-up showings in the 800 and 4 x 400 relay.....G-MAC Indoor First Team with a win in the 4 x 400 and was the 800 runner-up.....USTFCCCA Division II All-Region indoors (DMR) and outdoors (800).....NCAA Division II Outdoor qualifier in the 800.....NCCAA Outdoor All-American in the 800.....G-MAC Outdoor First Team with wins in the 800, 1500, and 4 x 400.....help set school records in the indoor DMR (11:45.18) and outdoor 4 x 800 (8:59.84).....USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic.....NCCAA Scholar-Athlete.....G-MAC Academic Team.

2014 - Competed in five meets as a sophomore and was among the team’s top two finishers each time.....All-G-MAC First Team by placing 5th in 22:34 for the 6K.....posted a season-best 22:15 at the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional to finish 42nd of 211.....placed 14th of 411 at the Wilmington Classic in a 5K season-best of 19:03.....USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic in cross country.....outstanding season on the track.....NCCAA indoor champion in the distance medley.....NCCAA Indoor All-American in the DMR and 4 x 400 relay.....G-MAC Indoor First Team with a win in the mile run.....won the outdoor 1,500 for all-conference first team recognition.....USTFCCCA Division II Outdoor All-Region Team in the 800 meters after posting the sixth-fastest time in school history (2:10.83).....helped set school records in the indoor DMR at the Indiana Hoosier Hills and the outdoor 4 x 800 at the Emory Invitational.....G-MAC Academic Team.

2013 - Competed in only two meets as a freshman because of injury trouble.....placed 8th in the G-MAC Championship in 24:06 for the 6K to earn a spot on the G-MAC First Team.....finished 36th of 276 competitors at Gettysburg in 24:24.....distance runner on the track team.

High School - Earned four letters in cross country at Elizabethtown Area High School.....three-time Pennsylvania state qualifier.....Lancaster-Lebanon League runner-up as a junior.....two-time all-league first team former.....garnered second team honors as a sophomore.....four-year letter winner in track & field.....graduated with school records in the 800; 1,600; and 4 x 400 meter relay.....2011 league 800 meter champion.....two-time state qualifier.....placed 10th in the state 800 in 2011.....two-time qualifier in the Penn Relays in the 4 x 400 relay.....National Honor Society student.

Personal - Dean’s List student as a nursing major at Cedarville University.....born 2/5/95 in Lancaster, PA.....daughter of Ted and Mary Esbenshade.....has one older sister, an older brother, a younger sister, and a younger brother, Conrad, who is a freshman distance runner with the Yellow Jackets.