Olivia Alessandrini

Photo by: Taris Smith | Louisville Athletics

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Niwot, Colo.
High School:
Niwot

Olivia Alessandrini TFRRS Profile

CAREER HONORS
• NCAA East Regional Qualifier, 5000m (2025)
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2025)
• All-ACC Indoor Academic Team (2025)
• All-ACC Outdoor Academic Team (2025)
• ACC Academic Honor Roll (2025)

2024-25
Cross Country:
• Competed in three meets over the course of her freshman season
• Closed her season out in the open race at the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals with a 6K time of 22:42.0
• Recorded a personal-best 6K time of 21:49.7 at the Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational
• Made her collegiate debut at the Southern Showcase, where she placed 66th overall with a 5K time of 17:57.4

Indoor:
• Competed in the 3000m at two meets
• Moved to third in program history in the event with a personal-best time of 9:19.25 at the ACC Indoor Championships

Outdoor:
• Competed at five meets in the 1500m, 5000m and 10000m
• Set a Louisville freshman record in the 5000m in her collegiate debut at the Stanford Invitational with a personal-best time of 16:02.47, the second-fastest time in program history
• Qualified for the NCAA East Regional, where she finished 41st in 16:23.98 after placing 17th in the event at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a time of 16:15.74
• Moved into the top 10 in program history in the 10000m with a time of 34:22.31 at the Bryan Clay Invitational
• Clocked a personal-best time of 4:30.85 in the 1500m at the Jim Green Invitational

High School:
• 13-time Colorado state qualifier in track & field, helping her Niwot 4x800m relay team to a state title in 2024
• Recorded a pair of top-three finishes at the 2023 Colorado 4A State Championships, finishing as the runner-up in the 800m and third in the 3200m
• Placed fourth in the 3000m at the Penn Relays with a time of 9:37.2
• Helped the Niwot cross country program to a pair of Colorado 4A state titles in 2022 and 2023, placing as high as eighth individually during her senior year
• Rounded out the scorers for the Niwot team that finished as the runner-up at the 2023 Nike Cross Nationals