Olivia Dyson
Olivia Dyson
Height: 5-8
Year: So
Hometown: Reading, Mass.
High School: Reading
Position: Javelin/High Jump

2010-11: Athletic Director's Honor Roll Spring Semester. Division II ADA Academic Achievement Award. NE-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll both semesters. Alpha Kappa Delta Honor Society.

2009-10: All-New England (outdoor high jump). NE-10 Women’s Field Athlete of the Week (4/27). NE-10 Women’s Field Freshman of the Week (4/13, 4/27, 5/11, 5/18). NE-10 Weekly Honor Roll (4/6). Placed fourth in the 200m dash (28.29 seconds), 10th in the high jump (4' 10.32"), and 12th in the 55m dash (7.75 seconds) at the Wheaton Invitational. Sixth in the 55m dash (7.75 seconds), eighth in the long jump (14' 11"), and 10th in the high jump (4' 11") at the Tufts Stampede. Placed second overall in the high jump with a program-record 5' 3.75" at the NE-10 Championships. Also finished 10th in the 55m dash (7.59 seconds).

High School: 2009 honors graduate of Reading Memorial High School. Four-year letterwinner for both indoor and outdoor track & field, serving as captain of each team her senior year. Named Most Valuable Performer for the Middlesex League for both indoor and outdoor. Voted Most Valuable Performer in the spring of 2008, winter 2008-2009, and spring 2009. Holds school records in long jump, 4x100m relay, and 4x200m relay. Received Middlesex League All-Star honors in high jump, long jump, javelin, 100m, 4x100m, and 55m dash. Named Unsung Winter Athlete her junior year. National Honor Society member.

Personal: Born August 26, 1991, Stoneham, Mass. Daughter of Nicholas and Carol Dyson of Reading, Mass. Has two sisters, Laura (23) and Naomi (21).

PERSONAL BESTS
 
Indoor
High Jump 5' 3.75" NE-10 Championships (2/18/2010, 2/17/2011)
55m
7.55
New England Championships (2/26/2010)
200m 28.29 Wheaton Invitational (1/23/2010)
4x200m 1:54.43 Tufts Stampede (2/5/2011)
    (Sarah Burke, Angelina Comei, Danielle Wheeler)
     
Outdoor
High Jump
5' 2.25"
Skyhawk Invitational (4/29/2011)
Javelin 131' 4" New England Championships (5/7/2010)
4x100m 50.79 Skyhawk Invitational (4/29/2011)
    (Vlada Shelkova, Angelina Comei, Katie Polakowski)