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Andrew Olsen, a current graduate of Holy Spirit Preparatory Excessive Faculty, is ready to swim for Sewanee, College of the South, beginning this fall. Olsen, a dash freestyler, has spent everything of his age group profession swimming on the Chastain Park Athletic Membership.
I’m past excited and grateful to announce my dedication to proceed my educational and athletic profession at Sewanee. Thanks to God, buddies, household, coaches, and teammates for supporting me. Go Tigers!
On the 2024 GIAA State Championships in January, Olsen was a 3 time finalist, scoring all 20 of Holy Spirit Prep’s factors to assist them to a seventh place end. There, he was 2nd within the 50 free (21.67), 2nd within the 100 free (46.90) and third within the 200 free (1:42.09).
His 200 free marked a brand new private finest, simply dipping beneath his earlier PB of 1:42.31 that he set finally yr’s GIAA State Championships. General, Olsen had a powerful junior yr marketing campaign, as final yr, his 200 free took 2nd, he was third within the 50 free (22.02), and he was the state champion within the 100 free, swimming a 47.06 for 1st.
Olsen carried that momentum all through his senior yr, and on the Georgia Senior SC Championship again in December 2023, he set a flurry of PBs. Within the 50 free, he swam a 21.51 finest in prelims earlier than ending 18th at finals with a 21.84. Then, within the 100 free, he swam a 46.36 in prelims and was simply off that new finest at finals, ending third in 46.55. He equally established a brand new PB within the 100 again prelims (53.56) earlier than including half a second to complete twenty fifth in finals (54.07). He moreover swam new PBs within the 200 again (1:57.23) and 50 again (24.35).
Greatest instances SCY:
- 50 free – 21.51
- 100 free – 46.36
- 200 free – 1:42.09
- 100 again – 53.56
- 200 again – 1:57.23
Sewanee is a DIII establishment and a member of the Southern Athletic Affiliation (SAA). On the 2024 SAA championships, Sewanee completed sixth out of seven groups. They have been led by breastroker Naeem Mangum, a rising junior who took fifth and sixth within the 100 and 200 breast, respectively.
Olsen will look to make a right away affect on Sewanee when he arrives on campus this fall, as in comparison with the 2023-2024 roster, his 50 free would rank 2nd whereas his 100 and 200 free would have led the whole crew; his 200 free would have ranked 1st by a powerful 8 seconds.
On the convention degree, Olsen will look to be a right away title menace, as his finest instances are inside placing distance of what it took to win the 2024 SAA Championships in all 3 of the dash freestyle occasions—within the 50/100/200 free, the successful instances have been 20.58/45.63/1:41.05. With the intention to qualify for the championship ultimate in these occasions, it took instances of 21.88/47.92/1:46.13.
Olsen will be part of his father, Stephen Olsen, who performed soccer at Brown College, and sister Natalie Olsen, who performs faculty soccer at Northeastern College, as collegiate athletes.
Together with Olsen, Sewanee will welcome Whitt Davis, Henry Lindeman III, and Carter Nabors of their class of 2028. Nabors and Lindeman are additionally dash freestylers, whereas Davis makes a speciality of mid-distance freestyle.
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