50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Girls #25

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

• 1600m – 5:15
• 3200m – 10:53
• 5k (XC) – 18:52

• 41^st Place – D1 State
• 7^th Place – Region 9
• 8^th Place – Macomb County
• 13^th Place – D1 State 3200m
• 8^th Place – Macomb County 1600m

Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
11	Olivia Purdy	18:52.8	Romeo	137.1	Division 1 State	4-Nov	2023
11	Olivia Purdy	19:43.5	Romeo	134.5	Region 9	27-Oct	2023
11	Olivia Purdy	20:47.4	Romeo	98.9	MAC Championship	21-Oct	2023
11	Olivia Purdy	19:15.7	Romeo	134.1	Macomb County	14-Oct	2023
11	Olivia Purdy	19:03.8	Romeo	134.1	Bluejay	30-Sep	2023
11	Olivia Purdy	19:17.0	Romeo	130.3	Jackson	23-Sep	2023
11	Olivia Purdy	19:44.6	Romeo	130.8	Holly	16-Sep	2023
11	Olivia Purdy	20:22.2	Romeo	126.3	Averill	9-Sep	2023
11	Olivia Purdy	19:59.5	Romeo	130.8	Lamplighter	18-Aug	2023
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
10	Olivia Purdy	19:51.6	Romeo	114.1	MITCA	12-Nov	2022
10	Olivia Purdy	20:25.3	Romeo	110.6	Division 1 State	5-Nov	2022
10	Olivia Purdy	19:59.0	Romeo	111.0	Region 9	29-Oct	2022
10	Olivia Purdy	20:00.3	Romeo	114.2	MAC Division	22-Oct	2022
10	Olivia Purdy	20:33.5	Romeo	108.2	Macomb County	15-Oct	2022
10	Olivia Purdy	20:48.0	Romeo	98.0	Jackson	24-Sep	2022
10	Olivia Purdy	21:11.4	Romeo	100.2	Holly	17-Sep	2022
10	Olivia Purdy	22:24.5	Romeo	90.8	Averill	10-Sep	2022
10	Olivia Purdy	21:25.2	Romeo	102.9	Lamplighter	19-Aug	2022

The Rundown

Much needed.

With the Anchor Bay course doing a number to Violet Hrabovsky’s ankle, the usual top-5 Romeo scoring outfit was in a bit of a dire situation. The Bulldogs had four girls capable of All-State, but you need five in cross country.

Coming into the year, Olivia probably wasn’t the necessary figure to be that fifth girl. She had been under 20:00 twice as a sophomore, had shown signs of improvement during track (5:27/11:46), however it’s a highly competitive D1 landscape.

The Olivia we saw late in the season was a whole different animal. Her patience in racing was evident early, picking off girls late in the race at Averill and Bluejay, holding on in the twists n’ turns at Holly. Entering into championship season in the low-19’s, Olivia had become one of the better girls in Macomb County, further proven by her 8^th place finish at Eastwood.

Then when State rolled around, Romeo, although a bit banged up, was set. Deskins, Annie H, Emmerson, and Natalia could do their thing up front, reliable Olivia would pick through the field at the back. 79^th at the mile, 49^th at two, she finished in 41^st and sealed Romeo’s state title.