SMU Athletics

Career Results 
2020-21: (XC) - Placed 62nd at the AAC Championships with a time of 23:51.7 in the 6K race ... (INDOOR): posted a time of 10:45.71 in the 3000m at the HTown SpeedCity Series III ... (OUTDOOR) - Placed in 12th in the 3000m at the TCU Invite 

2019-20: (XC): Helped the Mustangs to a win at the Ken Garland Invite ... finished in eighth at the Garland with a time of 19:32.2 in the 5K  ... posted her best 6K time at the Arturo Barrios with a 22:20.0 finish ... (INDOOR) - ran career best times in the 3000m (10:36.32) and the 5000m (18:07.61)m at the AAC Championships ...

2018-19 (XC): Appeared in four meets for the Mustangs ...in the season-opening 4K in Waco, scored for the Mustangs with a 21st place finish in the 57-athlete field ... had one of her best performance of the season at the Ken Garland Invite, placing in 15th among the 48-runner field ...ran one 6K at the American Conference Championships, placed 76th with a time of 26.21.5 ... (INDOOR) - competed in two Indoor meets with a best 5000m time of 17:23.62 (OUTDOOR) - posted her best 1500m time at the Arkansas Spring Invite with a time of 5:35.04 ... finished in 12th at the Beach Invitational in the 5000m


PERSONAL: Olivia Grace Lackner was born in Highland Park, Illinois to parents Jeannie Lynch and Steve Lackner … Lackner grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina with her two siblings Isabella and Anna … her eldest sister Isabella runs track at Baylor … she plans on majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Economics while on the Hilltop … she chose SMU because of the rigorous academics, the strong athletics programs and the great location … a member of a jazz ensemble that was selected to perform at the Lincoln Center … Olivia enjoys gardening, cooking and traveling and her favorite athlete is Becky Wade …  
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Lackner lettered for four years in Track & Field and Cross Country while attending St. Thomas Moore Academy in Raleigh … she was coached by France Klein during her time at St. Thomas … three-time conference champions and two-time conference runner of the year … had three fourth places finishes at the State Championships … In Track, was a State runner-up in the 1600 after a third place finish her junior year … twice medaled in the 3200 at State … Team captain her junior and senior season and helped her team place second in state in 2015, third in 2016 and fourth in 2017 … was a part of the relay team that finished second in the 4x800 at State … Was Salutatorian of her high school, graduating Summa Cum Laude … named a National Merit Commended Scholar …