2025 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Olsen, Jack

Jack Olsen
- Position:
- Throws
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Olympia, Wash.
- High School:
- Olympia
Bio
2024: Scored again at the Pac-12 Championships in the javelin and competed at NCAA West Prelims โฆ placed 31st in the javelin at West Prelims with a best of 206-4 โฆ season-best throw of 213-5 came at the Mt. SAC Relays ... took second at the Brutus Hamilton Invite with a throw of 210-5 โฆ at Pac-12s, placed eighth in the javelin at 198-4, and also helped the team get a couple points in the 4x100m relay as UW used non-sprinters to get two points out of a seventh-place finish, which contributed to winning the team title โฆ earned both USTFCCCA All-Academic honors and Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2023: Strong redshirt freshman season in the javelin, scoring at his first Pac-12 Championships and advancing to his first NCAA Prelims โฆ at the Pac-12 meet in Walnut, Calif. he threw the javelin a nearly seven-foot PR, going 216-6 to finish fifth overall, helping UW earn its first Pac-12 team title โฆ followed that up with another strong throw at NCAA Prelims, going 214-2 to place 20th overall โฆ prior to Pac-12s, best throw was 209-8 at the Desert Heat Classic where he was seventh โฆ opened the season on Mar. 25 at the Aztec Invitational, going 195-11 โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team and the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2022: Redshirted his first season โฆ competed at the USATF U20 Championships, finishing sixth with a mark of 189-8.
High School and Personal: Born in Olympia, Wash. โฆ parents are Jeff and Amy Olsen โฆ has one older brother, Bennett, who also attends Washington, and a younger brother, Soren โฆ uncle John Cook played defensive line for the UW football team from 1986-90 and was drafted by the Chicago Bears โฆ had the top javelin throw in Washington state in 2021, setting a personal-best at 199-3 โฆ won the SPSL Field Athlete of the Year award and was 2019 and 2021 SPSL javelin champion โฆ also took on the decathlon as a freshman and sophomore, taking 18th at the Washington Combined Event Championships in 2019 โฆ lettered four years in football and basketball at Olympia, and was SPSL defensive MVP and an all-area first team linebacker โฆ helped basketball team place fourth at the 2020 state tournament โฆ has played cello for ten years and was part of Olympia H.S. symphony orchestra.
Major Meets
2022 USA U20 Championships - 6th, Javelin
2023 Pac-12 - 5th, Javelin
2023 NCAA Prelims - 20th, Javelin
2024 Pac-12 - 8th, Javelin | 7th, 4x100m
2024 NCAA Prelims - 31st, Javelin
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Outdoor Bests
Javelinโฆโฆ.216-6
Academic Honors
2024 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2024 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2023 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2023: Strong redshirt freshman season in the javelin, scoring at his first Pac-12 Championships and advancing to his first NCAA Prelims โฆ at the Pac-12 meet in Walnut, Calif. he threw the javelin a nearly seven-foot PR, going 216-6 to finish fifth overall, helping UW earn its first Pac-12 team title โฆ followed that up with another strong throw at NCAA Prelims, going 214-2 to place 20th overall โฆ prior to Pac-12s, best throw was 209-8 at the Desert Heat Classic where he was seventh โฆ opened the season on Mar. 25 at the Aztec Invitational, going 195-11 โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team and the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2022: Redshirted his first season โฆ competed at the USATF U20 Championships, finishing sixth with a mark of 189-8.
High School and Personal: Born in Olympia, Wash. โฆ parents are Jeff and Amy Olsen โฆ has one older brother, Bennett, who also attends Washington, and a younger brother, Soren โฆ uncle John Cook played defensive line for the UW football team from 1986-90 and was drafted by the Chicago Bears โฆ had the top javelin throw in Washington state in 2021, setting a personal-best at 199-3 โฆ won the SPSL Field Athlete of the Year award and was 2019 and 2021 SPSL javelin champion โฆ also took on the decathlon as a freshman and sophomore, taking 18th at the Washington Combined Event Championships in 2019 โฆ lettered four years in football and basketball at Olympia, and was SPSL defensive MVP and an all-area first team linebacker โฆ helped basketball team place fourth at the 2020 state tournament โฆ has played cello for ten years and was part of Olympia H.S. symphony orchestra.
Major Meets
2022 USA U20 Championships - 6th, Javelin
2023 Pac-12 - 5th, Javelin
2023 NCAA Prelims - 20th, Javelin
2024 Pac-12 - 8th, Javelin | 7th, 4x100m
2024 NCAA Prelims - 31st, Javelin
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Outdoor Bests
Javelinโฆโฆ.216-6
Academic Honors
2024 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2024 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2023 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
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