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2024 Men's Cross Country Roster

Otto Schmidt

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown St. Paul, Minn.
  • Highschool Highland Park

Biography

AT ST. OLAF
2024-25
(Senior) – Academic All-MIAC… Fall 2024 St. Olaf Dean’s List… Spring 2025 St. Olaf Dean's List... Did not run in any meets.

2023-24 (Junior) – Chi Alpha Sigma inductee… Spring 2024 St. Olaf Dean's List... Did not run in any races.

2022-23 (Sophomore) – Academic All-MIAC… Fall 2022 St. Olaf Dean’s List… Ran season-best 8K time of 29:16.6 and was 302nd at the Jim Drews Invitational on Oct. 15… Placed 126th in 29:29.1 at the MIAC Championships on Oct. 29.

2021-22 (First Year) – Fall 2021 St. Olaf Dean’s List… Spring 2022 St. Olaf Dean's List... Finished 167th at the MIAC Championships on Oct. 30 with a time of 30:27.7… Ran season-best 8k time of 28:57.0 at the Jim Drews Invitational on Oct. 15.

AT HIGHLAND PARK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Ran four years of cross country and lettered all four years... Three-year team captain... Team finished third state in Class AA in 2019... Highland Park Senior High School Triple A Award recipient... MSHSL ExCEL Award Nominee in 2019... Team won conference championships in 2018 and 2019... Also was on Nordic skiing team all four years... Three-year team captain... Team finished third in the state as a junior, eighth as a sophomore, ninth as a senior, and 11th as a freshman... Finished 31st individually at the state meet as a senior, 33rd as a junior, 44th as a sophomore, and 99th as a freshman... All-conference all four years... Team won conference titles all four years... Also was on track and field team as a sophomore, junior, and senior... Team won conference championship all three years... Honorable mention all-conference in the 800 meters as a senior... Ran on conference champion 4x400-meter relay as a junior... IB Diploma recipient... Graduated summa cum laude... National Honor Society.

PERSONAL
Parents Jeffrey Schmidt and Berit Nelson... Has one sibling, Anna... Double-majoring in physics and mathematics with a concentration in engineering.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021First Year

  • 2022Sophomore

  • 2023Junior

  • 2024Senior