Northern State University Athletics

Season & Career Bests


2024-25: Competed in 13 meets for the Wolves… Recorded personal bests of 5:25.85 in the mile, 10:50.48 in the 3000m, 3:09.57 in the 1000m, 19:11.17 in the 5000m, 5:05.28 in the 1500m, and 39:26.68 in the 10,000m… Won the mile at the SD Mines Dual, the mile at the Jamestown Dual, and the 1000m at the UMary Winter Classic… Notched 11 top-10 finishes on the year… Member of breaking the Northern State school record in the distance medley relay (12:23.39)…

Prep: Emaleigh Olesiak is a distance runner out of Cromwell-Wright High School. She was a 10-time letterwinner in cross country and track and field for the Cardinals under the direction of head coaches Pete Koenig and Dave Foster. Olesiak holds personal bests of 19:33.00 in the 5k, 11:37.00 in the 3200m, and 5:19.00 in the 1600m. She is a 2-time conference champion and 3-time state participant. Olesiak holds the conference meet record in the 5k (19:56.00) and earned all-state accolades in 2023. She is the daughter of Justin and Tonya Olesiak.