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2018-19 Track & Field/Cross Country Roster

Skylar Ovnicek

Skylar Ovnicek

  • Position:
    XC/Distance
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Spokane, Wash.
  • High School:
    West Valley HS

Summary

Biography

TFRRS

Career Achievements

  • 2018 NCAA West Region Cross Country Participant
  • 8th – DMR – 2016 Big Sky Indoor Championships

Career Bests

  • 1500m – 4:05.36 – 2016 Outdoor
  • Mile – 4:29.61 – 2016 Indoor
  • 3000m – 8:34.33 – 2018 Indoor
  • 5000m – 14:53.20 – 2018 Outdoor
  • 10,000m – 31:20.36 – 2019 Outdoor
  • 3000-meter steeplechase - 10:02.82 - 2019 Outdoor
Collegiate Personal Bests

XC

  • 6k - 19:07.2
  • 8k - 24:19.9
  • 10k - 31:17.1


High School

  • Competed in cross country, track and basketball at West Valley High School in Spokane, Wash.
  • Voted team captain for both cross country and track twice over his career
  • Received all-state recognition twice
  • Took nineteenth, tenth and sixth at the cross country state meet three years consecutively

Personal

  • Son of Heidi and Bart Ovnicek
  • Has one sibling, Conley
  • Pursuing a career in mechanical engineering
  • Hobbies outside of sports include bmx biking, long boarding, fishing and hunting

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Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Redshirt

    Distance

  • 2016-17Sophomore

    XC/Distance

  • 2017-18Junior

    XC/Distance

  • 2018-19Senior

    XC/Distance
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