Olivia Snyder

Photo by: Jeff Harwell

Photo by: Jeff Harwell

Position:
Throws
Class:
Senior
High School:
Fairless
Hometown:
Navarre, Ohio

Results

2019 Outdoor: Registered a mark of 45-9.25 (13.95m) in the shot put at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 25)...competed in nine meets for the Zips, including garnering six, five and three top-10 performances in the shot put, discus and hammer, respectively...earned sixth-, eighth- and 19th-place efforts in the shot put, discus and hammer at the Mid-American Conference Outdoor Championships (May 9-11) with marks of 49-9.25 (15.17m), 157-0 (47.85m) and 148-8 (45.31m)...recorded a career-best and fifth-longest mark in outdoor program history in the shot put with a mark of 50-1.25 (15.27m) at the Northeast Ohio Quad (April 6)...earned a season-best mark of 157-0 (47.85m) to place eighth in the discus at the MAC Championships (May 11)...tossed a season-best mark of 166-11 (50.89m) to finish fifth in the hammer at the Roadrunner Invitational (March 22)...recorded a mark of 46-4 (14.12m) in the shot put at the Texas Relays (March 29).

2019 Outdoor Accolades: Academic All-MAC honoree.

2019 Indoor: Competed in six meets for the Zips, including placing fifth and seventh, respectively, in the weight throw (61-7/18.77m) and shot put (47-3.75/14.42m) at the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships (Feb. 22-23)...recorded five top-10 performances in the shot put and weight throw...registered season-best marks en route to finishing second in the weight throw (60-11.50/18.58m) and third in the shot put (48-1.75/14.67m) at the Zips Invitational (Feb. 15).

2019 Indoor Accolades: Academic All-MAC honoree.

2018 Outdoor: Appeared in seven meets for the Zips and placed eighth in the shot put (46-3.75/14.19m) and discus (148-8/45.31m) at the Mid-American Conference Championships (5/11-5/12)...recorded the fifth-best mark in outdoor program history in the shot put throwing 49-8.50 (15.15m) to place second at the Campbell/Wright Invitational...registered six top-10 efforts in the shot put and five in the discus on the campaign...placed second in the shot put with a mark of 46-0.50 (14.03m) at the Northeast Ohio Quad (4/6)...finished second in the discus with a throw of 151-4 (46.12m) at the Ashland Alumni Open (4/28)...posted a season-best mark of 151-10 (46.29m) in the discus at the Roadrunner Invitational (3/24).

2018 Outdoor Accolades: Earned Academic All-MAC accolades.

2018 Indoor: Competed in seven meets for Akron in the shot put and weight throw, including placing third in the shot put with a season- and career-best throw of 49-7.25 (15.12m), the fifth-best mark in indoor program history...finished 17th in the weight throw at the MAC Championships (Feb. 23) with a mark of 51-9.75 (15.79m)...earned seven top-five performances in the shot put and six top-10 finishes in the weight throw...won the shot put with a mark of 46-7.25 (14.20m) at the Akron Pole Vault Convention (Jan. 7), while finishing third in the event at the Kent State Dual and Zips Invitational (Feb. 16) on the strength of marks of 46-1.25 (14.05m) and 48-8 (14.83m), respectively...captured the weight throw at the Zips Invitational (Feb. 16) with a season-best toss of 58-0.25 (17.68m)...garnered second-place showings in the weight throw at the Akron Pole Vault Convention (Jan. 7) and Kent State Dual (Jan. 19) with throws of 56-7.50 (17.26m) and 56-10 (17.32m).

2018 Indoor Accolades: Named an Academic All-MAC selection.

2017 Outdoor: Earned 13th- and 18th-place finishes in the shot put and discus, respectively, at the Mid-American Conference Championships (May 12/13) with throws of 43-0 (13.11m) and 134-3.75 (40.94m)...recorded top-10 performances in the discus in six meets and in the shot put four times on the campaign...placed fourth and fifth in the discus at the Bobcat Invitational (March 30) and Northeast Ohio Quad (April 15) with marks of 141-1 (43.00m) and a season-best throw of 144-7.25 (44.08m)...finished second in the shot put at the Northeast Ohio Quad (April 15) with a mark of 42-1 (12.83m), while placing fifth at the Spec Towns Invitational (April 8) with a throw of 43-3 (13.18m)...posted mark of 141-3 (43.07m) in the hammer to finish seventh at the Northeast Ohio Quad (April 14)...tabbed as an Academic All-MAC honoree...2017 Indoor: Competed in five meets for Akron and placed 11th and 15th, respectively, at the Mid-American Conference Championships (Feb. 24/25) in the weight throw and shot put with marks of 55-6.50 (16.93m) and 42-10 (13.06m)...placed second in the weight throw at the Zips Invitational (Feb. 17) with a mark of 56-6.25 (17.23m), while finishing third with a season-best throw of 59-6 (18.14m) at the Kent State Dual (Jan. 20)...registered a season-long throw of 46-1.75 (14.07m) in the shot put at the Zips Invitational (Feb. 17)...placed seventh in the discus at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 3) with a mark of 134-3.25 (40.93m)...tabbed as an Academic All-MAC honoree.

2015-16: Outdoor: Placed 12th and 14th, respectively, at the Mid-American Conference Championships in with marks of 137-1 (41.78m) and a season-best throw of 42-4.25 (12.91m) in the discus (May 14) and shot put (May 12)...posted five top-10 efforts in the discus and four in the shot put on the campaign...finished fifth in the discus at the All-Ohio Championships (April 9) with a mark of 138-6 (42.23m)...registered a season-best throw of 142-7 (43.46m) in the discus at the Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 7), while also placing fifth in the shot put with a mark of 42-0 (12.82m)...posted season-best throw of 127-3 (38.78m) in the hammer throw at the Ricardo Romo Invitational (3/25)...Indoor: Recorded season-best marks in the weight throw (51-11) and shot put (42-8.75) at the Zips Invitational (Feb. 19)...finished sixth in both the weight throw (49-1.75) and shot put (40-10.50) at the Kent State Dual (Jan. 22)...placed 17th in the shot put (40-8.25) and 19th in the weight throw (49-0) at the Mid-American Conference Championships.

Personal: Majoring in biology...daughter of Charles and Rhonda Snyder.