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2021 CoSIDA Academic All-America Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Team
BALTIMORE, MD – Three members of the Johns Hopkins women's track & field and cross country teams have been named CoSIDA Academic All-Americans it was announced earlier today. Three selections mark the most ever in program history.
Ella Baran and Therese Olshanski were named to the Academic All-America second team while Annie Gutierrez was a third team selection. Coach Bobby Van Allen's program has now produced 12 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans with 10 of the 12 coming in the last decade.
Baran boasts a 3.50 GPA as an environmental engineering major. She was the national runner-up in the 1500 and 5000 at the 2021 NCAA Championships. She earned All-America honors in the 3000 as well as All-Mideast honors in the mile, 3000 and DMR for the 2020 indoor season. Baran is a four-time medalist at the Centennial Conference Championships with three gold and one bronze. She is currently interning at Noblis, conducting materiality assessments, data collection and analysis. Last summer, she interned at the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Baran was a lab assistant for the JHU Environmental Engineering Lab for the last year. In addition, she is a facility manager for the JHU Recreation Center.
Olshanski graduated in May with a degree in public health and a 3.60 GPA. She is a five-time All-American, earning the honor twice for cross country and three times for track & field. She placed fifth in the 1500 at the 2019 NCAA Championships and then fourth in 2021. She also earned seven Centennial Conference medals with three gold and four silver. Olshanski worked as a geriatric nursing assistant at Mercy Medical Center this past year while also interning at the JHU Center for Health Education and Wellness. She served as a care manager for Sunrise Senior Living in 2020 and a certified nursing assistant at B&M Consultants in 2019. Olshanski was also a research assistant in the JHU Bat Lab as well as a lifeguard in the Recreation Center.
Gutierrez graduated with a degree in chemical and biomolecular engineering with a 3.66 GPA. She earned All-America honors in the pole vault with a seventh place finish in 2021. She also earned All-America honors in the pole vault and pentathlon in 2020 for the indoor season. Gutierrez is a 15-time Centennial Conference medalist with seven gold, seven silver and one bronze. She was named the 2020 Centennial Conference Field Athlete of the Year as well as the 2021 USTFCCCA Mideast Region Field Athlete of the Year. Gutierrez is interning at ISH Markit this summer after working as a consulting summer analyst for Accenture the last two summers. She was a Peer Tutor for the JHU PILOT Program as well as a study consultant.