High school track and field: Bay runner Olivia Bechtel commits to Miami University

Bay Rockets track and field standout Olivia Bechtel took to Twitter on Dec. 29 to announce that she made a verbal commitment to run track and field at Miami University (Ohio).

“Excited to say that I have verbally committed to run Track and Field at Miami University #goredhawks,” Bechtel tweeted.

Bechtel, a senior, is a three-time state qualifer in the 400 meters, placing fourth in 2015 (55.81) and second in 2014 with a 55.40, which was a PR. She placed seventh in 2013 with a 56.55.

Bechtel is a two-time state qualifier in the long jump, placing 10th in 2015 with a leap of 17-3 1/4 and in 2014 placing fourth with 18-0 1/2. In 2015, it was the first time she qualified for state in the 200, placing 10th with a PR of 25.09.

Bechtel ran cross country all four years of her high school tenure and competed at state from 2012 to 2014. She did not make it known on Twitter if she was going to be running cross country at Miami.