UPPSALA, Sweden – Loyola University Maryland's Senna Ohlsson ran a school-record time on Sunday and earned a bronze medal in the 800 meters at the 2020 Swedish National Championships.
 
The senior-to-be used her dual-citizenship to live and train in Sweden this summer, culminating with Sunday's race at the Swedish Athletic Championships.
 
On Saturday, she qualified for the final comfortably in fifth place, and she raised that by two spots in Sunday's final to become the first Loyola runner to earn a medal at a national championship in school history.
 
Ohlsson finished the two laps in 2:06.05, bettering the Loyola-best time of 2:06.88 she set last week.
 
Lovisa Lindh won the gold in 2:04.89, edging Hanna Hermansson by six-hundredths of a second. Ohlsson then won her tight battle for third. She held off Rebecca Högberg (2:06.52) and Linn Söderholm (2:06.94) for the bronze.
 
Ohlsson, a three-time Academic All-Patriot League honoree, has also won the last three Patriot League 800-meter titles that have been run (2019 indoor and outdoor and 2020 outdoor).

Read more about Ohlsson and her trek to Sweden in this August 14 article in The Baltimore Sun by Edward Lee.