Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Athletics

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2018: Captain ... Six meets ... Top 10 finishes in five ... Season-best 25:14.7 at Rowan, finishing eighth ... Won NCAA Regional with time of 26:00.8 ... Second at Saratoga Invitational (25:12.6) and Liberty League Championship (24:51.3) ... Fifth at Purple Valley Invitational (25:58.4) ... Ran 24:52.9 at NCAA Championship, finishing 23rd ... Liberty League Performer of the Week twice ... All-Liberty League First Team ... All-Region ... Atlantic Region Athlete of the Year ... National All-America ... Liberty League Runner of the Year ... Liberty League All-Academic ... Google Cloud CoSIDA Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-District ... Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-America Track & Field/Cross Country Second Team ... 

2017: Captain ... Seven meets ... Season-best 6K was 19:44.7 at Vassar, finishing 10th ... Season-best 8K was 24:14.0 at Atlantic Regional, finishing first (first male in school history to win regional meet) ... Won Liberty League Championship with course record time of 24:55.9 (8K) ... Won at Connecticut College with 24:32.4 (8K) ... Won at Saratoga Invitational with 24:56.9 (8K) ... Second at Williams with 26:04.2 (8K) ... School record fourth at NCAA Championship Meet (24:19.35) ... All-America ... Liberty League Weekly Honor Roll once ... Liberty League Performer of the Week five times ... ECAC North Runner of the Week three times ... All-Liberty League First Team ... Liberty League Runner of the Year ...  All-Region ... Atlantic Region Athlete of the Year ... Liberty League All-Academic ... ECAC Academic Honor Roll ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... USFTCCCA Runner of the Year ... 

2016: Seven meets ... Season-best 23:40 at Rowan, placing seventh ... Second at Liberty League Championship with 25:26 ... Third at Atlantic Regional with 24:23 ... Second at Saratoga Invitational with 25:26 ... Ran at NCAA Championship Meet, placing 25th with 24:47 ... National All-America ... Liberty League Performer of the Week once (11/21) ... All-Liberty League First Team ... All-Region ... Liberty League All-Academic ...

2015: Seven meets ... Season-best second with 19:48.6 at Vassar ... Tenth with 26:26.3 at Liberty League Championship ... Placed 30th with 26:10.2 at Atlantic Regional ... All-Liberty League Second Team ... All-Region ... Liberty League Rookie of the Week once ... 

High School: Four years of cross country and track ... Captain for one year in both ... All-New England in cross country as senior ... All-State in track in 2015 ... Six-time All-Conference in track and cross country ... Five-time individual conference champion in track ... All-State Academic ... National Merit Commended Scholar ... Scholar Athlete ... Three Honor Societies ... 

Personal: Electrical Engineering and Computer & Systems Engineering dual major ... Dean's Honor List ... Olympia (Rensselaer Athletics Honor Society) ... Runs track ... All-America in 10000 meters in 2016 ... NCAA champion in outdoor 5000 meters and runner-up in 10000 meters in 2018 ... No. 8 all-time in 10000 meter for Division III ... Rensselaer Athletics 2017-18 Male Athlete of the Year ... Engineering intern at OTIS in 2016 and 2017 ... Engineering intern at Polaris Industries in electric powertrain group in 2018... Son of Ellen and William O'Connor. 

On attending Rensselaer: "I was looking for a northeast school with strong engineering and great potential for me to grow professionally and athletically. Rensselaer fit these attributes for me." - August 2017

Benefits of undergraduate community: "Having hard-working peers also in the field of engineering/science is exciting and motivating." - August 2017