Sean O'Connor

Returnee
Graduated Senior
Rockford, Ill. (Boylan Catholic)

2008:  Finished 87th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 26:48.50…finished 27th at the CCIW Men’s Cross Country Championship with a time of 27:05…ran a career-best 25:21.06, tops on the Carthage squad, at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational…finished fourth at the Carthage Invitational.

2007:  Finished 81st at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional with a season-best time of 26:05.83…finished 45th at the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a time of 27:51.89.

2006:  Finished 51st at the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a time of 28:33.56…finished 138th at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional with a season-best time of 27:32.80.

2005:  Finished 69th at the open-race portion of the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a time of 29:19…ran a season-best 29:08 at the Wisconsin Private College Championship.

High School:  Earned All-Northern Illinois Conference 9 honors his senior year…coached by Ted Holm…four-year member of the track and field team and named first-team all-conference as a senior…four-year member of the swimming and water polo teams, two years in cross country and two years in football.

Personal:  Double major in communication and geography…distance runner on the 2006-08 Carthage men’s track and field teams¼named to the fall 2006 Carthage dean’s list and to the fall 2006 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born March 26, 1987.