2018 Cross Country Roster
Roster
Andrew O'Connor
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Croswell, Mich.
- High School:
- Croswell-Lexington
Collegiate Bests
• 600m - 1:21.34
• 800m - 1:52.28
• 1000m - 2:29.08
• 1500m - 3:57.20
• Mile - 4:16.23
2017-18:
Academic All-Big Ten
OUTDOOR: Member of the seventh-place 4x1500m relay team with an overal time of 16:21.29, and also ran on the eighth-place 4x800m relay team with a split of 1:54.59 at the Raleigh Relays (March 30-31) ... Finished seventh in the 800m with a time of 1:56.28 at the Louisville Invitational (April 13) ... Posted a 1500m time of 4:02.16 at the Jesse Owens Classic (April 20-21) ... Placed 13th in the 1500m with a season-best time of 3:58.57 at the "GINA" Relays (April 26-28).
INDOOR: Placed third in the 600m, setting a career-best time of 1:21.34 at the Wolverine Invitational (Jan. 13) ... Won the 600m with a time of 1:21.90 and member of the sixth-place 4x400 relay team at the Simmons-Harvey Quad (Jan. 20) ... Recorded an 800m time of 1:54.18 an ran on the second-place DMR team with an overall time of 9:57.23 at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 2-3) ... Posted a season-best 800m time of 1:53.51 at the Music City Challenge (Feb. 9-10) ... Finished 18th in the 800m with a time of 1:54.26 at the Big Ten Indoor Championships.
2016-17:
Academic All-Big Ten
OUTDOOR: Placed seventh in the 4x1500 relay with a time of 16:14.85 at the Raleigh Relays ... Recorded a time of 2:02.15 in the 800-meter at the Spartan Invitational ... Took 15th in the 800-meter with a time of 1:54.47 at the Jesse Owens Classic ... Finished 34th in the 800-meter at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 2:01.45.
INDOOR: Member of the 10th-place team at the Meyo Invitational in the DMR with a time of 10:19.98 ... Placed 16th and ran a season-best of 1:53.28 at the Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships in the 800-meters ... Took 10th in the 800-meter run at the Notre Dame Invitational.
2015-16:
OUTDOOR: Took fourth place while setting a personal record at the 50th Annual Hillsdale College “GINA” Relays with a time of 3:57.20 in the 1500-meter … Placed second at the Raleigh Relays in the 4x15 with a time of 15:40.68
INDOOR: Placed 11th in the 1000-meter at the SPIRE NCAA D-1 Indoor T&F Invitational with a personal best time of 2:29.08 … Set a personal record and finished twelfth at the Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Championships with a time of 1:52.28 in the 800-meter.
High School: Four-year letterwinner and senior captain in cross country and track at Croswell-Lexington High School, also lettered two years in wrestling ... All-State in the 4x800 as a sophomore, State runner-up in the 800m as a junior, All-State in the 4x400 as a senior ... Ran a personal-best 5K of 15:59 as a senior
Personal: Son of George and Janet O'Connor; younger brother of Michigan State All-American Leah O'Connor ... Has four other siblings - Scott, Allison, Patrick and George; Allison ran track at CMU and George currently runs cross country and track at Oakland; Parents also ran cross country and track in college ... Plans to major in communications at MSU
