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2013 Women's Cross Country

Mary O'Neill

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Middletown North
  • Hometown Middletown, NJ

Biography

  • Four-year letter-winner
  • Competed in 23 meets in her career
  • Three-time All-Landmark Conference selection (2011, 2012,2013)
  • Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll recipient (2012,2013)
  • Three-time NCAA Mideast regional participant (2011, 2012,2013)

Senior Year (2013)

  • One of five runners to compete in all seven events
  • Earned first-team All-Landmark honors with a sixth-place finishat the conference championship meet, covering the 6000-meter coursein 24:31 at the US Soldiers' & Airmen's Home in Washington, DC,on Nov. 2, helping the Royals to a second-place team finish
  • Shattered the 24-minute mark for the first time in her careerfor 6000 meters, finishing 73rd in a time of 23:16 at the NCAAMideast regional held at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., onNov. 16
  • Placed third in a time of 16:53 for 4000 meters against PennSt.-Wilkes-Barre on Oct. 9 in Lehman, Pa.
  • Finished 12th in 15:47.1 over a 4000-meter course to helpRoyals to a runner-up team finish at the Jack Daniels Invitationalin Cortland, New York, on Sept. 21.

Junior Year (2012)

  • Earned second-team all-Landmark Conference honors for thesecond straight year with a 10th-place finish in 24:40.40 over a6000-meter course at the conference championship meet at FortRoberdeau State Park in Blair County, Pennsylvania, on October27
  • Was the second Scranton harrier across the finish line at theseason-ending NCAA Mideast regional with a 131st-place finish in25:31.0 for 6000 meters at Big Spring High School in Newville,Pennsylvania, on November 10
  • One of four runners to compete in all seven meets.

Sophomore Year (2011)

  • Was the Royals’ top finisher in four of six meets
  • One of four runners among 15 on the roster to compete in atleast six events
  • Earned second-team all-Landmark Conference honors by placing13th on a snow-covered 6000-meter course at the league’schampionship meet on Oct. 29 at Lehigh University in Bethlehem,Pennsylvania
  • Ran a career-low time of 24:41 for 6000 meters and finished57th at the NCAA Mideast regional on Nov. 12 at DeSales Universityin Center Valley, Pennsylvania
  • posted three top-25 finishes:  placed 19th in 16:13.90 for4000 meters at the Jack Daniels Invitational in Cortland, New York,on Sept. 24; finished 23rd in 20:32.78 over a 5000-meter course atthe Dutchmen Invitational hosted by Lebanon Valley College at UnionCanal Tunnel Park in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 10; and placed23rd in 24:45.33 over a 6000-meter course at the DeSalesInvitational in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 8.

Freshman Year (2010)

  • Showed potential to be a key contributor until an injury kepther out of the lineup for the final two meets of the season
  • In the first meet of her career, was the fifth Royal across thefinish line in a 138th-place finish in a season-best time of24:50.8 over a 6000-meter course at the Spiked Shoe Invitational atPenn State University on Sept.  11
  • Also picked up valuable experience by competing at the PurpleValley Classic (Williams College) and DeSales Invitational on Oct.9
  • Was the fourth Scranton harrier across the finish line at thePurple Valley Classic, finishing in 25:44
  • In her last meet of the season, placed 62nd in 26:15.89 at theDeSales Invitational on Oct. 9

High School

  • Lettered in field hockey and track and field in highschool
  • Recorded personal-best of 5:26 in the mile and 11:55 in thetwo-mile
  • Earned high honors academically
  • Daughter of Gerard and Elizabeth O'Neill
  • Her father played basketball at Hamilton College in upstate NewYork
  • Has three siblings:  Kevin, Megan, and Thomas.

Top 10 Finishes

  • 3rd (16:53, 4000 meters), vs. Penn St.-Wilkes-Barre, Lehman,Pa., Oct. 9, 2013
  • 6th (24:31, 6000 meters), Landmark Conference championships, USSoldiers' & Airmen's Home, Washington, Dc, Nov. 2
  • 10th (24:40.40, 6000 meters), Landmark Conferencechampionships, Fort Roberdeau State Park, Blair County, Pa., Oct.27, 2012

Top 25 Finishes

  • 12th (17:45, 4000 meters), Marywood Invitational, McDade Park,Scranton, Pa., Sept. 1, 2012
  • 13th (official time unavailable), Landmark Conferencechampionships, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa., Oct. 29,2011
  • 19th (16:13.90, 4000 meters), Jack Daniels Invitational,Cortland, NY, Sept. 24, 2011
  • 23rd (20:32.78, 5000 meters), Dutchmen Invitational, UnionCanal Tunnel Park, Lebanon, Pa., Sept. 10, 2011
  • 23rd (24:45.33, 6000 meters), DeSales Invitational, CenterValley, Pa., Oct. 8, 2011
  • 23rd (26:17, 6000 meters), Jack St. Clair Memorial, BelmontPlateau, Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 6, 2012

Top 50 Finishes

  • 26th (20:29.07, 5000 meters), Vassar Invitational,Poughkeepise, NY, Sept. 7, 2013)
  • 34th (21:00.99, 5000 meters), Vassar Invitational,Poughkeepsie, NY, Sept. 8, 2012
  • 46th (16:18.50, 4000 meters), Jack Daniels Invitational,cortland, NY, Sept. 22, 2012

Landmark Conference Championship Finishes

  • 6th (24:31.00, 6000 meters), US Soldiers' & Airmen's Home,Washington, DC, Nov. 2, 2013)
  • 10th (24:40.40, 6000 meters), Fort Roberdeau State Park, BlairCounty, Pa., Oct. 27, 2012
  • 13th (official time unavailable), Lehigh University, Bethlehem,Pa., Oct. 29, 2011

NCAA Mideast Regional Finishes

  • 57th (24:41, 6000 meters), DeSales University, Center Valley,Pa., Nov. 12, 2011
  • 73rd (23:16, 6000 meters), Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa.,Nov. 16, 2013
  • 131st (25:31, 6000 meters), Big Spring High School, Newville,Pa., Nov. 10, 2012

Awards & Honors

  • Landmark Conference 1st-Team Selection (2013)
  • Landmark Conference 2nd-Team Selection (2011, 2012)
  • Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll (2012, 2013)

Personal

  • Daughter of Gerard & Elizabeth O'Neill

Historical Player Information

  • 2012Junior

  • 2013Senior

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