O'Connor, Sean

Sean O'Connor

  • Award
    Performer
  • Week Of
    9/24/2018
  • Sport
    Men's Cross Country
  • School
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Stamford, NY
  • High School
    South Kortright Central
RPI senior Sean O'Connor won the premiere Division III cross country meet in the nation, the Purple Valley Classic hosted by Williams College, with a time of 25:44.7 last weekend. He ran a 5:11 pace over the 8K course at Mt. Greylock High School and was victorious by nearly six seconds over the second place finisher (25:50.0). The No. 6 Engineers won the team title with 44 points with Williams, which is 17th in the latest USTFCCCA Poll, coming in second (72), followed by No. 8 Middlebury (103), No. 3 Amherst (118) and No. 7 MIT (127). There were 16 schools and 209 finishers in the event.