Holy Cross Athletics

2012-2013: Competedin five individual events including the 100 backstroke, 100breaststroke, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle and 100 individualmedley…achieved career best time in the 200 free (1:51.87)at the Patriot League Championship…member of the Holy CrossLeadership Academy.

2011-2012: Competedin six different individual events including the 200, 500, 1,000and 1,650 freestyles and 200 and 400 individual medleys…alsoa member of the 800 freestyle relay team…posted season-besttimes in the 200 free (1:55.24) and 500 free (5:04.44) at theTerrier Invitational and in the 1,650 free (17:29.02) and 400 IM(4:31.56) at the Patriot League Championship.

2010-2011: Finished18th in the 1650 freestyle with a personal-best time of 17:15.78 atthe Patriot League Championship...also at the PLC he swam apersonal and team-best time in the 400 individual medley (4:25.51),while he had a  personal-best time in the 500 yard freestyle(4:57.10)...swam the 200 yard breaststroke in 2:24.19 at theTerrier Invitational.

Before Holy Cross:Four-year member of the varsity swim team at Bergen CatholicH.S...team captain senior year...team was NNJIL champions in2007...swam for the Ridgewood YMCA Breakers club team...team wasNew Jersey YMCA men’s state champions in 2008...member ofNational Honor Society.

Personal: Son of Kevin (Class of 1985) andKathleen O’Connor...has one brother, Patrick, and twosisters, Brigid and Virginia...uncle Tom Bacon graduated from HolyCross in 1985 and cousin Sarah Daly (Class of 2013) was a member ofthe Holy Cross women’s lacrosse team...majoring inMathematics.

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