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2019-20 Men's Track & Field Roster

Brian Jenkins
Nich Hall
Doug Austin

Shane O'Connor

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown North Haven, Conn.
  • Highschool North Haven

Biography

CAREER RESULTS

CAREER HONORS
Team Captain (2018-19, 2019-20)

PERSONAL BESTS:
WT     15.12m        Dartmouth Invitational    (2/8/20)
SP     15.24m        NEICAAA Championships    (5/11/19)
DT     41.28m        Jay Carisella Coaches Invite  (4/20/19)
HT        43.74m        Dartmouth Invitational     (4/12/19)

SENIOR INDOOR SEASON (2020): Opened the season with a fifth-place finish in the shot put (14.49m) at Dartmouth (Dec. 14) ... Posted a fourth-place finish in the shot put with a distance of 14.29m at the Dartmouth Relays (Jan. 10) ... Won the shot put (14.95m) and finished second in the weight throw (15.01m) at the Middlebury Winterfell (Jan. 18) ... Was ninth in the shot put with a throw of 14.51m at the Terrier Classic (Jan. 25) ... Finished 10th in the shot put with a distance of 14.39m at the NEICAAA Championships (Feb. 1) ... Recorded a career-best weight throw of 15.12m for fifth place at the Dartmouth Invitational (Feb. 8) ... Placed ninth in the shot put at the America East Championships with a distance of 14.36m (Feb. 22).

JUNIOR OUTDOOR SEASON (2019): Opened the season with a third-place finish in the shot put (14.59m) at the UMass Lowell Invitational (Mar. 30) ... Finished sixth in the shot put (14.61m) at the Colonial Relays (Apr. 6) ... Had third-place finishes in the shot put (14.45m) and hammer throw (43.74m, a personal record) at the Dartmouth Invitational (Apr. 12) ... Registered a personal record in the discus (41.28m) and finished fourth in the shotput 14.62m at the Jay Carisella Coaches Invitational (Apr. 20) ... A shot put of 14.80m earned him fifth place at the America East Championships (May 5) ... Recorded a personal-best shot put of 15.24m at the New England Championships for 10th place (May 11).

JUNIOR INDOOR SEASON (2019): Won the shot put with a throw of 14.37m at the Middlebury Winterfell (Jan. 19) ... Won the shot put at the Middlebury Invitational with a deep toss of 14.89m (Jan. 26) ... Was 13th in the shot put (14.55m) at the NEICAAA Championships (Feb. 2) ... Took 12th in the shot put (14.60m) at the Valentine Invite (Feb. 9) ... Placed fourth in the shot put with a personal-best throw of 14.90m at the America East Championships (Feb. 23).

SOPHOMORE OUTDOOR SEASON (2018): Finished fourth in the shot put and the discus at the UMass Lowell Invitational (Mar. 31) ... Placed fifth and set PRs in the discus (41.20m) and hammer throw (37.42m) at the Dartmouth Invitational (Apr. 13) ... Had a season's best 14.04m shot put at the UMass Pre-Conference (Apr. 28).

SOPHOMORE INDOOR SEASON (2018): Finished tenth in the shot put with a PR mark of 14.10m (46-3.0) to take 10th at the America East Championships (Feb. 23-24) ... Finished fifth in the shot put (12.67m, 41-7) and seventh in the weight throw at New Hampshire (Jan. 27) … Threw 13.16m (43-2.25) in shot put to finish fifth at Middlebury (Jan. 20) … Placed fifth in the shot put (12.94m, 42-5.5) at Dartmouth (Dec. 9).

FRESHMAN OUTDOOR SEASON (2017): Swept the shot put (12.59m), discus (36.58m) and hammer throw (32.73m) against Hartford … Placed third in the hammer throw (31.72m) and fifth in both the discus (36.38m) and shot put (11.29m) at the UMass Tri-Meet … Placed 14th in the shot put (12.66m) and 19th in the discus (35.84m) at the America East Championships.

FRESHMAN INDOOR SEASON (2017): Took the top spot in both the shot put (13.11m) and weight throw (11.49m) against Hartford … Placed third in the shot put (13.34m) and fifth in the weight throw (11.37m) at the Middlebury Winterfell … Threw 12.87m in the shot put to finish 18th at the America East Championships.

BEFORE VERMONT: Competed in track & field, football, basketball, and lacrosse at North Haven High School ... Captained the track & field team in 2016 ... Named outdoor track MVP in 2016 ... SSC shot put champion in 2015 and 2016 ... Also won Class MM, Class L, and State Open Indoor shotput championships.

PERSONAL: Son of Daniel and Deborah O'Connor ... Has two siblings, Ian and Olivia ... Chose UVM to continue competing in track & field ... Majoring in electrical engineering.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17First Year

    Throws
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Throws
  • 2018-19Junior

    Throws
  • 2019-20Senior