2015-16 Men's Track and Field

Liam O'Connor

  • Weight:
    203
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    New Hyde Park, N.Y.
  • Highschool:
    New Hyde Park

Summary

Biography

2016 Outdoor: Conference Champion in the men’s shot put...First Team All-Conference in the men’s discus and Second Team member in the hammer throw…Threw 43.17 meters in the discus to win the event at the Tom Farrell Classic (5/7)…Notched a personal best in the discus, throwing 43.19 meters, to finish runner-up at the East Coast Conference Championship (4/23)…Extended his best mark in the hammer out to 42.89 meters while placing sixth in the event at the Rider Invite (4/9). 
 
2015-16 Indoor: Two mentions on East Coast Conference Second Teams at the Conference Championships…His personal best throw in the shot put out to 14.15 meters gave him a third place finish at ECCs (2/26)…Top-three in both the shot put and the weigh throw at the Collegiate Track Championships, converting 13.58 and 14.94 meters, respectively (2/14)…Personal best in the weight throw – 15.05 meters – landed in him fifth place at the Molloy College Lions Invite (2/12)…Opened the season with a fifth place performance in the weight throw at the 2015 Yale Season Opener (12/5).

2015 Outdoor: Second Team All Conference in the shot put…Placed fourth in the shot put at the Wagner Invitational to open the season (3/28)…Threw 12.58 meters to finish fourth in the shot put and recorded a new personal best mark in the hammer, 37.17 meters, for fifth overall at the East Coast Conference Championship (4/18)…Hurled the discus a season best 43.80 meters to finish second at the Tom Farrell Classic (5/01).

2014-15 Indoor: Second Team All Conference in the shot put…Won the shot put event at the St. John’s University Bill Ward Meet with his 13.45-meter heave (12/08)…Earned bronze in the shot put with a personal best 13.89-meter throw at the East Coast Conference Championship, in addition to recording a new personal best heave of 13.90 meters in the weight throw (2/21).

2013-2014: Recorded a season best in the shot put at the ECC Indoor Championship with a heave of 12.94 meters (2/22)...Had a pair of top-five finishes at the Queens College Invitational, placing second in the discus throw with a personal best distance of 44.86 meters and fourth in the shot put (4/4)...Placed second in the discus throw with a distance of 43.07 meters at the Rider Invitational (4/12)...Earned Second Team All-Conference for his third place performance in the discus throw with a distance of 44.46 meters at the ECC Championship in addition to coming in fifth in the shot put (4/19).

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Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

    Throws
    6'" 203 lbs
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    Throws
    6'" 203 lbs
  • 2014-15Junior

    Throws
    6'" 203 lbs
  • 2015-16Senior

    6'" 203 lbs