2024-25 Men's Track & Field Roster

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Connor Dunning

  • Academic Year Senior
  • Position Sprints
  • Hometown Nashua, N.H.
  • Highschool Nashua North
  • INFLCR connor-dunning

Biography

CAREER COLLEGIATE RESULTS

Competed for Villanova in the shorter sprint events on the track during the 2024 and 2025 seasons ... His best career performance came at the 2024 outdoor BIG EAST Championships when he earned All-BIG EAST honors in the 4x100 meter relay and advanced to the final of the 200 meters ... Ran the second leg of the 4x100 relay and finished seventh in the final of the 200 meters ... His time of 21.97 in the preliminary heats of the 200 meters were his top collegiate time in the event, and he also broke 11 seconds (10.98) in the 100 meters at the same meet ... Recorded a PR of 7.11 in the 60 meters during the 2024 indoor season ... Prior to his collegiate career was a New Hampshire state champion in the 200 meters in high school ... Three-time selection to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team ... Has been a member of the Athletic Director's Honor Roll all seven semesters of his collegiate career.
 
 
PERSONAL BESTS
60 Meters 7.11 Villanova Invitational (1.20.2024)
100 Meters 10.98 BIG EAST Championships (5.10.2024)
200 Meters 21.96 High School
300 Meters 36.30 High School
400 Meters 55.04 High School
High Jump 1.83 Meters High School
 
 
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2024 OUTDOOR
All-BIG EAST 4x100 Meter Relay (2nd Leg)
ACADEMIC HONORS
BIG EAST All-Academic Team 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024
 
 
CAREER BIG EAST RESULTS
2025 OUTDOOR (STORRS, CONN. | GEORGE J. SHERMAN FAMILY SPORTS COMPLEX)
Date Event Time Place
May 16 200 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 21.98 13th
2024 OUTDOOR (VILLANOVA, PA. | VILLANOVA STADIUM)
Date Event Time Place
May 10 100 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 10.98 9th
May 10 200 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 21.97 7th
May 11 200 Meters (Final) 22.63 7th
May 11 4x100 Meter Relay (2nd Leg) 41.71 3rd
2024 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK)
Date Event Time Place
February 23 200 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 22.07 9th
 
 
BEFORE VILLANOVA

Nashua North High School: Four-year member of the varsity track & field teams for both the indoor and outdoor seasons … Also played varsity basketball as a forward his sophomore and junior years … As a senior was the New Hampshire state champion in the 200 meters and earned D1 All-State honors in both the 200 meters and the 4x100 meter relay … Helped his team win the D1 team title his senior year … Named the Telegraph Boys Track Athlete of the Year … Two-year team captain … Named a Nashua Biotechnology Student Ambassador his senior year.
 
Personal: Born 2/1/03 in Nashua, N.H. … Younger of two children of Roger and Lisa Dunning … Has an older sister, Isabel … Father played college basketball at Maine and sister played college soccer at Quinnipiac … Hobbies include playing basketball and baseball, listening to and collecting vinyl records, and skateboarding … Chose to attend Villanova for the reputation of the Villanova School of Business and the history of success of the track & field program … Accounting major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2023-24Junior

    Sprints
  • 2024-25Senior

    Sprints