2025 Women's Cross Country Roster

Caelen O'Leary

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Taunton, Mass.
  • Highschool Taunton
  • INFLCR caelen-oleary

Biography

CAREER COLLEGIATE RESULTS

Sophomore member of the Villanova distance group whose best individual event to date has been the 800 meters ... As a collegiate rookie in 2023-24 she earned an All-BIG EAST honor running the 800 meter leg of the distance medley relay in a lineup that won a bronze medal ... Competed individually at the BIG EAST Championships in the 800 meters outdoors and has run the 4x800 meter relay at the conference meet both indoors and outdoors ... Her collegiate PRs include 1:18.18 in the 500 meters during the 2025 indoor season and 2:13.70 in the 800 meters outdoors in 2024 ... Has made four career starts in cross country in addition to her performances on the track ... Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll for the Spring 2024 semester.
 
 
PERSONAL BESTS
55 Meters 8.11 High School
55 Meter Hurdles 10.78 High School
100 Meters 13.60 High School
300 Meters 43.23 High School
400 Meters 59.75 High School
500 Meters 1:18.18 Quaker Invitational (1.18.2025)
600 Meters 1:37.48 High School
800 Meters 2:13.70 Raleigh Relays (3.30.2024)
3 Miles (XC) 19:41.6 Main Line Invitational (9.15.2023)
4000 Meters (XC) 17:22.3 Temple Owls Cross Country Invitational (9.1.2023)
5000 Meters (XC) 19:21.9 Haverford Invitational (10.25.2024)
 
 
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2024 INDOOR
All-BIG EAST Distance Medley Relay (800m)
ACADEMIC HONORS
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Spring 2024
 
 
CAREER BIG EAST RESULTS
2024 OUTDOOR (VILLANOVA, PA. | VILLANOVA STADIUM)
Date Event Time Place
May 10 800 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 2:18.95 22nd
May 11 4x800 Meter Relay (3rd Leg) 8:57.03 4th
2024 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK)
Date Event Time Place
February 23 Distance Medley Relay (800m) 11:33.09 3rd
February 24 4x800 Meter Relay (1st Leg) 9:02.12 4th
 
 
BEFORE VILLANOVA

Club Sports: Played for Bay State Field Hockey Club and Seacoast United Field Hockey … Her teams finished as runners-up at the NECC Tournament and the SUFH Indoor Tournament.

Taunton High School: Member of the varsity indoor and outdoor track & field teams for five years in addition to being a three-year varsity member of the field hockey team … Track & field team captain her junior and senior years in addition to being the field hockey captain as a senior … Was part of relays teams that set school records in the 4x400 meter relay, the sprint medley relay, the 4x800 meter relay and the distance medley relay … Finished fourth at the state championships and was a top-10 finisher in New England in the 600 meters her junior year … Two-time New Balance Nationals competitor … Was a Hockomock All-Scholastic Athlete in field hockey, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field … Achieved that honor in three straight years (2021-23) in each sport … As a junior was an MIAA Student Ambassador and a winner of the MIAA Women in Sports Award … Achieved Academic Honor Roll status five straight years … Two-year inductee to the National Honor Society … Project 351 Ambassador (2018-19), Regional Service Team (2019-20) and Alumni Team (2020-23) … Student Council Vice President as a senior … DECA state competitor her senior year … Intramural track coach for five years from 2018-23.
 
Personal: Born 1/21/05 … One of five children of Brian and Crystal O’Leary … Siblings are Colin (21), Casey (18), Connor (16) and Cody (12) … Chose to attend Villanova for its welcoming community, strong school spirit, gorgeous campus and the success of the cross country and track & field program … Biology major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023Freshman

  • 2024Sophomore

  • 2025Junior