2025 Women's Cross Country Roster

Tilly O'Connor

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Spring Lake, N.J.
  • Highschool St. Rose
  • INFLCR tilly-oconnor

Biography

CAREER COLLEGIATE RESULTS

Sophomore member of the Villanova distance group who has recorded personal bests at every distance from 800 meters through 3000 meters early on in her collegiate career ... Earned her first career All-BIG EAST honor during the 2025 indoor season running the 800 meter leg of the Wildcats conference runner-up distance medley relay ... Advanced to the final of the 1500 meters at the 2024 outdoor BIG EAST Championships in her collegiate rookie season ... Her personal bests on the track for Villanova span the 800 meters (2:11.81), 1000 meters (2:53.35), 1500 meters (4:20.05), mile (4:47.14) and 3000 meters (9:29.84) ... Consistent performer for the Wildcats in cross country and was one of the team's scorers in all five of her starts during the 2023 season ... Member of the 2023-24 BIG EAST All-Academic Team and was named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll for both the Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 semesters.
 

 
PERSONAL BESTS
400 Meters 1:01.28 High School
800 Meters 2:11.81 Penn Challenge (3.22.2025)
1000 Meters 2:53.35 Villanova Invitational (1.20.2024)
1500 Meters 4:19.73 Larry Ellis Invitational (5.2.2025)
Mile 4:47.14 Penn Classic (2.8.2025)
3000 Meters 9:29.84 BIG EAST Championships (3.1.2025)
3 Miles (XC) 17:25.2 Main Line Invitational (9.15.2023)
4000 Meters (XC) 15:23.0 High School
5000 Meters (XC) 17:35.0 High School
6000 Meters (XC) 20:52.5 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11.10.2023)
 
 
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2025 OUTDOOR
All-BIG EAST Distance Medley Relay (800m)
ACADEMIC HONORS
BIG EAST All-Academic Team 2023-24
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2023, Spring 2024
 
 
CAREER BIG EAST RESULTS
2025 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK)
Date Event Time Place
February 28 Distance Medley Relay (800m) 11:24.25 2nd
March 1 3000 Meters 9:29.84 10th
2024 CROSS COUNTRY (LEESBURG, VA. | MORVEN PARK)
Date Distance Time Place
November 1 6000 Meters 21:43.12 28th
2024 OUTDOOR (VILLANOVA, PA. | VILLANOVA STADIUM)
Date Event Time Place
May 10 1500 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 4:29.97 11th
May 11 1500 Meters (Final) 4:31.14 9th
2023 CROSS COUNTRY (KENOSHA, WIS. | WAYNE DANNEHL NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY COURSE)
Date Distance Time Place
October 28 6000 Meters 21:41.27 26th
 
 
BEFORE VILLANOVA

Personal: Biology major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023Freshman

  • 2024Sophomore

  • 2025Junior