2025 Women's Cross Country Roster

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Tilly O'Connor

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

Biography

CAREER COLLEGIATE RESULTS

Steady development over the course of her collegiate career has allowed her to emerge as an impact performer on the national scene in 2025-26 ... Her accomplishments for the year include helping lead Villanova to the NCAA Championships in cross country, anchoring a school record performance in the distance medley relay indoors and qualifying for the NCAA East Preliminary in the 5K outdoors ... She has risen to fifth in school history in the 5000 meters and sixth in the 3000 meters so far in 2026 ... Her PRs are 9:01.27 in the 3K and 15:42.69 in the 5K ... She has also tallied personal bests of 4:14.22 in the 1500 meters, 4:37.55 in the mile and 4:33.39 on the anchor leg of the DMR during the year ... On consecutive days in Seattle in February she anchored the DMR to an indoor school record of 10:49.98 with an anchor leg of 4:35.2, then came back a day later to run 9:01.27 in the 3000 meters which is the seventh-fastest indoor time in school history ... Opened the outdoor season with a time of 15:42.69 in the 5K ... It is the eighth-fastest time by a Villanovan and the fourth-fastest to be run during the collegiate outdoor season ... Set to compete in the national semifinal round of the 5K at the NCAA East meet in Kentucky ... Earned All-BIG EAST honors both indoors and outdoors in 2026 ... Anchored the DMR to a gold medal and was the 3K runner-up indoors ... Finished third in the 5K outdoors ... Anchored the DMR with a split of 4:33.37 over 1600 meters at the Penn Relays ... Her efforts on the track this year come on the heels of a 2025 cross country season in which she garnered first team All-BIG EAST accolades and Mid-Atlantic All-Region honors for the first time in her career ... Posted the seventh and eighth fastest times for a 6K cross country race in the Villanova record book in consecutive races at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional and the NCAA Championships ... Top finisher in the Wildcats lineup in each of the last four meets of the 2025 season ,,, Six-time All-BIG EAST performer overall spanning the cross country, indoor and outdoor seasons ... Garnered the first two All-BIG EAST accolades of her career in 2025, running the 800 meter leg of the distance medley relay indoors and the third leg of the 4x800 meter relay outdoors ... Both relays earned silver medals at the conference championships ... Two-time member of the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and three-time selection to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
 

 
SCHOOL RECORD
Distance Medley Relay (1600 Meters - 4:35.2) (Indoor Record) 10:49.98 February 13, 2026 Seattle, Wash. (Husky Clasic)
 
 
PERSONAL BESTS
400 Meters (relay) 1:00.97 Penn Elite (1.24.2026)
400 Meters (open) 1:01.28 High School
800 Meters (relay) 2:11.66 BIG EAST Championships (5.17.2025)
800 Meters (open) 2:11.81 Penn Challenge (3.22.2025)
1000 Meters 2:53.35 Villanova Invitational (1.20.2024)
1500 Meters 4:14.22 Virginia Challenge (4.17.2026)
1600 Meters (relay) 4:33.39 Penn Relays (4.24.2026)
Mile 4:37.55 Penn Elite (1.24.2026)
3000 Meters 9:01.27 Husky Classic (2.14.2026)
5000 Meters 15:42.69 Raleigh Relays (3.27.2026)
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) 19:41.8 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11.14.2025)
 
 
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2026 OUTDOOR
All-BIG EAST 5000 Meters
2026 INDOOR
BIG EAST Champion Distance Medley Relay (1600m)
All-BIG EAST 3000 Meters
All-BIG EAST Distance Medley Relay (1600m)
2025 CROSS COUNTRY
Mid-Atlantic All-Region
All-BIG EAST (First Team)
BIG EAST Female Athlete of the Week (October 20)
2025 OUTDOOR
All-BIG EAST 4x800 Meter Relay (3rd)
2025 INDOOR
All-BIG EAST Distance Medley Relay (800m)
ACADEMIC HONORS
BIG EAST All-Academic Team 2023-24, 2024-25
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025
 
 
CAREER NCAA RESULTS
2025 CROSS COUNTRY (COLUMBIA, MO. | GANS CREEK CROSS COUNTRY COURSE)
Date Distance Time Place
November 22 6000 Meters 19:45.6 78th
 
 
CAREER BIG EAST RESULTS
2026 OUTDOOR (STORRS, CONN. | GEORGE J. SHERMAN FAMILY SPORTS COMPLEX)
Date Event Time Place
May 15 5000 Meters 16:58.50 3rd
2026 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK)
Date Event Time Place
February 27 Distance Medley Relay (1600 Meters) 11:20.81 1st
February 28 3000 Meters 9:06.55 2nd
2025 CROSS COUNTRY (ASHLAND, NEB. | OLSSON CROSS COUNTRY COURSE AT MAHONEY STATE PARK)
Date Distance Time Place
October 31 6000 Meters 19:52.7 2nd
2025 OUTDOOR (STORRS, CONN. | GEORGE J. SHERMAN FAMILY SPORTS COMPLEX)
Date Event Time Place
May 16 1500 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 4:26.26 2nd
May 17 1500 Meters (Final) 4:20.06 5th
May 17 4x800 Meter Relay (3rd) 8:43.85 2nd
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