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Kevin O'Connor

  • Major Politics / Rhetoric
  • Height 5-11
  • Events Sprints
  • Class 2025
  • Hometown Milford, Mass.
  • High School Milford

Biography

Results

Career
: One of 90 Senior Scholar Award-winners, who have participated in varsity sports for four years and maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or better. 

2025: Team captain.

Outdoor Highlights: NESCAC Spring All-Academic selection.... Helped Bates place fifth in the 4x100 relay in 42.16 seconds at the New England Division III Outdoor Championships (May 2-3).... Helped Bates place fourth in the 4x100 relay in 42.18 seconds at the NESCAC Championship (April 26).... Helped Bates take second in the 4x100 relay in 42.04 seconds and took sixth individually in the 100-meter dash in a personal-record time of 10.95 seconds at the Maine State Intercollegiate Championship (April 18-19).... Won the 100-meter dash in 11.16 seconds and placed fifth in the 200-meter dash in 23.55 seconds at the Carla Coffey Invitational (April 11-12).

Indoor Highlights: NESCAC Winter All-Academic selection.... Placed eighth in the 60-meter dash in a personal-record time of 6.98 seconds at the New England Division III Indoor Championships (Feb. 28-March 1).... Set a personal record of 23.07 seconds in the 200-meter dash and placed seventh in the 60-meter dash in 7.01 seconds at the Valentine Invitational (Feb. 14-15).... Took fourth in the 60-meter dash in 7.07 seconds at the Maine State Meet (Feb. 8).... Won the 60-meter dash in 7.03 seconds at the Bates Invitational (Jan. 18).

2024: Team captain.... Winner of the men's team Bobcat Award at the inaugural CATSBYs.

Outdoor Highlights: NESCAC Spring All-Academic selection.... Helped the Bates 4x100 relay team place third in 41.61 seconds at the MIT Final Qualifier (May 16).... Helped the 4x100 relay team place third in 41.78 seconds at the Farley Inter Regional Extravaganza (May 11).... Competed at the NESCAC Championships and helped the 4x100 relay team take second place to earn All-Region and All-NESCAC honors in a school-record time of 41.46 seconds (April 27).... Took fifth in the 100-meter dash in 11.32 seconds at the Maine State Classic (April 20).... Helped the 4x100 relay team place second in 41.81 seconds and the 4x400 relay team place sixth in 3:37.22 at the UMASS Commonwealth Invitational (April 13).... Helped the 4x100 relay team take second place in 42.58 seconds at the Black & Gold Invitational (March 29-30).... Helped the 4x100 relay team take first place in 43.07 seconds and grabbed second place individually in the 100-meter dash in 11.42 seconds at the Wesleyan Swanson Invite (March 23).

Indoor Highlights: NESCAC Winter All-Academic selection.... Competed at the New England Division III Indoor Championship and placed 10th with a career-best time of 7.00 seconds in the 60-meter dash (Feb. 25).... Placed second in the 60-meter dash in 7.04 seconds at the Colby Invitational (Feb. 17).... Took fifth in the 55-meter dash in 6.68 seconds at the Maine State Meet (Feb. 3).... Finished sixth in the 60-meter dash with a finals time of 7.13 seconds after running a prelims time of 7.12 seconds at Middlebury's New England Small College Invite (Jan. 28).... Finished third place in the 60-meter dash in 7.10 seconds after running the fastest prelims time of the meet (7.05 seconds) at the Bates Invitational (Jan. 20).... Took third place in the 60-meter dash in 7.20 seconds at the Brandeis Reggie Poyau Memorial Meet (Jan. 13).... Took third place in the 60-meter dash in 7.03 seconds and ran a career-best time of 23.09 seconds in the 200 meters at the Joe Donahue Games (Dec. 8, 2023).

2023

Outdoor Highlights:
NESCAC Spring All-Academic selection.... Placed sixth in the 100 meters in 11.01 seconds at the MIT Final Qualifier, tied for the ninth fastest 100 meters in Bates history (May 18).... Helped the 4x100 relay team place 15th at the Open New England Championships with a time of 42.34 seconds, the third fastest 4x100 relay in Bates history (May 13).... Helped the 4x100 relay team place fourth at the New England Division III Championships in 42.59 seconds, the eighth fastest 4x100 relay in Bates history (May 6).... Helped the Bates 4x100 relay team break the school record in the event with a time of 42.04 seconds, good for fourth place at the NESCAC Championships (April 29).... Took fifth in both the 100 meters (11.27 seconds) and the 200 meters (23.19 seconds) at the Maine State Classic (April 22).... Helped the 4x100 relay team place second in 42.20 seconds at the UMASS Commonwealth Invitational (April 15).... Took third in the 100 meters in 11.12 seconds and helped the Bobcats win the 4x100 relay in 42.51 seconds at the RPI Tri-Meet (April 8).... Took fifth in the 200 meters (23.16 seconds), second in the 100 meters (11.16 seconds), and helped Bates win the 4x100 relay in 42.75 seconds at the Bates College Quad Meet (April 1).

Indoor Highlights: NESCAC Winter All-Academic selection.... Finished sixth in the 60-meter dash at the Tufts "Last Chance" Meet in 7.01 seconds, good for the second-fastest 60-meter dash in Bates history (March 4).... Took second in the 200 meters (23.59 seconds) and third in the 60 meters (7.08 seconds) at the Lynn Ruddy Invitational (Feb. 18).... Recorded a career-best 200-meter dash time of 23.16 seconds at the Valentine Invitational (Feb. 11).... Placed sixth in the 60-meter dash in 7.14 seconds at the Maine State Meet (Feb. 4).... Placed fifth in the 60-meter dash in 7.21 seconds at the Bates Invitational (Jan. 21).... Helped the Bates 4x400 relay team place fourth in 3:35.93 and finished seventh individually in the 60-meter dash in 7.17 seconds at the MIT Tri-Meet (Jan. 14).

2022

Outdoor Highlights:
Helped Bates achieve a season-best time of 42.91 seconds in the 4x100 relay at the Open New England Championships (May 14).... Helped Bates place sixth in the 4x100 relay in 43.31 seconds at the New England Division III Championships (May 5-7).... Ran a season-best time of 11.30 seconds in the 100 meters and helped Bates place seventh in the 4x100 relay in 43.49 seconds at the NESCAC Championships (April 30).... Helped Bates take third in the 4x100 relay in 43.71 seconds at the Silfen Invitational (April 16).... Helped Bates place third in the 4x100 relay in 43.85 seconds at the Tufts Quad Meet (April 9).... Placed second in the 100 meters (wind-aided 11.27 seconds) and helped Bates win the 4x100 relay in 43.09 seconds at the Bates Quad Meet (April 2).

Indoor Highlights: Placed seventh in the 60-meter dash with a season-best time of 7.16 seconds at the Lynn Ruddy Invitational (Feb. 19).... Ran a season-best time of 23.66 seconds in the 200 meters at the Valentine Invitational (Feb. 12).... Finished seventh in the 60-meter dash in 7.23 seconds at the Maine State Meet (Feb. 5).... Placed fourth in the 55-meter dash in 6.75 seconds at the USM Invitational (Jan. 30).... Helped Bates place second in the 4x400 relay in 3:38.58 at the Bates Invitational (Jan. 22).... Finished seventh in the 60-meter dash in 7.37 seconds in collegiate debut at the MIT Tri-Meet (Jan. 15).

Personal: 2021 graduate of Milford (Mass.) High School where he competed in football, basketball, and track & field ... three-sport captain ... Hockomock League All-Star.

Clubs: SAAC Co-president
 
Skill or hobby you've always wanted to learn? Cook a rare steak
Most influential person in your life? My family
Go-to karaoke song? Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin
Movie you could watch over and over? The Departed
What’s the most adventurous thing you’ve ever done? Climbing a mountain with fellow Bobcat, Finn Duffey
Why Bates? Top notch people, school, and campus

Historical Player Information

  • 2022First Year

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  • 2023Sophomore

    6'0" 186 lbs
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    2024Junior

    5'11" 183 lbs
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    2025Senior

    5'11" 187 lbs
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