Brid O'Connell

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Eastchester, N.Y.
Squadron:
13 Bulldawgs
High School:
Eastchester

SOPHOMORE YEAR | 2019 - FRESHMAN YEAR | 2018: Did not compete.

MAJOR TRACK AND FIELD HIGHLIGHTS: Earned all-conference honors as a member of the distance medley relay that finished third at the 2020 Mountain West Indoor Championships...helped that team to the fourth-fastest time in Academy history (11:38.54, adjusted for altitude)...also ran on the 4x400-meter relay that combined for the program’s second-fastest time (3:48.35) at the conference meet.

HIGH SCHOOL: Eastchester High School...broke the school’s 38-year-old record in the 300-meter dash (41.03) and the 39-year-old school record in the 400-meter dash (57.86)...earned the Athlete of the Year award as a senior...two-time MVP (winter track, spring track)...earned all-league and all-conference honors for both winter and spring track...ranked within the top 10-percent of high school...received the Albert Einstein Math award...finished second in a STEM competition...member of the National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Science Honor Society and Math Honor Society...earned The Wellesley College Book Award...competed in Model Congress at Yale as a junior and senior...served as Sergeant-in-Arms for that club.

PERSONAL: Full name is Brid Caroline O’Connell...nickname is “Bird”...daughter of Peter and Caroline O’Connell...parents are originally from Ireland...has two older brothers, including one who was a member of the cross country and track teams at Binghamton University...majoring in operations research...named to the Dean’s List and Athletic Director’s List...earned Jump Wings in the summer of 2019...hobbies include Irish Step Dancing...plays the fiddle...earned a scholarship to travel to Ireland for the Fleadh Cheoil...also competed at Oireachtas, the regional Irish Step Dance championships, earning a pair of top-six finishes...first girl from Eastchester to run at a Division I institution...member of Cadet Squadron 13.