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2022-23 Track and Field Roster

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Will O'Brien

  • Position Pole Vault
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Los Angeles, Calif.
  • Previous School Loyola
  • College Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  • Major Applied Mathematics

Biography

2019-20 (First-Year): (Indoor) Collected four top three finishes on the season in the pole vault ... Opened collegiate account with a third place finish at the TCNJ Indoor Open (Dec. 7), clearing 14-11.00/4.55m in the pole vault ... Took second in the pole vault with a height of 14-11.00/4.55m at the Dartmouth-Columbia-Yale (Jan. 18) meet ... Added another second place finish with a clearance of 15-9.00/4.80m in the pole vault at the UAlbany Winter Classic (Feb. 7) ... Took first at the Armory Last Chance (Feb. 21) clearing 15-7.00/4.75m in the pole vault ... Set a personal record height of 16-2.75/4.95m at the Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps (Feb. 29-Mar. 1). (Outdoor) Season canceled.

High School: Four-year letterwinner in Track & Field at Loyola High School in Los Angeles, California ... Played football (WR/S) freshman and sophomore years at Loyola ... Back-to-back CIF State Finalist in pole vault (fifth, 2019; ninth, 2018) 2019 CIF SS Masters Champion ... 2019 Mission League Champion ... Team captain during senior year ... Graduated Summa Cum Laude ... National AP Scholar ... AP Scholar with Distinction.


Career Bests

Pole Vault - 4.95m
Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps - Feb. 29-Mar. 1

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First Year

    Pole Vault
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Pole Vault
  • 2021-22Junior

    Pole Vault
  • 2022-23Senior

    Pole Vault