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UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER YELLOWJACKETS

2023-24 Women's Track and Field Roster

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Madeline O'Connell

Madeline O'Connell

  • Position:
    Pole Vault/Sprints
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Lincoln-Sudbury
  • Hometown:
    Sudbury, MA

Summary

Biography

TFRRS Stats

At UR 2023-24: Indoor: Capped off a sensational indoor campaign with National Championships in both the 4x400 Relay and Pole Vault, becoming just the second Yellowjacket to win two National Championships in one season...Helped UR's 4x400 Relay repeat as National Champions at NCAAs (1st, 3:45.21) and finished atop the pole vault podium (1st, 3.92m)...Also finished fourth (55.42) in the 400 meters, earning a trio of USTFCCCA First-Team All-America honors in the 4x400 Relay, 400 meters and pole vault...Broke the school and conference record in the 400 meters with her performance at NCAAs....Niagara Region Field Athlete of the Year....4x USTFCCCA All-Region selection in the 4x400 Relay, 200 meters, 400 meters and pole vault...All-Atlantic Region Indoor Champion in the Pole Vault (1st, 4.03m)...Liberty League Field Performer of the Year...Earned four All-Liberty League accolades at the conference championships, winning both the 400 meters (1st, 56.20) and pole vault (1st, 4.10m), placing second in the 200 meters (25.26) and third in the 60 meters (7.98)...Smashed the school record in the pole vault for the third time during the indoor season, surpassing 4.00m indoors for the first time in her career...Also set the Liberty League Championship record in the 400 meters en route to First-Team All-Liberty League honors...Selected as both the Liberty League Co-Track and the Liberty League Field Performer of the Meet following the conference championships...Six-time Liberty League Field and two-time Liberty League Track Performer of the Week...Placed six marks on the NCAA Division III All-Time List, ranking fourth in the 4x400 Relay, ninth in the pole vault and 15th in the 400 meters...Earned 16 top-three results and finished atop the podium 11 times...Broke the school record in the pole vault (3rd, 3.75m) for the first time at the Nazareth Alumni Opener on Dec. 8...Set the record again (2nd, 3.95m) at the Golden Eagle Winter Welcome Back on Jan. 20...Ran a new personal-best time in the 60 meters (1st, 7.93) at the Brockport Multi & Invitational on Feb. 3...Wrapped up the regular season ranked first in both the pole vault and 4x400 Relay, fourth in the 400 meters and 14th in the 200 meters on the NCAA Division III Indoor Qualifying List...Named the USTFCCCA DIII Women's Indoor National Field Scholar Athlete of the Year.

Outdoor: Turned in another tremendous season, capping off the outdoor season with a trio of All-America honors...USTFCCCA First-Team All-American in both the pole vault and 4x400 Relay...USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America in the 400 meters...Finished third in the 4x400 Relay (3:45.40), fourth in the pole vault (3.86m) and 12th in the 400 meters (56.27) at NCAAs...Repeated as both the USTFCCCA Niagara Region Field Athlete of the Year and the Liberty League Field Performer of the Year...Earned five USTFCCCA All-Region awards in the 4x100 Relay, 4x400 Relay, 200 meters, 400 meters and pole vault...Overall, competed in seven meets, tallying 13 top-three finishes, and finishing outside the top-10 just twice...All-Atlantic Region Champion in both the 400 meters (54.80) and pole vault (3.78m), setting a new PR in the 400 meters...Took home four All-Liberty League honors at the conference championships, earning First-Team honors in the 4x100 Relay (1st, 47.98) and pole vault (1st, 3.81m) and Second-Team honors in the 200 meters (2nd, 24.59) and 400 meters (2nd, 55.29)...Also broke the school record in the 200 meters at Liberty Leagues...Five-time Liberty League Field Performer of the Week...Won the pole vault five times, beating all but three competitors across six competitions...Took home first-place in both the pole vault and 4x400 Relay at the Geneseo Quad Meet and Multi on April 20...Broke the school record, successfully making it over the 4.07m bar, at the UR Spring Twilight on April 26, taking home first place...4.07m vault ranks 12th on the NCAA Division III all-time list, one of two marks on this list...Notched another event win in the pole vault, surpassing 4.02m at the Farley Inter Regional Extravaganza on May 10...Headed into NCAAs ranked first on the NCAA Division III Outdoor Qualifying list in the pole vault, second in the 400 meters, 10th in the 4x400 Relay and 24th in the 200 meters...Selected as UR's 2024 recipient of the Merle Spurrier Award...Rochester's nominee for NCAA Woman of the Year...Named a CSC First-Team Academic All-American...CSC Academic All-District...Member of the Liberty League All-Academic Team...Named USTFCCCA All-Academic...Selected as the Liberty League Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year, and the conference's NCAA Woman of the Year nominee.

At UR 2022-23: Indoor: Limited to four meets indoors as a senior, but made her appearances count, earning USTFCCCA All-America honors as a part of the 4x400 meter relay team that won the national title at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships...Team ended with a time of 3:44.84 which established a new Division III indoor record...Ran at NCAA's in the 400 meters, ranking 12th with her time of 57.42 seconds...Earned All-Niagara Region honors from the USTFCCCA in both the 400 meters and pole vault after finishing the season ranked inside the top-30 on the Division III performance list...Was #5 in the 400 meters with and #26 in the pole vault...Had terrific season-opening meet, being a triple-winner at the Nazareth Alumni Invite on Dec. 9...Won the 400 meters (56.41 seconds), pole vault (3.65 meters) and 4x400 meter relay (3:54.36), setting the UR pole vault school record and earned Liberty League Track Performer of the Week honors...Finished 5th in the pole vault at the AARTFC meet and was 7th in the 60 meters at the Liberty League Indoor Championships.

Outdoor: Exceptional senior season outdoors...Team captain...Competed in four events at the NCAA Division III Championships...Earned All-America honors from the USTFCCCA by finished 2nd on UR's 4x400 meter relay that smashed the UR and Liberty League record, posting a time of 3:41.17...Finished 9th in the 400 meters (:55.97) and 11th on the 4x100 meter relay (:47.36) at NCAA's, also jumping in the pole vault competition...Earned six USTFCCCA All-Region honors, coming in the 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, pole vault and both the 4x100 meter and 4x400 meter relays...Double-winner at the AARTFC Championships, claiming titles in the pole vault and 4x100 meter relay (UR and LL record :46.69)...Set UR record in the pole vault at the CNY Fast Chance Meet on May 14, clearing 4.01 meters...Enjoyed terrific meet at the Liberty League Championships, earning five All-League honors, including three 1st Team accolades and two 2nd Team honors...Won conference titles in the 100 meters (PR 12.21 seconds), 4x100 meter relay (meet record :47.27) and 4x400 meter relay (meet record 3:48.75)...Liberty League runner-up in the 200 meters (PR :24.61) and pole vault (3.62m)...Ended the season ranked in the top-25 across Division III in five events, #2 4x400 meter relay, #4 pole vault, #10 4x100 meter relay, #16 400 meters, #25 200 meters...3-time Liberty League Field Performer of the Week...15 event wins across the season, including being a triple-winner three weeks in a row from Apr. 29 through May 6...Earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors...Liberty League All-Academic for the third straight season...USTFCCCA All-Academic selection.

At UR 2021-22: Indoor: Earned USTFCCCA All-America honors in the 4x400 meter relay (5th, 3:52.48) based on teams finish at the NCAA Division III Championships....All-Region honors in the pole vault...Ranked 37th in NCAA Division in the pole vault (3.51m), 38th in the 400 meters (:58.78) and 43rd in the 4x400 meter relay (3:59.77)...Two appearances at the AARTFC Championships, finishing 2nd on the 4x400 meter relay and 7th in the pole vault...Broke the school record with her 3.60m pole vault in winning performance at the Winter Welcome Back to Brockport Meet on Jan. 22...Earned Honorable Mention All-Liberty League accolades in the 200 meters (3rd, :26.02)...Added 4th place results at the Liberty League Championships in the 400 meters and pole vault...Never finished below 7th across seven competitions in the pole vault...16 overall top-10 finishes...Took home 1st in both the 200 meters (:59.30) and the pole vault (3.51m) at the Nazareth Conference Tune-Up on Feb. 18...Liberty League Field Performer of the Week on Feb. 21.

Outdoor: Two-time USTFCCCA All-American following the NCAA Division III Championships, coming in the 400 meters (7th, :55.67) and the 4x400 meter relay (6th, 3:44.93), adding to her growing list of accolades...USTFCCCA All-Region honoree in the 4x100 meter and 4x400 meter relays, the 400 meters and pole vault...Also, competed at NCAA's in the 4x100 meter relay (16th, :47.52) and pole vault (17th, 3.60m)...Five top-50 NCAA Division III Outdoor qualifying marks...Ranked 4th in the 4x400 meter relay (3:44.63), 5th in the 400 meters (55.35), 13th in the pole vault (3.80m), 20th in the 4x100 meter relay (3:44.63) and 47th in the 200 meters (24.97)...Took home four Liberty League honors at the Outdoor Championships: 1st Team All-Liberty League in the 4x100 meter relay (1st, :48.27), 2nd Team in the 200 meters (2nd, :24.97) and the 400 meters (2nd, :56.44), and Honorable Mention All-Liberty League in the pole vault (3rd, 3.46m)...Twice broke the 400 meter school record, first at the UR Spring Classic on Apr. 8 (1st, :55.38) and again at the NCAA Outdoor Championships on May 27th (6th prelims, 55.22)...Helped break the school and facility record in the 4x400 meter relay (1st, 3:45.24) at the UR Alumni Invite on Apr. 30...Also, helped break the 4x100 meter relay school record three times, most recently at the Nazareth ROC City Final Qualifier on May 15 (2nd, :47.31)...Never finished outside the Top-5 in all 23 of her competitions prior to the NCAA Outdoor Championships...10 1st place finishes, including a clean sweep of the 400 meters, 4x100 meter relay and pole vault at the Rochester Spring Classic on Apr. 8, leading to USTFCCCA Division III National Athlete of the Week honors...Scored two 1st place finishes at both the Dr. Jack M. Toms Alumni Invitational on Mar. 26 (4x100m, PV) and the Genseo Quad Meet & Multi on April 24 (200, 4x100m)...Finished in the top-3 in the 400 meters (2nd, 55.35), 4x100 meters (3rd, :47.53) and 4x400 meter relay (2nd, 3:44.63) at the AARTFC Outdoor Championships on May 19...Two-time Liberty League Track Performer of the Week (4/11, 5/23)...Also, earned Liberty League Field Performer of the Week honors on Apr. 4...CoSIDA Academic All-District selection...USTFCCCA All-Academic and member of the Liberty League All-Academic team.

At UR 2020-21: Outdoor: Tremendous season as a sophomore outdoors, as she earned a trip to the NCAA Division III Championships, finishing 11th in the pole vault with a clearance of 3.70 meters...Exceptional meet at the All-Atlantic Regional Championships, setting new school records in the pole vault (3.82 meters) and 4x100 meter relay (48.20 seconds), while also running a personal best time of 25.57 in the 200 meters...All three finishes were top-8 placements and she finished 2nd in the pole vault and 3rd in the relay...Earned three All-Liberty League honors, including being named conference Co-Rookie of the Year...1st Team accolades on the 4x100 meter relay, Honorable Mention in pole vault and 200 meters...USTFCCCA All-Region honors for pole vault and 4x100 meter relay...Ranked 6th in Division III in pole vault and was 38th on 4x100 meter relay...Seven total event wins and eight other top-3 results during 10 meet schedule...Two-time Liberty League Rookie of the Week...Earned academic honors from USTFCCCA and Liberty League, being named to each organizations All-Academic team.

At UR 2019-20: Indoor: Was Rochester's top pole vaulter as a first-year, qualifying for both the Liberty League and All-Atlantic Regional Championships...Was 10th at the conference meet and 18th at regionals...Had season-best mark of 3.35 meters at the Nazareth Conference Tune-Up meet, finishing 4th...Pole vault winner at the RIT Tiger Invitational on Jan. 18...Six top-8 results on the season.

HS: Graduated from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional HS where she was a member of the track and field and soccer teams...Named co-captain of track and field team as a senior...Was a Dual-County League All-Star for pole vault in her junior and senior seasons, qualifying for the state meet in both years...Placed 5th in the state meet as a senior with a clearance of 10'6'' and finished 14th in the New England Championships.

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