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2019-20 Women's Track and Field

Mary Kate O'Shaughnessy

  • Height 5-7
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Middleboro, Mass.
  • High School Middleboro
  • Events Mid-Distance
  • Major Chemistry

Biography

Collegiate Bests
Indoor:

800m: 2:43.62 
1000m: 3:3513
3000m: 12:25.01

Outdoor:
400m: 1:08.69
800m: 2:35.56
1500m: 5:24.88

*2020 Outdoor Track

2019-20 Indoor Track:

  • Finished 16th in the 1,000 meters in 3:35.64 at the URI Coaches Tribute Invitational (2/8)
  • Took 21st at the USM Invite in the mile with a time of 6:18.08

2018-19 Indoor Track:

  • Finished 11th in the 3,000 meter run in a time of 12:25.01 at the 33rd Brown University Alden Invitational (12/1)

2018 Outdoor Track:

  • Finished sixth at Assumption-Merrimack Meet (4/21) in the 1500 m with a time of 5:25.70
  • Placed 12th in the 800 m at the Penmen Relays (4/14) with a time of 2:35.56

2017-18 Indoor Track:

  • Placed eighth in the 1000m at the URI Sorlien Memorial Invitational (1/20) with a personal best time of 3:35.13
  • Finished fifth at the Smith Winter Classic (12/2) in the 1000m with a time of 3:35.13

2017 Outdoor Track: Ran a collegiate best time of 2:37.54 in the 800m

2016-17 Indoor Track: At the Pioneer Invitational, she ran 2:43.62 in the 800m, placing 10th… Ran 5:56.82 in the mile at the Alden Invitational, placing 8th.
 

 Prior to Assumption: Ran cross-country and spring and winter track at Middleboro high school… Made Winter Track Divisionals in 2014 and 2015 and Spring Track Divisionals 2014-2016… Was a volunteer at the Jimmy Fund for two years and volunteered at a pantry 5k for three years.

Personal: Daughter of Colleen and Mike O’Shaughnessy… Has a brother Michael (16)… She has two cousins who are rocket scientists at NASA.

Fun Facts: Favorite athlete: Rob Gronkowski…Dream job: Something where I get paid enough to not feel bad about filling my gas tank... Favorite Professional Sports Team: Boston Bruins... No. 1 song on her iPod: Wagon Wheel- Old Crow Medicine Show... If you could meet anyone, alive or dead: Emma Watson.... Celebrity she gets mistaken for: Mary-Kate Olsen…Favorite movie: La La Land...Favorite superhero: Hawkdye... Favorite sports memory: "Setting a decent pr after a year and a half of constant times..." Favorite Food: Poutine... Favorite Book: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban... Non-athletic hobby: Knitting... Favorite sport (other than the one you play): Soccer.

*Season cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Middle Distance
    5'7"

  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Middle Distance
    5'7"

  • 2018-19Junior

    Mid-Distance
    5'7"

  • 2019-20Senior

    Mid-Distance
    5'7"