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2018-19 Men's Track and Field Roster

Connor Donovan

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown North Easton, Mass.
  • Highschool Oliver Ames High School

Biography

Personal Bests
Event Result
500m 1:04.32
800m 1:51.99
1000m 2:29.10
1500m 4:15.84

Career Highlights:
- Third best 4x800m time in Northeastern history (7:33.32)
-12th All-Time Outdoor Performance List, 4x800m relay (7:37.62)
-2016 New England Outdoor Gold Medalist: 4x800m relay.
-2017 CAA Outdoor Gold Medalist: 800m
-2019 CAA Outdoor Silver Medalist: 800m

2018-19:
OUTDOOR

Placed third in the 800m (1:52.43), qualifying for both the New England and IC4A/ECAC Championships, in addition to finishing the 4x400 relay in 3:16.67 to again qualify for the IC4A/ECAC Championships at the Black and Gold Challenge (March 15-16) … Finished 14th in the 800m with a time of 1:52.50 at the Raleigh Relays (March 29) … Finished fifth in the 400m (49.98) at the Minuteman Invitational (April 6) … Came in sixth in the 800m (1:51.98) at the Ocean State Invitational (April 12)… Placed third in the 1500m at the Jay Carisella Coaches Invitational with a time of 4:01.07 (April 20) … Earned silver in the 800m (1:52.82) at the CAA Championships (May 3-4).

INDOOR
Placed fifth in the mile (4:15.08) and was part of the 4x400m relay team that ran a time of 3:23.22 at the BU Season Opener (Dec. 1) … Earned first place in the 800m with a time of 1:54.18 at the Howlin’ Husky Invitational (Dec. 8) … Completed the 1000m in 2:30.74 at the Beantown Challenge (Jan. 12) … Contributed to a first-place distance medley relay time of 10:26.12 and finished second in the 800m (1:53.47) at the Joe Donahue Games (Jan. 18) … Competed in the 800m (1:52.27) at the BU John Thomas Invitational (Jan. 25-26) … Placed fifth in the 800m (1:53.37) at the New England Championships (Feb. 1-2) … Ran the 800m in 1:52.46 at the Valentine Invitational (Feb. 8-9) … Championed the 500m with a personal-best time (1:04.32) at the BU Last Chance Qualifier (Feb. 24) … Recorded an 800m time of 1:52.42 in the preliminary round at the IC4A/ECAC Championships (March 1-3).

CROSS COUNTRY 
Ran the 5k at the Battle of Beantown in 16:42.3. 

2017-18: 
OUTDOOR
Finished 57th in the 800m (1:55.33) at the Pepsi Florida Relays (March 29-31) … Placed 13th in the 800m (1:54.40) at the Ocean State Invitational (April 13) ... Competed on a team for the 4x800m (7:33.32), placing fifth at the Penn Relays (April 28), recording the third best time in Northeastern history ... Placed 30th in the 800m (1:54.01) and 12th in the 4x800m (7:40.94) at the IC4A Championships (May 12-13) ... Took fifth place in the 800m (1:54.52) at the CAA Championships (May 5-6). 

INDOOR
Opened the indoor season with a fifth place finish (1:53.64) at the BU Season Opener (Dec. 2) … Took second place in the 800m (1:57.12) at the Dartmouth Relays (Jan. 7) ... Was a member of the fifth-place 4x440 relay team and finished sixth in the 1000m (2:29.10) at the Beantown Challenge (Jan. 13) ... Finished fifth in the 500m race (1:06.21) in the Joe Donahue Games (Jan. 19) ... Finished eighth in the 800 M race (1:58.40) and was a member of the 4x800 relay team that finished second (7:38.85) in the New England Championship (Feb. 2-3) ... Was a member of the first-place 4x800 relay team at ECAC & IC4A Championships (March 2-4). 

2016-17: 
OUTDOOR
Finished 13th in the 800m (1:53.01) at the Victor Lopez Classic (March 24-25) … Took sixth place in the 1500m (4:15.84) at the Mark Young Invite (April 1) … Placed fifth in the 800m (1:51.99) at the Ocean State Invite (April 14-15) … Earned first in the 800m (1:55.44/1:53.26) at the 2017 CAA Outdoor Championships (May 5-6)

INDOOR
Finished sixth in the 1000m (2:30.61) and was a member of the winning 4x800m relay team at the Jay Carisella Invite (Dec. 10) … Placed sixth in the 800m (1:53.71/1:52.98) at the New England Championships (Feb. 24-25) … Earned first place in the DMR (9:56.85/9:50.22) at the IC4A Championships (March 3-5)

CROSS COUNTRY
Opened the season with a 28th place finish (16:45.74) in the JV race at the CCSU Mini Meet (Oct. 21) 

2015-16:
OUTDOOR
Finished fourth in the 800m run (1:55.09) at the 2016 CAA Championships (May 6-7) … Won gold in the 4x800m relay (7:37.62) at the New England Championships (May 14).

INDOOR
Earned eighty-ninth place in the 800m run (1:56.27) at the Boston University (BU) Valentine Invite (Feb. 13).

Before Northeastern:
Attended Oliver Ames High School, where he participated in cross country, indoor/outdoor track, hockey, and lacrosse … Placed fourth at the 2015 New England Indoor Championships in the 1000-meter run … Placed sixth at the 2015 Indoor Mass. All State Meet in the 1000-meter run … Placed fourth at the 2014 Mass. State Championships in the 800-meter run … Placed sixth at the 2014 Indoor Mass. All State Meet in the 1000-meter run.

Personal:
From North Easton, Mass.  … Plans on majoring in industrial engineering  … Class of 2020.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    Long Sprints/Middle Distance
    6'1"
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Long Sprints/Middle Distance
    6'1"
  • 2017-18Junior

    Long Sprints/Middle Distance
    6'1"
  • 2018-19Senior

    Distance