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2025-26 Women's Track & Field Roster

Tyler Beck

Cassondra O'Connor

  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • High School South Park
  • Events Mid Distance
  • Major Aviation Management

Biography

TFRRS PROFILE

Awards & Honors

  • Named to the 2026 USTFCCCA All-Atlantic Region Team

  • Named to the 2025 USTFCCCA All-Atlantic Region Team

  • Named to the 2025 CSC Academic All-District Team

  • 2025 MEC Champion - Cross Country

  • 2025 MEC XC Runner of the Year

  • 2024 MEC XC Runner of the Year

  • 2024 MEC XC Freshman of the Year

  • 2024 MEC XC Runner Up - Cross Country

  • All-MEC First Team - Cross Country - 2025 MEC Cross Country Championships

  • All-MEC First Team - 10,000m - 2025 MEC Outdoor Championships

  • All-MEC First Team - Cross Country - 2024 MEC Cross Country Championships

  • All-MEC Second Team - 5,000m - 2026 MEC Indoor Championships

  • All-MEC Second Team - 5,000m - 2025 MEC Outdoor Championships

  • All-MEC Second Team - 5,000m - 2025 MEC Indoor Championships

  • All-MEC Honorable Mention - 10,000m - 2026 MEC Outdoor Championships

  • All-MEC Honorable Mention - 3,000m - 2026 MEC Indoor Championships

  • All-MEC Honorable Mention - 3,000m - 2025 MEC Indoor Championships

  • RSC Gold Medal - 4x800m - 2024 RSC Outdoor Championships

  • RSC Gold Medal - DMR - 2024 RSC Indoor Championships

  • RSC Silver Medal - 1,000m - 2024 RSC Indoor Championships

As a Junior (2025-26)

Cross Country 

  • Won the MEC Cross Country Championships

  • Set a personal record in the 5K (17:08.0) at Carnegie Mellon in a second-place finish

  • Set a personal record in the 6K (21:21.5) at Robert Morris in a seventh-place finish

  • Finished first at West Liberty

Indoor

  • Set the third-best mile time in program history (5:10.66) at the MEC Indoor Championships in a sixth-place finish

  • Finished second in the 5,000m at the MEC Indoor Championships

  • Finished third in the 3,000m at the MEC Indoor Championships

  • Set the third-best 3,000m time in program history (10:00.79) at Columbia

Outdoor

  • Finished third in the 10,000m at the MEC Outdoor Championships

  • Finished fifth in the 5,000m at the MEC Outdoor Championships

  • Set a personal record in the 1,500m (4:53.73) at Carnegie Mellon in a 13th-place finish

  • Finished fourth in the 10,000m at UNC Charlotte

As a Sophomore (2024-25)

Cross Country 

  • Finished second at the MEC Cross Country Championships

  • Finished first at Carnegie Mellon, Louisville and West Liberty

  • Finished eighth at Lock Haven

Indoor

  • Set the program record in the 5,000m (17:11.96) at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Championships in a fourth-place finish 

  • Finished second in the 5,000m at the MEC Indoor Championships

  • Finished third in the 3,000m at the MEC Indoor Championships

  • Finished sixth in the mile at the MEC Indoor Championships and at SPIRE

Outdoor

  • Won the 10,000m and set a program record (36:16.83) at the MEC Outdoor Championships

  • Set the second-best time in the 5,000m (17:04.96) in program history at Bucknell

  • Finished second in the 5,000m at the MEC Outdoor Championships 

  • Finished second in the 10,000m at UNC Charlotte

As a Freshman (2023-24)

Cross Country

  • Did not compete (played soccer)

Indoor

  • Finished first in the dmr at the RSC Indoor Championships

  • Finished second in the 1,000m at the RSC Indoor Championships

  • Finished fifth in the 600m and the mile at the RSC Indoor Championships

  • Set a personal record in the 1,000m (3:12.79) at Youngstown State in a sixth-place finish 

Outdoor

  • Finished first in the 4x800m at the RSC Outdoor Championships

  • Finished fourth in the 1,500m at the RSC Outdoor Championships

  • Set a personal record in the 800m (2:27.66) at Robert Morris

Personal

  • Majoring in Aviation Management  

  • Played for Point Park’s women’s soccer team in her freshman year and played in one game

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    Mid Distance
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Mid Distance
  • 2025-26Junior

    Mid Distance