Chris O'Sullivan Hometown: Havertown, Pa. High School: St. Joseph's Prep Position: Cross Country/Distance Birthdate: 06/12/1991 Experience: Jr./So.

On O'Sullivan: Versatile runner who is capable of helping the team during both the cross country and track seasons ... Has gained a great deal of experience running the middle distance events and on relays ... Made great strides during the past year and should continue to move forward.

2012 Cross Country: Competed in the Open race at the Paul Short Run and was the second Villanova runner across the finish line out of seven Wildcats in that race ... Recorded a time of 26:10 and finished 33rd overall in a field of 394 competitors ... Ran twice on the four-mile Alumni Course at Haverford College, finishing 22nd in the Main Line Invitational (20:02.50) and fourth at the Haverford Invitational (20:01.60) ... Second finisher for the Wildcats at the latter meet.

2012 Outdoor: Established a personal best time of 1:54.73 in the 800 meters and finished in 27th place out of 88 runners at the Swarthmore Last Chance Meet ... Ran the 1500 meters four times and his best time of the season was 3:56.35 at the Colonial Relays, where he finished 22nd ... Came in ninth at the Widener Invitational (3:57.81), finished 18th out of 117 entries at the Danny Curran Invitational (4:02.71) and registered a time of 4:06.46 at the Larry Ellis Invitational.

2012 Indoor: Qualified individually for the BIG EAST Championships in both the 1000 meters and the Mile ... In place of those events chose to compete on the distance medley relay at the conference meet and helped lead Villanova to All-BIG EAST honors with a third place finish ... Ran the leadoff leg of the DMR at the BIG EAST meet and had a split of 3:01.3 over 1200 meters ... Earlier in the season ran the first leg of the DMR as Villanova finished in first place at the NYC Gotham Cup and came in fourth in the invitational section at the Penn State National ... Runner-up in the Mile with a time of 4:15.02 at the NYC Gotham Cup ... Came in eighth in the invitational section of the 1000 meters at the Penn State National (2:29.38) and finished 12th in the Championship section at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational (2:28.95).

2011 Cross Country: Individual runner-up at the Jack St. Clair Memorial Championships with at time of 26:23.34 over five miles ... Top finisher at the event who was affiliated with a team and helped lead Villanova to the team title ... Came in 18th at the Main Line Invitational (20:24.40) to open the season ... Finished sixth in the Men's Open race at the Paul Short Run, where his 8K time of 25:42 was a new personal best.

2011 Outdoor: Redshirted ... Competed unattached at the Widener Invitational and placed fifth in the 1500 meters with a time of 3:56.28 ... Established a personal best time in the 800 meters with a mark of 1:55.42 as an unattached entry at the Swarthmore Last Chance Meet.

2011 Indoor: Redshirted ... Ran as an unattached entry in the 3000 meters at the Jack Pyrah Invitational and came in ninth place with a time of 8:55.71.

2010 Cross Country: Redshirted ... Competed unattached during the season ... Ran in the open race at the Paul Short Run and came in 16th overall with an 8K time of 25:51 ... Top finisher among a group of unattached Wildcats in that race ... Also ran twice on the four-mile course at Haverford College for the Main Line Invitational and the Haverford Invitational ... Came in sixth place in the Haverford meet with a time of 20:22.91 and was 18th at the Main Line meet (20:46.73).

St. Joseph's Prep: District 12 cross country champion ... Runner-up in the Philadelphia Catholic League championships in cross country ... Finalist at the Pennsylvania state meet in the Mile, where he ran a personal best time of 4:15.41.

Personal: Born 6/12/91 ... Younger of two children of Marcus and Mary O'Sullivan ... Undeclared major in the Villanova School of Business.

PERSONAL BESTS

800 Meters                 1:54.73        2012 Swarthmore Last Chance Meet
1000 Meters                2:28.95        2012 New Balance Collegiate Invitational
1500 Meters                3:52.30        2013 Widener Invitational
Mile                       4:15.02        2012 NYC Gotham Cup
3000 Meters                8:55.71        2010 Jack Pyrah Invitational
5000 Meters                15:41          High School
8000 Meters (XC)           25:42          2011 Paul Short Run

CAREER AWARDS (Indoor Track)

BIG EAST Champion                         2013 (Distance Medley Relay)
All-BIG EAST                              2012, 2013 (Distance Medley Relay)
All-BIG EAST                              2013 (4x800 Meter Relay)

CAREER AWARDS (Academics)

BIG EAST Academic All-Star                2011-12