High Point University Athletics

2015-16: Indoor, finished second in the 800m run with a time of 1:53.18 at the Big South Championships...Ran a season best of 1:52.64 at the Virginia Tech Challege to place third...Set the school record in the 1,000-meter run with a time of 2:26.81 at the Penn State National...Set a personal best of 1:23.08 at the Wake Forest Invitational...Big South Scholar Athlete of the Year...Outdoor, ran season best 1:56.07 in 800-meter run placing 13th at Vertklasse Meeting...Millis Scholar Athlete.

2014-15: Capital One Academic All-District...Outdoor, Big South 800m champion (1:53.53)...Set a new PR in the 800m (1:50.99) while claiming first in the event at the Campbell Invitational...Finished fourth in the 800m at the 2015 VertKlasse Meeting (1:53.87)...Indoor, earned a pair of All-Big South accolades after finishing second at the conference meet in the 800m (1:55.55) and second as part of the HPU 4x400m relay team (3:24.31)...Also finished fifth in the mile (4:20.88) at the Big South Championship...Part of the HPU DMR team that set a new school record at the Penn State National Invitational (10:03.27)...Set a new PR in the mile (4:20.45) at the HPU Team Challenge...Won the 800m event at the UNCG Spartan Team Challenge (1:55.78) and also won the mile at the Winston-Salem State Open (4:31.67)...Millis Scholar-Athlete...Big South Presidential Honor Roll.

2013-14: Indoor, member of 4x400-meter team that set a then-HPU record of 3:18.46 in the event to finish as runner-up at the Big South Championship ... Had third place showing in the 800-meter at the Big South Championship finishing in 1:54.05 ... Set then-career-best time of 1:53.75 in 800-meter prelims at Big South Championship ... Member of the 4x400-meter team that won at the HPU Team Challenge with time of 3:23.96 ... Named Big South Indoor Track Athlete of the Week after winning his heat and finish eighth in the 800-meter with time of 1:54.10 at UCS Invite. Outdoor, Member of 4x800-meter relay team that won at the Coastal Carolina Invitational ... Finished second in the 1500-meter at the Wake Forest Open in 4:02.44 ... Ran career-best 1:52.80 in the 800-meter at the VertKlasse Meeting to finish fourth ... Millis Scholar-Athlete.

2012-13: Indoor, took fifth place in the 800-meter race at the Big South Championship ... Combined with teammates to finish sixth in the 4x400-meter relay at the Big South Championship ... Ran career-best 51.31 in the 400-meter at the Tiger Paw Invitational ... Ran a then-career-best mile in 4:33.60 at the Liberty Open ... Outdoor, member of seventh place 4x400-meter relay team at HPU VertKlasse Meeting ... Ran then-career-best 1:55.08 in the 800-meter at the meet ... Finished fifth at the Liberty Collegiate Invitational in the 800-meter ... Big South Presidential Honor Roll and Millis Scholar-Athlete.

Personal: Competed in track & field for four years at Franklin High School … Set high school best of 1:23.78 in the 600-meter while placing third in the Hockomock League indoor championship ... Ran bests of 1:59 in the 800-meter and 4:43 in the mile … Ran on the 4x400 relay team that placed fifth at the New England Championship and qualified for the national championship.

Prep: Major is mathematics… Son of Diarmaid O'Donoghue and Kathryn Saunders … Has a younger brother, Tom, and a younger sister, Allie … Born Aug. 27, 1994.