Ciara O'Shea

Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Richmond, Ky.
High School:
Madison Central

2025 XC Made her season debut at the Adidas XC Challenge, where she was the first Tar Heel to cross the finish line (6th)...

2024 XC: Made college debut at the Charlotte Opener … Competed in the Virginia Invitational and the Nuttycombe Invitational …

Before UNC: Graduate of Madison Central High School … 2022-23 Gatorade Kentucky Girl’s Cross Country Player of the Year … Won five straight 3A cross country titles and became the state’s first All-America performer since 2014 … Placed fifth at the 2022 Champs Sports National Championship meet …. Won three KHSAA 3200-meter and two 1600-meter state championships … All-Academic Team … Soccer letterwinner.

More on O’Shea: Born in Richmond, Ky., to Ken and Jamie O’Shea … Both parents ran at Eastern Kentucky University … Has three siblings: Connor, Gavin and Teagan … Connor is on the track team at East Carolina University and Gavin was a soccer letterman at IUPUI in 2022 … Birthday is No. 18.