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)... For the second straight weekend, she lead the Tar Heels with an 11th-place finish at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational (6k)...

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.