Ciara O'Shea

Position:
Distance
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Richmond, Ky.
High School:
Madison Central

2025 T&F: INDOOR SEASON: Competed in four meets… Ran the seventh-fastest 3000m time in Carolina history at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational…2025 T&F: OUTDOOR SEASON: Competed in four meets in the 5,000m and 1,500m… PRed in the 5,000m (16:11.73) at the ACC Championships and the 1,500m (4:24.50) at the Duke Invitational

2024 T&F: Missed the entirety of her freshmen due to injury.

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.