Charleston Southern University Athletics

Liam O'Donnell - TFRRS Profile

School Records: *As of 3/5/2025
4th - Indoor 800m - 1:52.36 - 2025 Big South (3/1)
3rd - Indoor DMR - 9:59.22 - 2025 Orange & Purple (1/26)
7th - Indoor DMR - 10:08.57 - 2025 Big South (2/28)

2025 Indoor at Charleston Southern: Helped set up the Buccaneers second-place finish at the Big South Championships (2/8-3/1) to tie their highest in program history with his performances leading to 13 points for the squad ... Ran on the DMR squad at the meet with them taking second overall with a time of 10:08.57 which ranks as the seventh fastest by a group in school history ... Took second in the finals of the 800m with a time of 1:52.36 for a personal best time and fourth in the event ... His time ranks as the fourth best in program history for the event ... Opened his collegiate career running on the DMR at Clemson's Orange & Purple Invitational with a time of 9:59.22 for fourth in the event and third in school history ... Had an additional pair of top ten finishes during the regular season in the 800m with a 1:53.87 at the Gamecock Challenge (2/1-2) for 9th and a 1:53.53 for 7th at the USC Invite (2/22) ... Had a season best of 4:20.42 in the mile at Liberty's Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (2/14-15).

High School: Originally from Little River, Canterbury, New Zealand where he attended St. Thomas of Canterbury ... Was selected for the New Zealand team for the 2023 Pacific Games which was held in the Solomon Islands which he took second in the 1500m ... Also competed for the country for the 2022 Oceania Area Championships which was held in North Queensland, Australia ... Won three South Island Secondary School championships in the 800m in 2018, 2019 and 2022 ... Claimed titles in the Canterbury 800m and 1500m in 2021 ... Took first in the South Island Cross Country Championships in 2023 ... At the 2022 New Zealand Track & Field Championships he claimed second in the 800m as well as second in the 1500m ... In the 2024 New Zealand Track & Field Championships he took second in the 800m of the U20 race ... Son of Mick O'Donnell and Frouke Geertsma.