Senior (2018)
Competed in five meets during the indoor season... Set personal-bests in the 800-meters (1:56.66), 1,000-meters (2:33.00), and Mile (4:12.54)... Competed in three meets during the outdoor season... Set a personal-best in the 1,500-meters (3:54.98) at the Arkansas Twilight (May 4)
At Villanova (2013-2016)
2016 Cross Country: Ran in five races during the season ... Was the team's fifth scoring runner at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional, where he finished with a time of 32:58.1 over 10000 meters ... Finished sixth on the team and 42nd overall at the BIG EAST Championships, where he8000-meter000 meter course in 26:24.1 ... Made his season debut at the Main Line Invitational with a 30th place finish and a personal best time of 20:48.5 over four miles ... Finished 144th in a field of more than 500 runners at the Chile Pepper Festival with an 8000-meter time of 25:46.2 ... Recorded a time of 27:29 over 5.2 miles at the Penn State National.
2016 Outdoor: Did not compete at any meets.
2015-16 Indoor: Did not compete at any meets.
2015 Cross Country: Ran in the Main Line Invitational and finished 87th with a time of 21:42 on the four-mile course at Haverford College.
2015 Outdoor: Did not compete at any meets.
2015 Indoor: Competed in the Mile at the Metro Team Challenge and registered a time of 4:29.00 to finish in 28th place.
2014 Cross Country: Did not compete at any meets.
2014 Outdoor: Redshirted.
2013-14 Indoor: Ran in the 3000 meters at the Jack Pyrah Invitational and finished in ninth place with a time of 9:19.56.
2013 Cross Country: Redshirted ... Competed at three meets as an unattached runner ... Opened the season with a time of 20:04.20 over 6,000 meters at the Friend Big Five Invitational ... Placed 48th in that meet ... Ran twice on the four-mile course at Haverford, coming in 61st at the Main Line Invitational (21:09.96) and 23rd at the Haverford Invitational (21:18.30).
Catholic High School
Registered consecutive top-15 finishes at the Arkansas 7A Cross Country Championships ... Came in 12th at the state meet as a junior and finished ninth as a senior ... Runner-up in the 1600 meters at the Arkansas Outdoor Track & Field Meet of Champions ... Earned all-state honors in both cross country and track ... Was the 7A state champion in the 1600 meters as a senior ... Member of Mu Alpha Theta (Mathematics Honor Society) and the Beta Club.
Emerald A.C.
Competed for Emerald A.C. in Ireland and was a member of the U18 Boys national championship 4x400 meter relay team ... Placed third individually in the U18 Boys 1500 meters.
Personal
Born 1/5/95 ... One of three sons of Frank and Patty O'Mara ... Has two brothers, Jack and Harry ... Father is a three-time Olympian for his native Ireland and a two-time world indoor champion in the 1500 meters ... Also ran collegiate track at Arkansas and was an NCAA individual champion in the 1500 meters ... Enrolled in the Villanova School of Business.
Competed in five meets during the indoor season... Set personal-bests in the 800-meters (1:56.66), 1,000-meters (2:33.00), and Mile (4:12.54)... Competed in three meets during the outdoor season... Set a personal-best in the 1,500-meters (3:54.98) at the Arkansas Twilight (May 4)
At Villanova (2013-2016)
2016 Cross Country: Ran in five races during the season ... Was the team's fifth scoring runner at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional, where he finished with a time of 32:58.1 over 10000 meters ... Finished sixth on the team and 42nd overall at the BIG EAST Championships, where he8000-meter000 meter course in 26:24.1 ... Made his season debut at the Main Line Invitational with a 30th place finish and a personal best time of 20:48.5 over four miles ... Finished 144th in a field of more than 500 runners at the Chile Pepper Festival with an 8000-meter time of 25:46.2 ... Recorded a time of 27:29 over 5.2 miles at the Penn State National.
2016 Outdoor: Did not compete at any meets.
2015-16 Indoor: Did not compete at any meets.
2015 Cross Country: Ran in the Main Line Invitational and finished 87th with a time of 21:42 on the four-mile course at Haverford College.
2015 Outdoor: Did not compete at any meets.
2015 Indoor: Competed in the Mile at the Metro Team Challenge and registered a time of 4:29.00 to finish in 28th place.
2014 Cross Country: Did not compete at any meets.
2014 Outdoor: Redshirted.
2013-14 Indoor: Ran in the 3000 meters at the Jack Pyrah Invitational and finished in ninth place with a time of 9:19.56.
2013 Cross Country: Redshirted ... Competed at three meets as an unattached runner ... Opened the season with a time of 20:04.20 over 6,000 meters at the Friend Big Five Invitational ... Placed 48th in that meet ... Ran twice on the four-mile course at Haverford, coming in 61st at the Main Line Invitational (21:09.96) and 23rd at the Haverford Invitational (21:18.30).
Catholic High School
Registered consecutive top-15 finishes at the Arkansas 7A Cross Country Championships ... Came in 12th at the state meet as a junior and finished ninth as a senior ... Runner-up in the 1600 meters at the Arkansas Outdoor Track & Field Meet of Champions ... Earned all-state honors in both cross country and track ... Was the 7A state champion in the 1600 meters as a senior ... Member of Mu Alpha Theta (Mathematics Honor Society) and the Beta Club.
Emerald A.C.
Competed for Emerald A.C. in Ireland and was a member of the U18 Boys national championship 4x400 meter relay team ... Placed third individually in the U18 Boys 1500 meters.
Personal
Born 1/5/95 ... One of three sons of Frank and Patty O'Mara ... Has two brothers, Jack and Harry ... Father is a three-time Olympian for his native Ireland and a two-time world indoor champion in the 1500 meters ... Also ran collegiate track at Arkansas and was an NCAA individual champion in the 1500 meters ... Enrolled in the Villanova School of Business.