Authors Articles by Ethan O'Neill '20
Ethan O'Neill '20
Ethan is a writer for The Roundup and is a runner for the Cross Country and Track and Field teams. He is part of Medical Society and Campus Ministry. In his free time, Ethan likes to run, listen to music, and play the piano.
"A champion is not made when he succeeds; a champion is made when you look back at the seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, and months he has spent preparing."
Eliud Kipchoge is a Kenyan long-distance runner who won the 5000-meter final at the 2003 World Championships and also won the 2014 Chicago Marathon. He was the bronze medalist in the...
Where are the Freshman Commons? Can you tell me where the A-Hallway is? Is there a secret tunnel connecting the school to the Terry Center? These are just a few of the many questions asked by incoming freshman, but not by the middle school boys who attended the Higher Achievement Program during the previous summer. The boys, already familiar...
The lime green and black-striped shoe pounds against the earth, causing specs of dirt and bundles of grass to come flying up into the pale white face of the runner. Mud-brown locks of hair flow into the bright blue, wide-open eyes that are constantly focusing on a single uniform and then moving to the next one,...
A smear of brown mud slashes across red, puffy cheeks and pale, muscular legs as brightly-colored shoes splash directly into the shallow puddle of damp grass and dirt. The atmosphere reeks of stale rain and sweat for all of the wide-eyed faces of onlookers. The heavy panting coming from the runners sprinting past the crowd is drowned out by...
Beads of sweat stream down slanted, furrowing brows and rigid cheeks, letting gravity lead the burning drips of hard work to the green and lush grass. A black silhouette sprints past the thunderous sound of plastic striking plastic head-on. An oval-shaped brown object belts through the black fabric covering the sky as it hurtles toward the blue and gold jersey...
