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Patricia (Wright) O’Malley, of Ewing, Neb., competed in cross country, basketball, indoor and outdoor track at Nebraska Wesleyan.
Pat was a member of the women’s basketball team her first two years before deciding to run cross country her final three years in college. She was also a four-year member of the indoor and outdoor track teams.
In cross country, Pat qualified for the NAIA Championships in 1988 and 1989, and owns the 12th fastest time among NWU runners on the team’s home course. In track, she qualified for indoor nationals three years, once earning a sixth-place finish in the two-mile run. She also holds a school record as a member of the 4x800 relay (9:37.9), and ranks fourth on the all-time charts (indoor) at NWU in the 3,000 and two-mile events.
Pat was a member of the Phi Alpha Theta History Honorary, Kappa Delta Pi Education Honorary and Pi Gamma Mu Social Science Honorary. She was also on the Dean’s List, named to Who’s Who in American Universities and Colleges and twice received NAIA All-America Scholar-Athlete awards.
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