Cole O'Brien

Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Burnsville, Minn.
High School:
Burnsville

GOPHERS CAREER
Eight career races • six top-10 finishes.

2015 | REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON
Opened the season with a 24th-place finish at the Bill Timmons Dual Classic, running the six-kilometer course in 20:20.8. • Finished 58th at the 2015 Roy Griak with a time of 26:07.5. • Turned in a fifth place finish at the Jim Drews Invitational with a time of 25:01.35. • Finished second at the SJU Fall Finale with a time of 25:09.

2014 | REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON
Ran in two races for the Gophers and contributed to team wins in both • opened the season at the Jim Drews Invitational in a Minnesota win, finishing 10th with a time of 25:13.48 -- a personal eight-kilometer record • placed fourth overall (third among attached runners) at the Fall Finale with a time of 25:38 in a win for the Gophers.

2013 | REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON
Competed in three meets for the Gophers during the 2013 season • opened the year at the Oz Memorial with a time of 19:42.6, finishing seventh • clocked a 26:29.4 at the Griak Invitational to finish 178th • closed out the season with a fourth-place finish at the Fall Finale, crossing the finish line at 25:24.

2012 | FRESHMAN SEASON
Redshirted the 2012 cross country season • competed in one event as an unattached runner, placing 33rd at the Oz Memorial with a time of 20:19.30.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2011 graduate of Burnsville High School • finished eighth at the Roy Griak Invitational as a senior and went on to set a 5,000 meter personal record of 15:40.1 at the NXN Nike Cross Heartland Regional (finished seventh) • placed second at the 2010 Minnesota State Cross Country Championships as a junior after winning the MSHSL Section 3AA Championships.

PERSONAL
Son of Richard and Maren O'Brien.