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2007-08: Had an outstanding freshman season, ranking as one of the top sprinters in Marquette history...Currently holds the fastest MU indoor times in the 60m (6.94 seconds), 200m (21.98) and 300m (34.73)...Holds outdoor records in the 200m (21.23) and as a member of 4x100m relay team (41.57), along with Antonio Jones, Nick Van Deraa and Ray Bratchett...Also owns the freshman record in the 100m (10.55), being topped only by 1932 and `36 Olympian Ralph Metcalfe (10.44)...Competed in both the 100m and 200m at the USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships...In first ever collegiate meet, set the indoor school record in the 60m and the 200m at the Notre Dame Blue and Gold Invitational, winning the 60m with a time of 6.94, while placing second in the 200m with a time of 21.98...Placed second at the Badger Track Classic in the 60m with a time of 7.04 in the finals...Finished fifth in the 60m and third in the 200m at the Notre Dame Invitational...At the Meyo Invitational recorded a school indoor record time of 34.73 in the 300m...Took seventh in the 200m at the Indiana Relays...Competed in the 60m, 200m and 4x400m relay at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships, recording a sixth place finish in the 200m...At the Baldy Castillo Invitational, the first meet of the outdoor season, O'Brien placed fourth in the 100m with a time of 10.97 seconds and helped the 4x100m relay team win the event in 41.62 seconds to set the school record which they would later break...Recorded a then-freshman record in the 200m at the Missouri Relays with a first place finish and a time of 21.56 seconds, also won the 400m in 49.99 seconds...Took third in the 200m at the Iowa Invitational...Recorded the second-best time in Marquette history in the 100m at the Marquette Twilight Meet, winning the event in 10.55 seconds...His time at in the 100m qualified him for the USA Track and Field Junior Championships...Finished fourth in the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships in the 200m with a time of 21.41 seconds in the finals, also competed in the 100m, where he failed to place and the 4x100m relay where MU recorded an eighth place finish...Finished fourth at the Wisconsin Twilight meet in the 200m and ran the second leg for his 4x100m relay team, which set the school outdoor record in 41.57 seconds...Set the Marquette outdoor record in the 200m at the Cardinal Twilight on May 17 with a time of 21.23 seconds to qualify him for the NCAA Mid-East Regional and the USA Junior Championships...Ran a time of 21.40 seconds in the 200m at the NCAA Mid-East Regional in Fayetteville, Ark. High School: O'Brien was a four-time letterwinner in track and field and cross country... Team captain senior year in track and cross country... The 400m Connecticut State Open Champion... An eight-time all-Conference performer and three-time all-New England selection... Holds Rocky Hill school records in three events. Personal: O'Brien was born on May 22, 1989... The second oldest of five children to Gary and Lorraine O'Brien... Oldest brother, Colin is a track and field athlete in his sophomore year at Syracuse University... Plans to major in Education. Related Links |
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