2019-20 Women's Cross Country Roster
O'Brien, Kelly
Kelly O'Brien
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Palatine
- Hometown:
- Palatine, Ill.
Bio
2019-20 (Cross Country): Finished 6th with a 5K time of 17:33.8 at the Illini Open (8/30) ... Placed 58th overall with a 6K time of 21:32.5 at the Big Ten Championships (11/3)...Owns the fastest time of the season in outdoor 5K with 17:33.8.
2018-2019 (Track): Recorded a season-best 4:48.65 fourth-place mile and finished fifth in the 3000m with a time of 10:04.77 at the GVSU Big Meets (2/9) in Allendale, Michigan … Finished second in the mile as the top collegiate student-athlete at the BU Last Chance Invite (2/24) in Boston Massachusetts, with a time of 4:52.24 … Won both the 800 and 1,500 meter at the Benedictine Invitational (4/6) … Led four Wildcats in the top-12 of the 1,500m in the Huskie Classic (5/4), taking first place by nearly two full seconds with a time of 4:27.84.
2018 (Cross Country): Secured first place with a personal best of a 18:11.3 time for the 5K race at the EIU Walt Crawford Open (8/31) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2018 (Outdoor Track)
Posted best time on team in 1.5K at every outdoor track event of the season … Ran personal best 1.5K time of 04:24.46 at Oxy Invitational
2017 (Cross Country): Ran personal best 6K time of 23:11.4 at Big Ten Championships
2016 (Cross Country): Competed in two events… Has the team’s third-best 5K time, placed 8th in the Illini Challenge with a time of 18:20.2 (Sept. 2nd)... Placed 14th at the Iowa Regional Preview with a time of 22:00.5 (Oct. 1st).
High School: Earned four varsity letters in cross country and four in track & field for the Pirates … Earned team MVP honors three times in cross country and twice in track during her scholastic career … Personal bests of 4:54 in the 1600 and 10:57.1 in the 3200 … Registered a Top-3 finish at the 2014 IHSA Class 3A Cross Country Championships … Led Palatine to a runner-up team finish at the 2014 Illinois Championships … Posted a seventh-place finish at the 2014 All-Region Meet … 2014 Mid-Suburban League Cross Country champion, and 2015 runner-up in the event … Earned All-State honors in the 4x800 relay in track & field … Established school track records in the 1600m (indoor and outdoor) and 600m (indoor) events.
Personal: Parents Mary and Bill O'Brien … Three-time member of the All-Academic Team (2013-15) … Four-year honor roll student … Two-time recipient of the Scholastic Achievement Award (2014-15) … National Honor Society treasurer ... Major is undeclared.
2018-2019 (Track): Recorded a season-best 4:48.65 fourth-place mile and finished fifth in the 3000m with a time of 10:04.77 at the GVSU Big Meets (2/9) in Allendale, Michigan … Finished second in the mile as the top collegiate student-athlete at the BU Last Chance Invite (2/24) in Boston Massachusetts, with a time of 4:52.24 … Won both the 800 and 1,500 meter at the Benedictine Invitational (4/6) … Led four Wildcats in the top-12 of the 1,500m in the Huskie Classic (5/4), taking first place by nearly two full seconds with a time of 4:27.84.
2018 (Cross Country): Secured first place with a personal best of a 18:11.3 time for the 5K race at the EIU Walt Crawford Open (8/31) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2018 (Outdoor Track)
Posted best time on team in 1.5K at every outdoor track event of the season … Ran personal best 1.5K time of 04:24.46 at Oxy Invitational
2017 (Cross Country): Ran personal best 6K time of 23:11.4 at Big Ten Championships
2016 (Cross Country): Competed in two events… Has the team’s third-best 5K time, placed 8th in the Illini Challenge with a time of 18:20.2 (Sept. 2nd)... Placed 14th at the Iowa Regional Preview with a time of 22:00.5 (Oct. 1st).
High School: Earned four varsity letters in cross country and four in track & field for the Pirates … Earned team MVP honors three times in cross country and twice in track during her scholastic career … Personal bests of 4:54 in the 1600 and 10:57.1 in the 3200 … Registered a Top-3 finish at the 2014 IHSA Class 3A Cross Country Championships … Led Palatine to a runner-up team finish at the 2014 Illinois Championships … Posted a seventh-place finish at the 2014 All-Region Meet … 2014 Mid-Suburban League Cross Country champion, and 2015 runner-up in the event … Earned All-State honors in the 4x800 relay in track & field … Established school track records in the 1600m (indoor and outdoor) and 600m (indoor) events.
Personal: Parents Mary and Bill O'Brien … Three-time member of the All-Academic Team (2013-15) … Four-year honor roll student … Two-time recipient of the Scholastic Achievement Award (2014-15) … National Honor Society treasurer ... Major is undeclared.
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