Cormac O'Brien Season 2023-24
PositionDistance
ClassJunior
HometownSan Diego, Calif.
- Clocked 15:34.9 in the 5K for a third-place finish at the FAU Cross Country Invitational
- Earned a new personal best of 24:07.7 in the 8K at the ACC Cross Country championships, the second fastest time in school history
- Clocked a new personal best of 3:57.25 in the 1500m at the LSU Alumni Gold
- Earned a new personal best of 14:45.41 in the 5000m at the UNF East Coast Relays
- Earned a personal best time of 8:33.74 in the 3000m at the Rod McCravy Memorial
- Earned a new personal best of 25:39.3 in the men’s 8k are the FSU Invitational
- Ran 25:24.1 at the Alabama Crimson Classic in the men’s 8.018k
- Posted a 4:20.07 one-mile time at the Louisville Cardinal Classic, along with an 8:37.61 time in the 3000m
- Finished 10th at the Texas Tech Red Raider open in the 3000m with a time of 9:04.97
- Ran a personal-best 6K time of 19:36.6 at the Virginia Invitational
- Finished his season running the 10K at the NCAA Division I South Region Cross Country Championships, ending with 33:03.4
- Clocked in a finish of 16:24.00 in the 5K at the FAU Invitational
- Crossed the finish line in 20:05.0 in the 8K at the FSU XC Open
- Was the second Hurricane to finish in the 8K at the XC23 Invitational with a time of 26:55.4
- Finished in 28:20.9 at the ACC Championships in the 8K.
- Earned All-Conference in the 800m and 1600m as a senior and junior
- Won the 2020 and 2019 cross country conference championship as a team
- Named team captain his senior year
- Crowned the 2019 track conference champions
- Earned All-Academic Team honors in cross country from 2018-20 and from 2017-19 in track and field
- Played football and basketball.
- Son of Jaime O’Brien
- Has a twin, Conan, and two older twin brothers, Sully and Seamus
- Would like to work in the sports industry as a career
- Always has a cup of iced coffee prior to a meet
- His dad, Steve, played linebacker at USC from 1974-78 when they won two Rose Bowls and a National Championship
- Majoring in Media Management
Senior2024-25
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Sophomore2022-23
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Freshman2021-22
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