KYLE O'BRIEN
Event:
Marathon
Height: 5-8
Weight:
130
PR: 2:15:13 (2006)
Born: Aug. 3, 1980
Current Residence: Shelby
Township, Mich.
High School: Schlarman (Danville,
Ill.) HS ‘98
College: Eastern Illinois
University ‘03
Coach: Keith Hanson, Kevin Hanson
Agent: Keith Hanson, Kevin Hanson
Club: Hansons-Brooks Running
Project
Career Highlights:
10-time Ohio Valley Conference champion in
track and cross country
Following a standout collegiate
career at Eastern Illinois University, O’Brien decided in 2003 to put law school
on hold and take his shot at a career as a professional runner. O’Brien moved to
Rochester Hills, Mich.,
to begin training with the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project, and since then he’s
set personal bests in the 1,500, 3,000m, 5,000, 10,000 and marathon.
At Division I Eastern Illinois University, he had run
in 10 Ohio Valley Conference championship races and won nine of them. He was OVC
Athlete of the Year in cross- country, indoor and outdoor track in his senior
year, and was named the league's 2002-03 All-Sport Athlete of the Year, an honor
almost always reserved for higher-profile stars in football or basketball. He
began his college career at
Danville Community College,
where he was a four-time All- American in cross-country and track. Soon after
joining Hansons, O’Brien increased his mileage from 90 to 120 miles per week
causing stress fractures in both of his tibias, which is no longer a problem.
Named 2004 Michigan Runner Male Runner of the Year.
2007:
32nd at
World Outdoor Championships marathon (2:28:28)…20th at USA
Half-Marathon Champs (1:04:44)…did not finish Olympic Trials – Men’s
Marathon…bests of 1:04:44 & 2:28:28.
2006: 16 at LaSalle Bank Chicago
Marathon (2:15:13)…18th at Boston Marathon…best of 2:15:13.
2005: 14th at USA 10
Mile Champs (49:07)…3rd at Motive Bison Stampede Half-Marathon…10th
at USA 25 km Champs (1:19:42).
2004: 3rd at Detroit
Free Press Marathon.
1/20/08