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University of North Florida Athletics

2025 Men's Track Roster

Gavin O'Brien

  • Position Distance
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Mims, Fla.
  • Prev School Astronaut High School
  • Major Sport Management

Biography

Gavin O'Brien TFRRS Profile
  • ASUN Academic Honor Roll (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
College XC PR | 8k: 24:29.3
College Indoor PR | 800m: 1:56.21; Mile: 4:10.81; 3000m: 8:20.61
College Outdoor PR | 1500m: 3:50.22; 2000mS: 5:48.57; 3000mS: 8:59.61; 5000m: 15:51.91

High School XC PR | 5k: 15:38
High School Track PR | 1600m: 4:19; 3200m: 9:31

2024-25: XC - Made his season debut placing 59th overall with season-best 8k time at the Crimson Classic (24:59.4)...placed 41st overall in 8k race at ASUN XC Championship (25:22.3)...helped UNF to runner-up team finish in conference meet.

2023-24: XC - Debuted in 38th overall to start the season with a season-best 8k time at the Mountain Dew Invitational (25:15.8)...went just outside the top 100 in the 8k race at the Gans Creek Invitational (26:01.8)...placed 22nd in the SSC Preview 8k race (28:16.5)...Track (Indoor) - Made his first indoor appearance of the year in 31st overall during 3000m at the RADD Track & Field Invitational (9:03.13)...placed seventh in the mile at the Celebration Pointe Classic (4:13.09)...finished 15th overall in the mile at the ASUN Indoor Championship (4:21.33)...Track (Outdoor) - Took home first overall in his outdoor season debut in the 3000mS at the Bob Hayes Invitational (9:26.91)...placed fourth in the 3000mS at the Pepsi Florida Relays (9:11.75)...went 26th in the 1500m at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational (3:51.67)...finished top 15 in the 3000mS at the Georgia Tech Invitational (9:22.86)...was the runner-up with a lifetime best mark in the 3000mS in the East Coast Relays (8:59.61)...placed sixth in the 3000mS (9:21.49) and was part of seventh-place team in the 4x400m relays (3:22.81) at the ASUN Outdoor Championship.

2022-23: XC - Made season debut tied as the individual runner-up in 8k race at the UNF Invitational (25:11.1)...helped lead team to top overall finish at the UNF Invite...placed 40th overall with a personal-best time at the Gans Creek Classic (24:29.3)...finished 33rd to help lead team to runner-up finish at the Crimson Classic (25:04.8)...was the 84th runner at the ASUN Championship (26:27.8)...Track (Indoor) - Placed ninth in season indoor debut for the mile at Jimmy Carnes Invite (4:19.78)...finished third with career-best times in both the mile (4:10.81) and 3000m (8:20.61) races at RADD College Invite...earned top-20 finish in 3000m at Camel City Invite (8:24.05)...received top finish in the mile at Florida University Invitational (4:14.06)...competed in 3000m race at ASUN Indoor Championship (8:43.60)...did not compete in outdoor track this season.

2021-22: XC - Placed 72nd to start the season at the FSU XC Open (25:45.6)...finished 80th and recorded a personal-best 8k time for the second straight meet at the Gans Creek Classic (25:33.7)...placed 263rd at the Pre-Nationals meet (25:40.6)...finished 77th at the ASUN Championship (24:29.5)...Track (Indoor) - Made collegiate indoor track debut finishing 49th in 800m (1:56.21) and 61st in 1-mile (4:26.27) at Darius Dixon Invitational...Track (Outdoor) - Finished as top runner in 3000mS (9:18.16) in season debut at Knights Invite...finished as runner-up in 1500m (3:50.22) with personal-best time at ERAU Spikes Classic...placed second in 3000mS (9:08.13) for third top-two finish of season at Georgia Tech Invitational...finished 14th in 1500m (3:53.35) at UNF Invitational...recorded lifetime best, as well as top time for Ospreys this season, in 3000mS (9:02.14) for fourth at ASUN Outdoor Championship...finished season ranked 76th in men's 3000m steeplechase on NCAA D-I Outdoor Qualifying list.

2021: XC - Finished 26th in his UNF XC debut at the CSU Invitational (26:10.1)...came in at 47th at the FSU Winter Class in the gold race (26:39.5)...Track (Outdoor) - Placed 10th in the 1500m at the UCF Black and Gold Invite (4:01.60) in his outdoor track debut at UNF...finished 16th in the 5000m at the FSU Relays (15:51.91)...placed second in the 3000m steeplechase at the USF Invite (10:13.75)...finished fifth in the 3000m steeplechase at the UF Tom Jones Invitational (9:33.51)...finished fourth in the 3000m steeplechase at the UNF Invite with a personal-best time (9:27.24)...placed third in the 3000 steeplechase at the ASUN Outdoor T&F Championships (9:40.35).

HIGH SCHOOL/PREP: Ran cross country and track and field at Astronaut High School ... Earned All-State and All-Conference accolades for the War Eagles ... Named Most Valuable Player ... Served as president of the Interact Club and was also a member of the student government ... Also played soccer for the War Eagles.

PERSONAL: Majoring in sport management.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

  • 2022Sophomore

  • 2023Junior

  • 2024Senior

    Steeplechase

  • 2025Graduate Student

    Distance