Career PersonalBests:
400m: 53.50 at the Skyhawk Invitational, April29, 2011.
500m: 1:10.37 at the University of New HampshireTri-Meet, January 21, 2012.
800m: 1:59.94 indoors/2:01.46 outdoors.
1,000m: 2:38.51 at the Reggie Poyau Invitational,December 10, 2011.
Indoor Season
2011-12: Distance Medley Relay NE-10Champion. All-Northeast-10(DMR). Competed in five races and two relays overallfor the Skyhawks on the season. Earned All-Northeast-10 Conference(NE-10) honors in the distance medley relay along with teammatesDaniel Zawalich, Sean Hanlon andJustin Blaszczyk with a first place finish in atotal time of 10:16.90 on February 18, 2012. Ran the third leg ofStonehill's 4x800-meter relay at the Charley Torpey MemorialInvitational (2/4/12) that finished third overall in a time of8:06.02. Placed fifth overall out of 20 competitors in the800-meter run at the Jay Carisella Invitational (12/3/11) with atime of 2:00.40. Ranked 11th overall in the 1,000-meter run at theReggie Poyau Invitational (12/10/11) in 2:38.51, a personal besttime. Claimed sixth place in the 500-meter run at the University ofNew Hampshire Tri-Meet (1/21/12) in 1:10.37, a personal best time.Ranked 20th overall out of 47 competitors in the 800-meter run(2:00.26) at the New Balance Boston Collegiate Indoor Games(1/27/12). Finished seventh overall in the 800-meter run at theNE-10 Championships in a personal best time, indoors, with a timeof 1:59.94.
2010-11: NE-10Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll. Ran to a career besttime of 1:13.07 in the 500 meters at the University of NewHampshire Tri-Meet. Posted a career best time of 2:04.62 in the 800meters at the Tufts Stampede. Also ran the 800 meters at the JayCarisella Invitational (2:09.37) and the NE-10 championships(2:06.92).
OutdoorSeason
2010-11: Posted acareer best time, outdoors, in the 800 meters with a time of2:02.56 at the NE-10 championships. Also competed in the 800 metersat the Bridgewater State University Invitational (2:09.14) and theUMass Minutemen Invitational (2:03.93). Ran a career best time of53.50 in the 400 meters at the Skyhawk Invitational and alsonotched a time of 53.9 on Stonehill's 4x400 team at the SkyhawkInvitational.
High School: 2010graduate of Peabody Veterans Memorial High School. Four-yearletterwinner in indoor and outdoor track, serving as captain hissenior year. Holds distance medley and sprint medley relay records.Recieved the Division I MIAA Team Sportsmanship Award. State Relay4x800 Champions and League Champions in the 800m and 4x800m.Outdoor track All-Star all four years and indoor track All-Star fortwo years. Also a letterwinner in soccer and cross country. Namedsoccer MVP his freshman year.
Personal: BornAugust 18, 1991, Salem, Mass. Son of Cheryl O'Blenes and RobertCronin of Reabody, Mass. Has a twin brother. Father played soccerat Salem State College. Majoring in business. Greatest sportsmoment was breaking the school record in the sprint medley andrunning a personal best time.
