Holy Cross Athletics

2008: Named to thePatriot League Academic Honor Roll ... ran a time of 28:02 at theNew England Championship ... finished 15th overall at the BlueDevil Invitational (28:39) ... ran a time of 28:06.8 at the PatriotLeague Championship ... ran at the Murray Keatinge Invitational(28:04.6) and the National Catholic Championship (28:05) ... ran atime of 29:00 at the IC4A Championship.

Before Holy Cross:Four-year varsity member of the cross country and track teams atRockhurst, under head coaches Michael Dierks and Michael Sullivan... served as team captain as a senior ... named honorable mentionAll-Metro in 2007 and 2008 ... named Academic Scholar Athlete in2008 ... recorded a career best of 16:50 in the 5,000-meters in2008 ... qualified for states in the 4x800-meter relay in 2008 ...earned Ignatian Honors in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 ... member ofthe pep band and Latin Club.

Personal: Son ofLeonard and Elizabeth Dobens ... father was member of the BostonCollege cross country team, and mother was member of the BostonCollege swim team ... has one brother (Leonard) and one sister(Laura).