Holy Cross Athletics

2009: Ran a time of 2:38.02 in the 1,000 at theBoston University Valentine Inivtational (Feb. 13) ... finished the800 with a time of 2:05.51 at Brown (April 26) ... ran aseason-best time of 4:21.44 in the 1,500 at Bryant (March 28).

Before Holy Cross: Four-year varsity member ofthe cross country and track teams at Rockhurst H.S., under headcoaches Michael Dierks and Michael Sullivan ... served as teamcaptain as a senior ... named honorable mention All-Metro in 2007and 2008 ... named Academic Scholar Athlete in 2008 ... recorded acareer-best time of 16:50 in the 5,000 in 2008 ... qualified forstates in the 4x800 relay in 2008 ... earned Ignatian Honors in2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 ... member of the pep band and LatinClub.

Personal: Son of Leonard and Elizabeth Dobens... father was member of the Boston College cross country team andmother was member of the Boston College swim team ... has onebrother (Leonard) and one sister (Laura) ... majoring inClassics.