Height: | 6-2 |
Weight: | 155 |
Year: | Fr |
Hometown: | Douglaston, N.Y. |
High School: | Archbishop Molloy |
Position: | Mid-Distance |
Major: | Business |
Career Personal
Bests:
All-American (Distance Medley Relay)
2x All-New England Selection (4x800 relay, Distance Medley
Relay)
USTFCCCA All-East Region Selection (Distance Medley
Relay)
400m: 51.76 at the Brown Springtime Open
Invitational, April 29, 2012.
800m: 1:55.55 indoors/1:53.19 outdoors.
1,000m: 2:29.82 at the NE-10 Indoor
Championships, February 18, 2012.
Indoor
Season
2011-12: All-American
(Distance Medley Relay). All-New England
(4x800m). All-Northeast-10
(4x800m). USTFCCCA East Region (Distance
Medley Relay). Competed in five races and six relay
events over the course of the season. Earned All-America status in
the distance medley relay along with teammates Justin
Blaszczyk, Sean Hanlon and Daniel
Zawalich with a sixth place finish at the NCAA Division II
National Championships (3/10/12) in a total time of 10:04.69.
Claimed All-New England honors in both the 4x800-meter relay and
the distance medley relay at the New England Championships on
February 24-25. Helped the distance medley relay squad
automatically qualify for the NCAA Division II National
Championships with a second place time of 9:50.33, a new school
record. Also, finished fifth overall in the 4x800-meter relay in
7:41.53. Placed second overall in the 1,000-meter run in his first
ever collegiate race at the Jay Carisella Invitational (12/3/11)
with a time of 2:30.43. Claimed second place overall in the
800-meter run at the Reggie Poyau Invitational (12/10/11) in
1:57.28. Finished sixth overall out of 47 competitors in the
800-meter run with a time of 1:55.55, a personal best indoors, at
the New Balance Boston Collegiate Indoor Games on January 27, 2012.
Ranked fourth overall in the 1,000-meter run at the Northeast-10
Conference (NE-10) Championships (2/18/12) in 2:29.82, a personal
best time. Finished 59th overall out of 208 competitors in the
800-meter run at the Boston University Valentine Invitational
(2/11/12) in 1:55.69.
High School: 2011 graduate of Archbishop Molloy. Four-year letter winner in soccer, indoor and outdoor track and field. Two-time City Champion and two-time state finalist in soccer. CHSAA State champion for 600 meters. Indoor and outdoor track and field captain. Eight-time All-Brooklyn/Queens selection. Personal bests include 49.7 (400 meters), 1:22.6 (600 meters), 1:54.02 (800 meters) and 4:27 (1,600 meters).
Personal: Son of Marianne and Edward Cooney of Douglaston, N.Y. Has two sisters, Tara (26 and Kathleen (23) and one brother, Edward (21). Majoring in business. Lists greatest sports momeny as winning the CHSAA State Championship for the 600 meters. His father, Edward, was an All-American in football at Hobart College and a national champion in lacrosse.