Specify user in cron job

Solaris 9
I have an application that when I run a script against it, using a cron job, the script pulls the name of the user running the cron (at least that is what it seems to be doing). I cannot make root a user in that application but I have to run the cron as root (auditor requirement).
How can I specify the username in my cron? I do not see a cron.daily, or anywhere to load my script, so I can specify the user.
TIA

I should have said the root cron rather than my cron. I tried this in the crontab -e, while logged in as root:
30 4 * * 1-5 myusername /home/user/script
I am thinking there is a way to specify a user other than root in root's cron job.
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