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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Hometown:
- Wilmington, Mass.
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- High School:
- Wilmington
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- Events:
- Distance
Bio
2013 graduate of Wilmington High School … outstanding student who is majoring in both accountancy and liberal studies, with a concentration in global perspectives … minors in finance and gender studies … Before Bentley: was a cross country and track team captain at Wilmington … Middlesex League all-star … Personal: age as of Sept. 1: 21 … son of Judy and Dave Alatalo … has two younger twin siblings, Sam (20) and Rachel (20) … High School Salutatorian … Trustees’ Scholarship … Beta Gamma Sigma (Bentley Honor Society) … President of Bentley’s Colleges Against Cancer … first-year seminar instructor … is a tutor in the Writing Center … Beta Alpha Psi Accounting Society … has accepted a position as an assurance associate at PwC.
CROSS COUNTRY
2015: USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic … selected Academic All-Northeast-10 … for the second straight year, placed among the Falcons’ top seven in every race he ran … first Bentley runner to the finish line at the New Englands, placing 72nd overall in 25:49.7 … 32nd overall, an improvement of 33 places from the previous season, at the Northeast-10 Championships … that was fifth best among Bentley athletes … 34th overall and sixth among Bentley runners in the NCAA Division II East Regional (32:46.98) … 2014: was one of Bentley’s top seven in all six meets he participated in … was 65th overall and sixth among Falcons in the Northeast-10 Championships, finishing in 30:22 … 89th overall in the NCAA Division II East Region with his time of 34:49.94 seventh among Bentley runners … fifth among Bentley student-athletes and 190th overall at the New Englands (26:49.8) … 2013: ran in five of the team’s six races and finished among the team’s top three five times … 60th in Northeast-10 Championships (27:33) … 82nd overall, and sixth among Bentley runners, in the NCAA Division II East Regional, covering the 10,000 meters in 34:40.9 ... 204th overall in the New Englands … Bentley’s number one finisher in the Codfish Bowl, placing 36th overall in 27:22 … in collegiate debut, was 21st in the Shacklette Invitational.
TRACK
Bentley Rankings: 12th in outdoor 2-mile (9:53.23 at 2015 Stonehill Skyhawk Invitational, converted from 3,000) … 12th in indoor 5,000 (15:09.55, 2016 Northeast-10 Championships) … Indoor Bests: 4:30.96 mile (2014 BU Valentine’s), 9:00.51 3,000 (2016 GBTC Invitational), 15:09.55 5,000 (2016 Northeast-10 Championships) … Outdoor Bests: 4:14.50 1500 (2014 MIT Sean Collier Invitational), 9:09.44 3,000 (2015 Stonehill Skyhawk Invitational), 15:36.67 5,000 (2015 MIT Sean Collier Invitational), 32:19.83 10,000 (2015 Northeast-10 Championships) … 2015-16: finished third in the 5,000 in the Northeast-10 Indoor Championships (15:09.55) … a week later, was 15th in the same event at the New Englands (15:15.63) … selected for Academic All-NE-10 honors indoors … outdoors, was eighth in the 10,000 at the NE-10’s (33:21.81) … 2014-15: ran to a fifth-place finish in the 10,000 at the outdoor Northeast-10 Championships (32:19.83) … indoors, was 12th in the NE-10’s in the 5,000 (15:56.83) … 21st in the 10K at the outdoor New Englands (33:07.26) … runner-up in the 5,000 at the Stonehill Skyhawk (9:09.44) … earned Academic All-Northeast-10 honors outdoors and was selected to the CoSIDA Academic All-District 1 team … 2013-14: 10th in 10,000 at outdoor Northeast-10 Championships, finishing in 34:32.89 … 12th in 5,000 at indoor NE-10’s (15:57.88).
News Mentions
Bentley Track Places 3 on Academic All-Northeast-10 Team
Three members of the Bentley University men’s and women’s outdoor track and field teams have been selected for Academic All-Northeast-...
July 13, 2017
Alatalo & Bolick Become Bentley’s Latest CoSIDA Academic All-America® Honorees
Recent Bentley University graduates Erik Alatalo (Wilmington/Wilmington HS) and Tim Bolick (Hopkinton/Hopkinton HS) have been selected for the...
June 22, 2017
4 Members of Bentley Outdoor Track & Field Team Earn All-Region Honors from USTFCCCA
Bentley University sophomore Stephanie Mattson (Smithfield, R.I./ Smithfield HS) and three members of the Falcons’ men’s track and...
May 18, 2017
Bentley Falcons Set for Northeast-10 Outdoor Track Championships This Weekend at Stonehill
Defending champion Holt Sihvonen (Lebanon, Conn./Lyman Memorial HS) and record-breaking sophomore Stephanie Mattson (Smithfield, R.I./Smithfield...
May 5, 2017
Seven Top Three Performances Help Bentley Men Finish 2nd in Silfen Invitational
Seven top-three performances, including a victory by junior Holt Sihvonen (Lebanon, Conn./Lyman Memorial HS) in the javelin, sparked the Bentley...
April 15, 2017
Alatalo, Sihvonen & a Relay Team Receive NE10 Weekly Honors
The Bentley University men’s track and field team was well represented in the latest Northeast-10 Conference weekly awards with senior Erik...
March 31, 2017
Bentley Opens Outdoor Season at Bridgewater State with 13 Top 10 Finishes
Thirds by junior Nick Skarin (Sunapee, N.H./Sunapee HS) and sophomore Dan Hergott (Wallingford, Conn./Xavier HS) were among 13 top ten finishes...
March 25, 2017
Wilmington Town Crier: "Excelling in classroom and on the track at Bentley: Consistency the name of the game for Alatalo"
Mike Ippolito of the Wilmington Town Crier caught up with Bentley senior Erik Alatalo for this article that appeared in the Mar. 4 edition of the...
March 4, 2017
Bolick Posts Highest Finish for Bentley Men at Northeast-10 Championships
Senior Tim Bolick (Hopkinton/Hopkinton HS) posted the highest finish for a member of the Bentley University men’s track and field team...
February 18, 2017
Bentley Set for Saturday’s Northeast-10 Indoor Track Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center
The Bentley University Falcons will be at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston Saturday for the 16th annual Northeast-10 Conference Indoor Track and...
February 17, 2017
Bolick, Haas Impress in Mile during John Thomas Terrier Classic
Bentley University seniors Tim Bolick (Hopkinton/Hopkinton HS) and Nik Haas (Ramsey, N.J./Ramsey HS) impressed in the mile Saturday during the...
January 28, 2017
Bolick, Edwards & Haas Post Wins for Bentley During Reggie Poyau Memorial
Competing on the other side of town at Brandeis University’s Gosman Center, the Bentley University men’s indoor track and field team...
January 14, 2017