Erik Alatalo
Erik Alatalo
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Wilmington, Mass.
  • High School:
    Wilmington

Bio

2013 graduate of Wilmington High School … outstanding student who is majoring in both accountancy and liberal studies, with a concentration in global perspectives …  Before Bentley: was a cross country and track team captain at Wilmington … Middlesex League all-star … Personal: age as of Sept. 1: 20 … son of Judy and Dave Alatalo … has two younger twin siblings, Sam (19) and Rachel (19) … High School Salutatorian … Trustees’ Scholarship … Beta Gamma Sigma (Bentley Honor Society) … involved in Colleges Against Cancer and the Bentley Film Club … is a tutor in the Writing Center.

CROSS COUNTRY

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) … Indoor Bests: 4:30.96 mile (2014 BU Valentine’s), 9:08.44 3,000 (2015 Tufts Cupid Challenge), 15:56.83 5,000 (2015 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) … 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).

TFRRS Profile

News Mentions

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Morena & Alatalo Chosen for Academic All-Northeast-10 Honors in Cross Country

A pair of Bentley University juniors, Julia Morena (Boylston/Tahanto Reg. HS) and Erik Alatalo (Wilmington/Wilmington HS), were recently selected...

April 6, 2016

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Cross Country Closes Out Season at NCAA Championships

The Bentley University men’s cross country team and All-America grad student Tara Dooley (Lee, Mass./Lee HS) closed out the season by...

November 21, 2015

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Bentley Cross Country Set for Saturday’s NCAA Championships

The Bentley University men’s cross country team is in Joplin, Mo. for Saturday morning’s NCAA Division II Championships, as is Falcon...

November 20, 2015

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Curtin Named USTFCCCA Division II East Region Men’s Coach of the Year for 2nd Time

For the second time in four years, Bentley University cross country coach Kevin Curtin has been named the USTFCCCA Division II East Region...

November 11, 2015

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Bentley Men Finish 2nd to Claim Trip to NCAA Division II Championships

With a complete team effort, the Bentley University men’s cross country team qualified for the NCAA Division II Championships for the first...

November 8, 2015

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Alatalo Top Finisher for Bentley Men during New Englands

Junior Erik Alatalo (Wilmington/Wilmington HS) was the first Bentley University runner to reach the finish line during the New England Men’s...

October 10, 2015

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Cadorette Shines for Bentley at Minnesota’s Roy Griak Invitational

Bentley University sophomore Ryan Cadorette (Saco, Maine/ Thornton Academy) turned in an impressive performance while finishing 24th overall in...

September 26, 2015

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Cadorette Sets Pace for Bentley Men at Dartmouth

Sophomore Ryan Cadorette (Saco, Maine/Thornton Academy) was the top finisher for the Bentley University men’s cross country team as the...

September 12, 2015