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).
A pair of Bentley University juniors, Julia Morena (Boylston/Tahanto Reg. HS) and Erik Alatalo (Wilmington/Wilmington HS), were recently selected...
April 6, 2016
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
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
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
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
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
Bentley University sophomore Ryan Cadorette (Saco, Maine/ Thornton Academy) turned in an impressive performance while finishing 24th overall in...
September 26, 2015
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