Bio

Cross Country team captain … 2013 graduate of Howell High School … is majoring in economics-finance with a minors in mathematics and politics … Before Bentley: captain of the track and cross country teams at Howell during his junior and senior years … earned All-District honors in cross country each of those years … received team’s Most Improved award as a sophomore and junior … cross country and indoor team MVP as a junior … Personal: age as of Sept. 1: 21 … son of Darshan and Leena Mehta … has two siblings, Aansh (24) and Malav (15) … National Honor Society … involved in Bentley Investment Group, Bentley Economics-Finance Society and Delta Sigma Pi Professional Business Fraternity.

CROSS COUNTRY

2015: sidelined due to injury … 2014: was in Bentley’s top four in each of his four races, including third at the NCAA Division II East Regional … at the regional, was 39th overall in 32:52.23 … 38th at the Northeast-10 Championships (29:29) … 2013: was team’s number four finisher in both the Northeast-10 Championships, placing 62nd overall in 27:39, and the NCAA Division II East Regional (69th, 34:16.2) … team’s seventh best time during the New Englands with his 27:49 putting him 242nd overall … in collegiate debut, was 60th in the Dartmouth Invitational (28:17.39).

TRACK

Indoor Bests: 4:41.34 mile (2014 BU Valentine’s), 9:14.29 3,000 (2015 Northeast-10 Championships), 16:06.67 5,000 (2014 UMass-Boston Indoor Opener) … Outdoor Bests: 4:24.88 1500 (2014 Tufts Snowflake Classic), 16:22.86 5,000 (2014 Stonehill Skyhawk Classic) … 2015-16: sidelined due to injury … 2014-15: finished 20th in the 3,000 at the Northeast-10 Indoor Championships, posting a time of 9:14.29 … competed in four meets indoors, including the NE-10’s, and one outdoor … 2013-14: was 17th in the 3,000 (9:33.17) during the indoor Northeast-10 Championships … ran in six meets indoor and four outdoors as a freshman.  

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