Derek Pittorino
Derek Pittorino
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Westborough, Mass.
  • High School:
    Westborough

Bio

Team Captain for second straight year … senior from Westborough, Mass. … 2018 graduate of Westborough High School who is majoring in economics-finance ... minor in sociology ... Before Bentley: at Westborough, competed in cross country as a junior and senior, in indoor and outdoor track all four years and in JV soccer as a freshman and sophomore … Division 1 All-State qualifier in cross country as a senior … three-season captain … five-time Midland Wachusett League All-Star … District E Cross Country All-Star … MetroWest Daily News Cross Country All-Star … team MVP for cross country and indoor track … 15th place at District Cross Country meet … sixth in mile at Division 3 State Qualifier indoors … 10th in 800 at Division 1 Central Western outdoor championships … National Honor Society … Music Honor Society … Assistant Principal’s award … Personal: age as of Sept. 1: 21 … son of Jay and Rebecca Pittorino … has one brother, Henry (18), and one sister, Jane (18) … former Bentley hockey goalie Ray DeVincent is his father’s cousin ... has volunteered  with Special Olympics ... Colleges against Cancer ... Resident Hall Association.

CROSS COUNTRY

2020: Bentley did not compete in any meets … 2019: Was Bentley’s number nine runner at the Northeast-10 Championships, finishing 112th overall in 32:23.4 ... also competed in the CapitalCross Challenge, placing 215th in 29:32.2 ... 2018: finished in Bentley’s top seven in five of six meets, including sixth in both the Northeast-10 Championships and the NCAA Division II Regional ... overall, was 75th in the NE10’s (27:25.81) and 103rd in the regional (36:52.50).

TRACK

2020-21: did not run in any meets … 2019-20: at the indoor Northeast-10 Championships, was 14th in the mile (4:38.52) and a member of the Falcons’ 4x800 relay team that placed eighth (8:19.30) ... that was his sixth meet of the season ... top times included 2:06.04 in the 800 (Brandeis Reggie Poyau),2:38.58 in the 1000 (BU Valentine’s) and 4:38.52 in the mile (NE10’s) ... 2018-19: was part of the Falcons’ 4x800 relay that was seventh in the Northeast-10 Indoor Championships (8:25.29) ... also placed 16th in the mile (4:40.17) at the indoor NE10’s ... outdoors, competed in four non-championship meets.

TFRRS Profile/Career History

News Mentions

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Bentley Cross Country Led by Freshmen at Paul Short Run

Freshmen were the top finishers for the Bentley University cross country teams during the prestigious 47th annual Paul Short Run at Lehigh...

October 1, 2021

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Freshmen Top Finishers for Bentley Cross Country in Shacklette Invitational

Freshmen were the top finishers for the Bentley University cross country teams during Saturday’s 39th annual Shacklette Invitational at...

September 11, 2021

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Capobianco Leads Bentley Men at Franklin Park

Freshman Sam Capobianco (North Reading/Phillips Andover) was the top finisher for the Bentley University men’s cross country team during the...

September 3, 2021

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Bilodeau, Pittorino & Tolan Named Bentley Cross Country Captains

Senior Samantha Bilodeau (New Ipswich, N.H./Mascenic Reg. HS) has been named the captain of the 2021 Bentley University women’s cross...

August 13, 2021