Tara Dooley
Tara Dooley
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Lee, Mass.
  • High School:
    Lee

Bio

All-America & Capital One Academic All-America® team captain ... 2011 graduate of Lee High School who is majoring in accountancy … outstanding student … has been Bentley’s number one runner in every cross country race she ran during her first three seasons … was a member of the Bentley lacrosse team as a freshman … Before Bentley: was a three-sport athlete and captain at Lee High, competing in soccer, basketball and lacrosse … two-year captain in soccer … led Lee to Western Massachusetts championship in basketball all four years and 2010 state championship … Lee also reached the state finals in 2011 … as a junior, made a buzzer-beater in the Western Mass. championship game to force overtime … four-year all-star in lacrosse … Personal: age as of Sept. 1: 21 … daughter of Michael and Jo-Anne Dooley … has two sisters, Kaitlyn (22) and Eileen (19) … involved with Catholic Campus Connection and Campus Activities Board … office manager for student activities staff … spent Spring 2014 semester studying abroad in France.

CROSS COUNTRY

2013: earned All-America honors by finishing fourth in the NCAA Division II Championships, covering the 6,000-meter course in 21:07.0 … broke the tape with a winning time of 21:19.2 at the NCAA Division II East Regional, a performance that earned her USTFCCCA Division II East Region Runner of the Year honors  … selected as a first-team Capital One NCAA Division II Academic All-America …  was second, to Dartmouth’s Abbey D’Agostino, in both the Dartmouth Invitational and the Central Connecticut State Invitational … Northeast-10 Women’s Runner of the Year despite missing the conference championships due to injury … NE-10 Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award … Capital One Academic All-District 1 … Academic All-Northeast-10 … USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic team … five-time Northeast-10 Women’s Runner of the Week … 2012: All-New England, All-NCAA Division II East Region and 1st-team All-Northeast-10 … finished second in both the Northeast-10 Championships (18:38.4) and the NCAA Division II Regional (21:17.4) … sixth overall and first among Division II student-athletes in the New England Championships (17:37.92) … placed 58th in the NCAA Division II Championships with a time of 21:49.9 … won the Central Connecticut State Invitational in 17:35.84 … USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic … Academic All-Northeast-10 … Capital One NCAA Division II Academic All-District … NE-10 Women’s Athlete of the Week twice (Sept. 24, Oct. 9) … NE-10 Weekly Honor Roll three times (Oct. 22, Nov. 5, 20) … 2011: All-New England, All-NCAA Division II East Region and 1st-team All-Northeast-10 … Northeast-10 Rookie of the Year … in first-ever cross country race, finished 28th overall and first among Division II runners in the New Englands in 18:34 … runner-up in the Northeast-10 Championships (17:44.23) and NCAA Division II East Regional (21:58.7) … 49th in NCAA Division II Championships (22:36.2) … USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic … named NE-10 Runner of the Week Oct. 10 … four-time NE-10 Rookie of the Week.

TRACK

Owns fourth fastest outdoor 10,000 in program history (39:37.82) … 2013-14: did not compete in any track meets as she spent spring semester studying abroad … 2012-13: was fifth in 10,000 at Northeast-10 Championships (39.37.82) in only track race of the year … 2011-12: was second in mile at Brandeis Reggie Poyau Invitational (5:14.80). 

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