Rupak Darshan Mehta
Rupak Darshan Mehta
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Howell, N.J.
  • High School:
    Howell

Bio

2013 graduate of Lewis S. Mills High School, the alma matter of multi-time All-America and Capital One Academic All-America® Amy Varsell, who starred for the Falcons from 2009-14 … very good student majoring in both computer information systems and liberal studies, with a concentration in media arts and society … Before Bentley: team captain of his high school cross country team as a senior … that season, the Spartans won the conference championship … Personal: age as of Sept. 1: 20 … son of Sharon and David McHale … has three siblings: Coralie (21), Cameron (19) and Cortland (18) … has volunteered with Heads up Hartford.

CROSS COUNTRY

2014: USFTCCCA All-Academic honoree … scored in each of his five races as a sophomore … finished 33rd overall at the Northeast-10 Championships with his time of 29:22 third best among Bentley competitors … team’s second-best time (32:46.51) at the NCAA Division II East Regional, placing 38th overall … Bentley’s best time in the Mayor’s Cup with his 26:04 putting him 45th overall … named to Oct. 28 NE-10 Weekly Honor Roll … 2013: was one of Bentley’s top seven in the four races he ran in … finished 78th in the Northeast-10 Championships (28:05), 130th in the NCAA Division II East Regional (36:22.5) and 233rd in the New Englands (27:30) … in his collegiate debut, was 57th in the Dartmouth Invitational (27:34.58).

TRACK

Bentley Rankings: 7th in outdoor 2-mile (9:44.94, 2014 Stonehill Skyhawk Invitational, converted from 3,000m), 14th in indoor 5,000 (15:21.40, 2015 New Englands) … Indoor Bests: 4:26.96 mile (2015 BU Valentines), 8:54.58 3,000 (2015 Tufts Cupid Challenge), 15:21.40 5,000 (2015 New Englands) … Outdoor Bests: 4:18.15 1500 (MIT Sean Collier Invitational), 9:01.61 3,000 (2014 Stonehill Skyhawk Invitational), 15:59.83 5,000 (2014 Northeast-10 Championships), 35:34.60 10,000 (2014 Corsair Classic) … 2014-15: finished ninth in the 5,000 (15:32.23) and 26th in the 3,000 (9:30.83) during the Northeast-10 Indoor Championships … at the indoor New Englands, was 21st in the 5,000 (15:21.40) and part of Bentley’s distance medley relay team that was 16th (10:34.63) … a torn patella tendon kept him sidelined during the outdoor season … 2013-14: was ninth in indoor Northeast-10 Championships in the 3,000 with a time of 9:08.69 … 14th in 5,000 at outdoor NE-10’s (15:59.83).

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