Bio

Team captain ... 2011 graduate of Arlington High School … very good student who is majoring in actuarial science and business studies … minor in politics … Before Bentley: helped Arlington High win four league and county championships in track and cross country … first-team All-County … received Most Improved and Coaches’ awards … received Section 1 Sportsmanship Award in 2010 … Personal: age as of Sept. 1: 21 … daughter of Albert and Melissa Pettinella … has one sister, Nina (18) … National Honor Society … has passed two actuarial tests (probability, financial mathematics) … webmaster for Bentley’s SAAC … Service Learning project manager (Prism Project).

CROSS COUNTRY

2013: participated in five meets for the third straight year … was Bentley’s number ten runner in Northeast-10 Championships, placing 105th overall (21:32) … team’s eighth-best time at New Englands (21:06), good for 154th in JV race … scored during the Shacklette Invitational, placing 65th overall in 22:28.1 … 2012: ran in the team’s first five meets … was 139th overall and 11th among Bentley runners in the Northeast-10 Championships (23:56.2) … tenth best time by a Bentley runner in the New Englands with her 22:06.49 putting her 195th in the JV race … 2011: began her career by posting Bentley’s third best time in the Shacklette Invitational, placing 57th overall in 23:29.3 … 12th among Falcons and 150th overall in Northeast-10 Championships (22:59.60) … in New Englands, was ninth among Bentley runners and 286th in the JV race (23:26).

TRACK

School record: has a share of the record in the outdoor 4x800 after combining with Amy Varsell, Caitlin Fahey and Dusty Sacco for a 9:22.96 at the 2013 Northeast-10 Championships … Bentley rankings: eighth in indoor distance medley (13:23,76, 2014 NE-10 Championships) … Indoor bests: 2:27.81 800 (2013 Dartmouth Indoor Classic), 3:09.32 1000 (2014 BU Valentine’s), 5:39.92 mile (UMass-Boston Indoor Open) … Outdoor bests: 1:04.29 400 (UNH Wildcat Invitational), 2:24.88 800 (2013 New Englands), 5:09.56 1,500 (2013 Raleigh Relays) … 2013-14: was seventh in the 4x800 (9:56.84) and 13th in the 800 (2:25.63) during the Northeast-10 Championships … eighth in the 1000 (3:12.19) and tenth in the distance medley (13:23.76) during the indoor NE-10’s … 26th in the 1000 (3:09.58) at the indoor New Englands … first in the 800 (2:30.62) at the 2014 GBTC Saucony Invitational … 2012-13: during the outdoor NE-10 championships, helped set a school record in the 4x800 (9:22.96), good for a third-place finish … was 25th in the 800 (2:24.88) at the outdoor New Englands … fifth in 4x800 (10:03.71) and tenth in the 1000 (3:13.10) at the indoor NE-10’s … first in 1000 (2:28.83) in GBTC Invitational … 2011-12: 17th in 800 (2:32.26) and ninth in 4x800 (10:36.67) during outdoor NE-10 Championships … indoors, was sixth in 4x800 (10:14.67) and 13th in 1000 (3:16.87).

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