Julia Morena
Julia Morena
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Boylston, Mass.
  • High School:
    Tahanto Regional

Bio

2013 graduate of Tahanto Regional High School who is majoring in finance … Before Bentley: lettered in soccer, basketball and track while in high school … team captain in all three sports as a senior … also played AAU basketball with the Shamrocks … participated in the Baystate Games in soccer … Central Massachusetts All-Star in soccer in 2012 … Personal: age as of Sept. 1: 20 … daughter of Jim and Tricia Morena … has two sisters, Elizabeth (23) and Sophia (15) … received Highest Honors at Tahanto.

CROSS COUNTRY

2014: in her first career cross country race, was Bentley’s number three finisher and 44th overall in the Shacklette Invitational (21:43.3) … ran in a total of three meets … 2013: was not a member of the cross country team as a freshman.

TRACK

Rankings: 14th in outdoor 5,000 (18:53.59, 2015 Northeast-10 Championships) … Indoor Bests: 5:50.31 mile (2014 BU Valentine’s), 11:27.72 3,000 (2015 Northeast-10 Championships) … Outdoor Bests: 5:13.52 1500 (2015 MIT Sean Collier Inv.), 10:55.04 3,000 (2015 Stonehill Skyhawk), 18:53.59 5,000 (2015 Northeast-10 Championships) … 2014-15: posted a pair of 13th-place finishes during the Northeast-10 Championships, in the 3,000 indoors (11:27.72) and the 5,000 outdoors (18:53.59) … 2013-14: finished 14th in the 3,000 at the indoor NE-10 Championships (11:31.10) … did not run in any meets outdoors.

TFRRS Profile

News Mentions

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Six Bentley Cross Country Runners Earn USTFCCCA All-Region Honors

Six Bentley University cross country runners have been recognized as Division All-East Region by the United States Track and Field & Cross...

November 10, 2015

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Dooley Earns 4th Trip to NCAA Division II Championships; Bentley Finishes 5th of 28

HOPKINTON, N.H. – For the fourth time in her illustrious career, Bentley University grad student and All-America Tara Dooley (Lee, Mass./Lee...

November 8, 2015

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Bentley Cross Country Set for Sunday’s NCAA East Regional; Trip to Nationals on the Line

The Bentley University men’s and women’s cross country teams will be in Hopkinton, N.H. Sunday for the 2015 NCAA Division II East...

November 6, 2015

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Worcester Telegram: "Morena excelling on Bentley cross country team"

In this article that appeared in the Nov. 4 edition of the Worcester Telegram, sportswriter Jen Toland profiled Bentley cross country runner Julia...

November 4, 2015

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Morena & Dooley Lead Bentley Women to 2nd in Northeast-10 Championships

With junior Julia Morena (Boylston, Mass./Tahanto Reg. HS) and All-America grad student Tara Dooley (Lee, Mass./Lee HS) posting top ten finishes,...

October 25, 2015

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Morena Leads Bentley Women at New Englands

Just as was the case in her previous two races this season, Bentley University junior Julia Morena (Boylston/Tahanto Reg. HS) was the number one...

October 10, 2015

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Morena Leads Bentley Women during Roy Griak Invitational

Junior Julia Morena (Boylston, Mass./Tahanto Reg. HS) was the top finisher for the Bentley University women’s cross country team during the...

September 26, 2015

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Morena Named Northeast-10 Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week

Following a strong showing in the Dartmouth Invitational, Bentley University junior Julia Morena (Boylston/Tahanto Reg. HS) has been named the...

September 14, 2015

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Morena & Burke Bentley’s Top Finishers in Season-Opening Dartmouth Invitational

Juniors Julia Morena (Boylston, Mass./Tahanto Reg. HS) and Katie Burke (Braintree, Mass./Braintree HS) were the top two finishers for the Bentley...

September 12, 2015