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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Hometown:
- Boylston, Mass.
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- High School:
- Tahanto Regional
Bio
Cross Country Captain … 2013 graduate of Tahanto Regional High School who is majoring in finance … minor in law … 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 … involved in SAAC and is a Student Ambassador.
CROSS COUNTRY
2015: honors included USTFCCCA Division II All-East Region, first-team All-Northeast-10 and Academic All-Northeast-10 … Bentley’s number one runner in four of the five races she ran with the only exception being the NCAA Division II East Regional … was fourth in the Northeast-10 Championships (22:43.5) and 18th in the regional (22:21.07) … was also 93rd overall at the New England Championships (19:04.7) … that was ninth best among NE-10 runners … NE-10 Women’s Athlete of the Week Sept. 14 … 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: 4th in outdoor 5,000 (17:57.21), 5th in indoor 5,000 (17:57.80), 12th in indoor mile (5:21.89), 15th in indoor 3,000 (10:42.55) … Indoor Bests: 5:21.89 mile (2016 GBTC Inv.), 10:42.55 3,000 (2016 BU Terrier Inv.), 17:57.80 5,000 (2016 New Englands) … Outdoor Bests: 4:59.67 1500 (2016 Stonehill Skyhawk Inv.), 10:55.04 3,000 (2015 Stonehill Skyhawk), 17:57.21 5,000 (2016 Northeast-10 Championships) … 2015-16: finished fifth in the 5,000 at the Northeast-10 outdoor championships (17:57.21) … became only fourth Falcon woman to break 18 minutes in the 5K both indoors and outdoors … indoors, was third in the 5,000 at the NE-10’s (18:25.21) and ninth in the same event at the New Englands (17:57.80) … 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.
News Mentions
8th-Place Finish by Morena Leads Bentley During NCAA Regional
It was a top-ten performance for Bentley University’s Julia Morena (Boylston, Mass./Tahanto Reg. HS) as the senior finished eighth overall...
November 5, 2016
Morena Finishes 4th for 2nd Time, Helps Bentley Women Take 3rd at Northeast-10 Championships
Led by a second-straight fourth-place finish by senior tri-captain Julia Morena (Boylston/Tahanto Reg. HS), the Bentley University Falcons...
October 22, 2016
Morena Top Runner for Bentley Women at New Englands
Senior Julia Morena (Boylston/Tahanto Reg. HS) led the Bentley University women’s cross country team during the New England Championships at...
October 8, 2016
Morena & Burke Post Top-10 Finishes in Tennessee, Helping Falcons Place 5th
Paced by top-ten finishes from seniors Julia Morena (Boylston, Mass./ Tahanto Reg. HS) and Katie Burke (Braintree, Mass./Braintree HS), the...
September 24, 2016
Fehskens & Morena Lead Bentley to 2nd Place Finish in Kirsh Cup
Led by freshman Paige Fehskens (Wareham, Mass./Wareham HS) and senior Julia Morena (Boylston, Mass./Tananto Reg. HS), the Bentley University...
September 17, 2016
Three Seniors to Serve as Bentley Women’s Cross Country Captains
Three seniors, including All-Region honoree Julia Morena (Boylston/ Boylston HS), will serve as captains of the 2016 Bentley University women&rsqu...
September 2, 2016