Bentley University

2013 graduate of Peabody High School who transferred from UMass-Dartmouth before the 2015 spring semester … majoring in marketing … Before Bentley: competed in two years of cross country and one year of track at UMass-Dartmouth … was member of top seven on all state champion cross country team as a senior at Peabody … Personal: age as of Sept.  1: 21 … daughter of Sharon and John Leach … has two sisters, Sarah (23) and Amy (18) … involved in SAAC.

CROSS COUNTRY

2015: competed in four meets … 58th overall and fifth among Falcons in the NCAA Division II East Regional (23:44.42) … Bentley’s top finisher in the Bruce Kirsch Cup with her 15:30.3 for 4K putting her 13th overall … 227th overall, and fourth among Bentley runners, at the New Englands (20:39.9) … 2014 (at UMass-Dartmouth): ran in three meets … 2013 (at UMass-Dartmouth): was 89th in the Alliance Cross Country Championships (22:20.8) and 267th in the NCAA Division III New England Regional (26:25.2).

TRACK

Indoor Bests: 2:41.54 800 (2014 Tufts, for UMass-Dartmouth), 3:27.57 1000 (2014 BU Valentine’s, for UMass-Dartmouth), 5:30.26 mile (2016 BU Hemery Inv.) … Outdoor Bests: 2:33.36 800 (2015 Stonehill Skyhawk), 5:32.87 1500 (2014 Tufts Snowflake) … 2015-16: ran in seven meets indoors, including the Northeast-10 Championships where she was 14th in the 3,000 (11:05.33) … did not see any action outdoors … 2014-15: competed in five outdoor meets, including the Northeast-10 Championships where she was 27th in the 800 (2:35.53) and part of the Falcons’ 4x800 relay that placed seventh (10:07.61) … did not run in any indoor meets … 2013-14: ran in six indoor and five outdoor meets for UMass-Dartmouth … in New England Alliance Championships, was 16th in the outdoor 800 (2:35.99) and 20th in the indoor 800 (2:42.61).

TFRRS Profile (cross country)

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