Career Bests:
Capital One Academic All-American
5k: 18:26.2 (second overall) at the NE-10 Championships on November7, 2010.
6k: 22:59 (fifth overall) at the NCAA Division II East Regionalson November 21, 2010.
2011:Capital One Academic All-American.NE-10 Academic All-Conference. Athletic Director'sHonor Roll (Fall Semester). NE-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll(BothSemesters).USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree.Capital One Academic All-District I selection (CrossCountry and Track & Field). NCAA Division IIAll-East Region Team. NE-10 All-Conference Third Team. Posteda season-best time of 18:34.85 on the 5-kilometer layout at theNE-10 Championships (15th overall). Finished 14th overall at theNCAA Division II East Regionals on the 6-kilometer course in23:23.0. Placed 89th overall at the NCAA Division II NationalChampionships (6-kilometers, 23:48.2). Finished 36th overall (8thamong Division II competitors) at the National CatholicChampionships (5k, 18:41). Posted a time of 19:53 at the CodfishBowl (5k, 29th overall). AlvesEarns Fourth-Career All-East Region Honors.
2010: NE-10 AcademicAll-Conference. Athletic Director's Honor Roll SpringSemester. NE-10 Commissioner's HonorRoll bothsemesters.USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree.Capital One Academic All-District I selection (CrossCountry and Track & Field). NCAA Division IIAll-East Region Team. NE-10 All-Conference FirstTeam. Finished second overall in the NE-10 championshipsshattering her career best in the 5k in 18:26 while guiding theSkyhawks to their second-consecutive conference title. Placed fifthoverall in the NCAA Division II East Regionals setting a careerbest in the six-kilometer with a time of 22:59. Finished 77thoverall in the NCAA Division II championships leading Stonehill toan 18th place finish (67th overall among scoring runners).
2009:USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree. NCAADivision II All-East Region Team. NE-10 All-ConferenceFirst Team. Was Stonehill's top finisher at the BryantInvitational, placing 12th, and at the USI Pre-NationalInvitational, placing 15th. Finished 19th at the UMass-DartmouthInvitational. Placed 4th overall in the NE-10 championship.Finished 8th overall at the NCAA Division II East Regional meet,earning a selection to the All-East Region Team fo the secondstraight year. NE-10 Weekly Honor Roll (9/8, 9/29).
2008: NCAADivision II All-East Region Team. NE-10 All-ConferenceFirst Team. NE-10 Freshman of the Year. NE-10Freshman of the Week (9/15, 10/27, 11/10). Placed 6th in the4k at the Trinity Invite. Placed 4th in the 5k at the Tufts Invite.Placed 70th in the 6k at the Iona Meet of Champions. Placed 46th inthe 5k at the New England Championships. Finished 4th overall inthe 5k at the Northeast-10 Conference Championships, earning FirstTeam All-Conference accolades. Placed 6th overall in the 6k at theEast Regional Championships, earning All-Regional accolades.Finished 155nd in the 6k at the NCAA Championships. NE-10Weekly Honor Roll (9/8, 9/22).
High School: 2008graduate of Whitman-Hanson Regional High School. Four-yearletterwinner, serving as captain junior and senior year. EarnedBoston Herald All-Scholastic honors in cross country as a senior.Named Atlantic Coast League All-Star in both cross country andtrack. Four-year letterwinner in indoor and outdoor track, servingas captain of both teams senior year. Team MVP as a junior in crosscountry and indoor track. Team MVP as a senior in cross country,indoor track and outdoor track.
Personal: BornDecember 12, 1989, Weymouth, Mass. Daughter of Sheila and Ken Alvesof Whitman, Mass. Has one brother, Richard (22). Majoring inpsychology.
