Jill Alves
Jill Alves
Height: 5-3
Year: Jr
Hometown: Whitman, Mass.
High School: Whitman-Hanson Regional
Major: Psychology

Career Bests:
5k: 18:42
6k: 23:09.5

2009:
NCAA Division II All-East Region Team
NE-10 Weekly Honor Roll (9/8, 9/29)
Was Stonehill's top finisher at the Bryant Invitational, placing 12th, and at the USI Pre-National Invitational, placing 15th. Finished 19th at the UMass-Dartmouth Invitational. 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 second straight year.

2008:
NCAA Division II All-East Region Team
NE-10 All-Conference First Team
NE-10 Freshman of the Year
NE-10 Freshman of the Week (9/15, 10/27, 11/10)
NE-10 Weekly Honor Roll (9/8, 9/22)
Placed 6th in the 4k 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 in the 5k at the New England Championships. Finished 4th overall in the 5k at the Northeast-10 Conference Championships, earning First Team All-Conference accolades. Placed 6th overall in the 6k at the East Regional Championships, earning All-Regional accolades. Finished 155nd in the 6k at the NCAA Championships.

High School:
2008 graduate of Whitman-Hanson Regional High School. Four-year letterwinner, serving as captain junior and senior year. Earned Boston Herald All-Scholastic honors in cross country as a senior. Named Atlantic Coast League All-Star in both cross country and track. Four-year letterwinner in indoor and outdoor track, serving as captain of both teams senior year. Team MVP as a junior in cross country and indoor track. Team MVP as a senior in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track.

Personal:
Born December 12, 1989, Weymouth, Mass. Daughter of Sheila and Ken Alves of Whitman, Mass. Has one brother, Richard (22). Majoring in psychology.