Last Week in Review: New stars emerge and David Melly continues to roll

David Melly of Newton South has been on a tear the past two weeks.  Last Sunday he won the B.A.A. Invitational Mile, and this week he posted the #1 time in the state for the mile and the #3 time in the state for the two mile.  The best part is, he did it in the same meet.  Melly won the mile in 4:22 and then went on to win the 2 mile in 9:48 against a very strong Acton-Boxboro team.

Melly’s strong pace in the mile helped pull sophomore James Sullivan of Acton-Boxboro to a very impressive second place time of 4:30.  But Sullivan was not the only sophomore distance runner who was testing his limits this week.  Evan Grandfield of Bishop Feehan won the mile (4:42.3) and the 2 mile (9:57.5) in their meet against Attleboro, and he appears to be getting progressively more comfortable with taking over the lead.  If these two emerging stars continue to develop, we may see another distance rivalry similar to that of Shayne Collins and John Murray in two years.

Last Saturday, Taelour Murphy of Triton Regional won the Red Raider Invitational in a MA#3 time of 12.67.  But the performance is even more impressive than the state ranking would indicate because it’s one of the very few fully automatic 100m times run in the state thus far.  The larger events that use automatic timing systems kick-off this weekend and it will be interesting to see how Murphy’s time holds-up when human error is removed from the equation.  To put it in perspective, Murphy is already ahead of the 12.73 she ran at the 2010 MIAA All State Championships; a time that earned her 8th place.

In the field, Holly Lanchantin of Natick launched a MA#1 discus throw of 116’9” to win the event against Braintree.  Her mark is 7 feet ahead of MA#2 Tatiana Froehlich of Newton North and almost 10 feet ahead of MA#3 Kristina Moran of Bishop Fenwick.

 

Here is a look at the rest of the week:

Bishop Feehan vs. Attleboro

Meet Results

Girls Highlights

Boys Highlights

Braintree vs. Natick

Meet Results

Girls Highlights

Boys Highlights

Brookline vs. Dedham

Meet Results

Girls Highlights

Boys Highlights

Hudson vs. Whitinsville Christian

Meet Results

Girls Highlights

Boys Highlights

Lincoln Sudbury vs. Boston Latin

Mansfield vs. King Philip

Meet Results

Girls Highlights

Boys Highlights

Newton South vs. Acton Boxboro

Meet Results

Girls Highlights

Boys Highlights

North Attleboro vs Whitman Hanson

Meet Results

Girls Highlights

Boys Highlights

Oliver Ames vs. Coyle & Cassidy

Meet Results

Girls Highlights

Boys Highlights

Oliver Ames vs. King Philip

Meet Results

Girls Highlights

Boys Highlights

Walpole vs. Needham

Meet Results

Girls Highlights

Boys Highlights

Wellesley vs. Newton North

Meet Results

Girls Highlights

Boys Highlights

Weymouth vs. Milton

Meet Results

Girls Highlights

Boys Highlights