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.