2017-18 Merrimack College Men's Track & Field Roster

Zack Mello

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Rochester, Mass.
  • High School / Prep (Previous College) Bishop Stang
  • Major Business

Biography

2017-18
Indoor Track & Field

  • Competed in four meets during his senior indoor season
  • Won the 55m preliminary event at the USM Open (1/27)
  • Posted a personal best in the 400m race (53.68) at the UMass Boston Winter Open (12/2)
Outdoor Track & Field
  • Ran in five meets during the outdoor season
  • Was on three 4x100 relay teams that finished in the top four on three difference occasions, including a first-pace finish at the Merrimack Invitational (4/21) and a fourth place finish at the NE10 Outdoor Championships (5/4-5/5)
  • Had a season's best time of 11.36 seconds at the NE10 Outdoor Championships


2016-17
Indoor Track & Field

  • Placed fourth in the 55 meter dash at the USM III meet

2015-16
Indoor Track & Field:
 Competed in two meets as a sophomore … Competed in the 60m with his best time coming at the Art Farnham Invitational where he ran 7.27 in the 60m, finishing 2nd.

Outdoor Track & Field:  Did not compete due to injury

2014-15
Indoor Track & Field: 
Ran in one meet as a freshman … Placed seventh in the finals of the 60m dash and eighth in the preliminaries at the UMass Boston Indoor Opener (12/6).

Outdoor Track & Field: Part of the 4x100m relay team that was named the league’s Male Relay Team of the Week (4/8) … Competed in two meets … Placed first with the relay team in the 4x100m at the 2015 Jim Sheehan Invitational (4/4). 

Before Merrimack: Four-year letterwinner ... Earned All-EAC honors as a sophomore, junior and senior ... Team MVP as a junior and senior ... All-State and D3 State Champion in the 55m as a junior and senior ... Earned all-region status as a senior ... Also recruited by Sacred Heart and UMass Lowell.

Personal: Born Dec. 12, 1995 ... Son of Chris and Charlene ... Has one sibling, Cassey ... Business major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Distance
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Distance
  • 2016-17Junior

    Sprints
  • 2017-18Senior

    Sprints