Gary Mello ‘01 – Cross Country - Bentley

Mello was the Northeast-10 men’s cross country champion in 2000 (26:00), 1999 (26:48) and 1998 (26:39) becoming the first runner in conference history to “three-peat.”

He was an individual qualifier for NCAA Div. II Championships as a sophomore in 1998 (course record 32:31), and as a junior in 1999 (31:05).

Mello was also a NCAA Div. II Northeast Regional champion as a senior in 2000 (31:47).  He finished sixth in New Englands as a sophomore (24:24) and became Bentley’s first-ever NCAA Div. II cross country All-America with a 17th place finish in 1998

Mello earned All-America honors for a second-team with a 22nd-place finish in 2000 (32:31.9).