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Senior
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| Hometown:
Dennis, Mass.
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| High School:
Dennis-Yarmouth
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| Event:
Middle Distance
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As a Senior (2004-05)
Ran a 2:08.97 in the indoors in 2005 in the ECAC preliminary round...ran a 2:07.91 in the outdoors in 2005 at the NCAA regionals preliminary round
As a Junior (2003-04)
Indoor: Won 800-meters at New England Championships with a time of 2:15.54...part of 4x800 relay at the Big East Championships...finished second in 500-meters at UNH Invitational...came in ninth out of 66 in 800-meter run at Valentine's Invitational with a time of 2:12.82.
Outdoor: Recorded first-place finish in 800 in New England Championships with a time of 2:09.54...member of 4x800 squad that took fourth at Big East Championships...was 14th out of 57 runners in 800 at Mt. SAC Relays...finished seventh in 800 at ECAC Championships and ran a personal best of 2:08.76...ran a 4:26.6 in the 1,500-meters at the Boston High Performance Meet.
As a Sophomore (2002-03)
Indoor: Recorded a second-place finish in the 800-meter run at the BU quad meet, crossing the line at 2:20.45...captured the 500-meter crown at the New England Championships turning in a time of 1:16.11.
Outdoor: Won the 800 at the UNH Invitational, turning in a time of 2:14.03...teamed with Katina McCrory, Kate Noonan and Jennifer Vendetti to grab an eighth-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay team at the Big East Championships...claimed fifth at the New England Championships in the 800 with a time of 2:15.92...finished off the season with an 800 time of 2:11.6 in the Boston High Performance meet.
As a Freshman (2001-02)
Indoor: Placed second in the 800-meters at the Harvard Dual in 2:21.86...claimed sixth in the 800 at the Husky Invitational in 2:20.94...won the 500-meters at the URI Invitational in a time of 1:15.77...took fourth in the 800 at the BU Tri-Meet in a season-best clocking of 2:16.72...captured first in the 500 at the UNH Tri-Meet...finished 14th in the 800 at the Big East Championships with a time of 2:19.23...came in third in the 500 at the New England Championships, registering a time of 1:16.25...ran a season-best 500 time of 1:15.30 at the ECAC Championships.
Outdoor: Won the 800 at the Husky Open in 2:19.67...finished 28th out of 42 runners in the 800 at the Duke Invitational, clocking a 2:14.63...took fourth in the 800 at the Mt. SAC Relays, recording a time of 2:12.42, the fifth fastest in school history...won the 400-meters at the Brown Invitational in a season-best time of 57.80.
Before BC
Massachusetts state champion in the 800-meters in 1998 and 2000, 600-meters in 2001 and 4x400-medley relay in 2001...won the New England championship in the 800 her freshman year and the 600 her senior season...member of the Massachusetts Gatorade Circle of Champions in 1998...played soccer in high school her freshman and sophomore years.
Personal
Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences...was on the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional scholastic honor roll all four years...Melissa is the oldest of Margaret and Rodney Sherman's three children...born on June 28, 1983.
