On Sunday Sean Dolan of Hopewell Valley took home the New Balance Nationals Outdoor boys mile championship when he ran a time of 4:12.22. The junior was coming off a a big 1:49.82 anchor leg the night before when his team finished sixth for All-American status in the championship 4x800m running 7:41.84.
The Hopewell Valley star was fourth midway through the mile race, at three quarters of a mile the split was at 3:12 with Dolan in second. Just before the last turn off the backstretch Dolan made his move for first and never looked back gaining separation with a strong final push to the line.
Dolan's best in the open mile is a 4:08.86 which he ran this past May to finish second at the adidas Boost Boston Games. He's had a great junior season which also included a Group 3 NJSIAA state title and a second place Meet of Champions finish in the 800m where he ran 1:50.74. He was only behind the National Champion Luis Peralta in that MOCs race. Back in April at Penn Relays Dolan also posted a monster 4:07.57 to anchor their winning DMR to a time of 9:57.77.
Boys Mile Championship Results
| Place | Athlete | Affiliation | Time |
| 1 | Sean DOLAN | Hopewell Valley Tc-Nj | 4:12.22 |
| 2 | Anthony DEKRAKER | Spirit of Pre-MI | 4:13.40 |
| 3 | Brent BAILEY | Seashore Force-VA | 4:13.80 |
| 4 | Michael MOERK | Tabor City Tc-Nc | 4:16.10 |
| 5 | Thomas SHILGALIS | Shilgalis-Thomas-IL-Naperville | 4:16.31 |
| 6 | Paul MCKINLEY | McKinley-Paul-MI-Okemos High S | 4:16.62 |
| 7 | Joseph DOSREIS | dosReis-Joseph-RI-La Salle Aca | 4:17.25 |
| 8 | Jeffery PEDERSEN | East Greenwich Tc-Ri | 4:17.51 |
