MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — Bates College placed sixth out of 31 point- scoring teams Saturday at the New England Division III Women’s Indoor Championships.
Bates scored 48 points, trailing Southern Maine and Tufts, who tied for fourth place, by four points each. Rhode Island College was seventh with 37 points. MIT won the meet with 123.5.
Allison Hill captured the New England title in the 60-meter hurdles and shattered her own team record in the event, in Bates’ headlining performance. Hill, whose previous team record in the 60 hurdles was 9.01 at the start of the day, finished her preliminary heat in 8.93 seconds, the second-fastest in the field behind rival Peyton Dostie of Southern Maine. In the event final, Hill blazed to an 8.86- second finish, defeating runner-up Marilyn Allen of Tufts by 0.14 seconds. Hill’s time ranked fourth in the country at the start of the day.
Hill also placed fourth overall in the 200 meters, despite running in the second fastest heat with a career-best time of 25.94 seconds. Hill leaped from fifth to fourth place on Bates’ all- time performance list in the event.
Junior captain Alexis Dickinson also broke a team record in the 60- meter dash, running a 7.96 race to qualify for finals, where she placed ninth in 7.99, matching her previous career best. Dickinson breaks the former team record of 7.98, set by Angeleque Hartt in 2014.
Bates competes next at Open New Englands, held at Boston University Friday and Saturday.
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