DURHAM, N.H. — Led by two team record-setting performances by junior Allison Hill, the Bates College women’s track and field team created movement up and down its all-time performance lists Saturday at the UNH Wildcat Invitational.
Competing against Division I New Hampshire and Maine as well as Division III Lesley College, the Bobcats won three events and scored 168 points, proving their mettle. Bates finished third in the meet, with UNH coming out on top ahead of Maine.
Hill of Brunswick, the current NESCAC Track Performer of the Week, won the 100-meter hurdles in 14.57 seconds, clipping 0.26 seconds off of her own team record in the event. Hill crossed the finish line two-tenths of a second ahead of Maine junior Grace MacLean. The time moves Hill into a tie for seventh place on the national Division III performance list.
Hill also tied the team record in the 200, finishing second in a time of 25.49 seconds. Hill’s time ties the team record set by Dana Lindauer in 2011 and it ranks 28th in Division III nationally.
Also for Bates, senior Alexis Dickinson of Brunswick placed third in the 100 dash (12.71) and ran a personal-best 26.27 in the 200, moving her into seventh on the team’s all-time performance list.
Bates next competes at the Aloha Relays at Bowdoin on Friday and Saturday.
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