WAVERLY, Iowa — The Bates College women’s track and field team concluded the season by scoring in two events within minutes of each other at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships, as junior Allison Hill of Brunswick placed seventh in the 100-meter hurdles and sophomore Sally Ceesay placed eighth in the triple jump.
Hill claimed her first career All-America honor in her second career NCAA Championship appearance, finishing seventh out of eight finalists in a headwind altered 14.45 seconds. Originally seeded eighth in the event, Hill ran the sixth-fastest time in Friday’s trials, at 14.33.
In March, Hill placed ninth in the 60-meter hurdles at the NCAA Indoor Championships, shut out of the finals by 0.01 seconds.
On Friday, Hill ran the sixth-fastest time in a field of 20 athletes in the hurdles.
Alexis Dickinson of Brunswick concluded her career by placing 22nd in the 100 dash in 12.45 seconds.
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