Bates junior Kallie Nixon will run in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at this week’s NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships, as the championship meet’s accepted entries were released on Sunday.
Senior Bud Arens’ final race as a Bobcat was a great one. In the final event of the 2013 ECAC Division III Track & Field Championship, Arens and three teammates ran a meet- and team-record time of 9:10.28 in the 4×800-meter relay.
First-year Hannah Zeltner placed third in the 10,000-meter run Friday night, in the final event of the first day of the ECAC Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships Thursday at Springfield College.
Junior Kallie Nixon set a personal record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, and Bates placed seventh in the 4×800 relay to highlight the final day of the all-divisions Open New Englands on Saturday at Stonehill College.
The Bates women’s track and field team posted solid times but didn’t score any points in four events on Friday at the all-divisions Open New Englands at Stonehill College.