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Jillian Richardson

Jillian Richardson

  • Award
    Bobcats of the Week
  • Week Of
    11/25/2019
  • Sport
    Women's Cross Country
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With only three runners remaining from its NCAA team a year ago, the Bates women's cross country team finished an improbably great 2019 season at the NCAA Division III Championships on Saturday by placing 14th out of 32 teams, the team's best-ever national finish.

First-year Jillian Richardson (Auburn, Maine) led the Bobcats for the fifth time in six races this season, finishing 59th out of 280 runners in 22:29.6 over 6 kilometers. Richardson trailed only six other first-year runners, and was 1.1 seconds behind the 55th-place runner, Suffolk senior Emily Manfra. Richardson was less than 16 seconds outside of the top 40 individuals, who receive All-America honors.

Bates' five previous team berths to the NCAA Championships occurred in 1995 (placing 18th out of 21 teams), 1997 (15th/21), 2012 (19th/32), 2016 (19th/32) and 2018 (17th/32). The 2018 team included four now-graduated seniors: Sarah Rothmann, Wendy Memishian and its top two runners in Katie Barker and Ayden Eickhoff.



Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
5/12/2014 Heather Monty Rowing
5/12/2014 Alexandra Hill Rowing
5/12/2014 Gabriella Bilotta Rowing
5/5/2014 Claire Markonic Women's Track and Field
5/5/2014 Sean Enos Men's Track and Field
4/28/2014 Kelsey Freedman Softball
4/28/2014 Brad Reynolds Baseball
4/21/2014 Griff Tewksbury Baseball
4/21/2014 Wally Pierce Women's Lacrosse
4/14/2014 Michelle Kelley Rowing
4/14/2014 Nicholas Flynn Rowing
4/14/2014 Matthew Silverman Rowing
4/14/2014 Rebecca O'Neill Rowing
4/14/2014 Emilie Muller Rowing
4/14/2014 Emma Taylor Rowing
4/14/2014 Eliza Barkan Rowing
4/14/2014 Savannah Stockly Rowing
4/14/2014 Welles Mathison Rowing
4/14/2014 Molly Huffaker Rowing
4/14/2014 Rachel Ellis Rowing
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