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Jillian Richardson

Jillian Richardson

  • Award
    Bobcats of the Week
  • Week Of
    11/25/2019
  • Sport
    Women's Cross Country
  • Bio
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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
9/16/2013 Miranda Shapiro Women's Volleyball
9/16/2013 Garrett Johnson Golf
9/9/2013 Caroline Falcone Field Hockey
9/9/2013 Peabo Knoth Men's Soccer
6/3/2013 David Hardison Men's Track and Field
6/3/2013 Gabriella Bilotta Rowing
5/13/2013 Kallie Nixon Women's Track and Field
5/13/2013 James LePage Men's Track and Field
5/6/2013 Kevin Davis Baseball
5/6/2013 Alison Simmons Rowing
5/6/2013 Emma Taylor Rowing
5/6/2013 Rebecca O'Neill Rowing
5/6/2013 Margaux Joselow Rowing
5/6/2013 Molly Huffaker Rowing
5/6/2013 Taylor Kniffin Rowing
5/6/2013 Hadley Dawson Rowing
5/6/2013 Sarah Murphy Rowing
5/6/2013 Lauren Hadiaris Rowing
4/29/2013 Mary Lewis Softball
4/29/2013 Jack Strain Men's Lacrosse
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