Running in her first outdoor 1,500 meter race, first-year Ayden Eickhoff (Corvallis, Mont.) jumped into seventh place on Bates' all-time performance list with a winning time of 4:41.82. 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 against the first-place Wildcats (209), the second-place Black Bears (193) and Lesley (16).
