Srishti Sunil broke her own school record in the long jump at Open New Englands on May 13, 2016, 2016. (File photo by Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Sophomore Srishti Sunil and junior Allison Hill both again broke their own team records in the long jump and 100-meter hurdles, respectively, on the first day of the all-divisions Open New Englands Friday at Southern Connecticut State.
Sunil (Bangalore, India) long jumped 18 feet and 5 inches on her third attempt of the day, 0.75 inches beyond her previous team record of 18-4.25 set two weeks ago at the NESCAC Championships. Sunil scored six team points for placing third in the event out of 22.
Running in Friday's preliminary heats, Hill (Brunswick, Maine) finished the 110 hurdles in 14.39 seconds, taking 0.06 seconds off of her own standing record set a week ago. She will ran in Saturday's finals in the event. It is the fourth week in a row that Hill has broken her own record in the event, a run that began with her going 14.57 seconds at the University of New Hampshire on April 16.
Hill also came within one hundredth of a second of matching the team 200-meter record she tied earlier this season, going 25.50 seconds into a slight headwind to place 13th out of 29. Hill shares the record with Dana Lindauer at 25.49.
Senior Alexis Dickinson (Brunswick, Maine) ran a 12.54-second 100-meter dash preliminary heat.
The bulk of the meet takes place Saturday.