Junior Vanessa Paolella is headed to the NCAA Championships along with five other Bates women after her personal record of 5:02.66 in the mile at the Tufts Last Chance Meet. (Brewster Burns for Bates College)
Paolella finished the mile in 5:02.66 at the Tufts Last Chance Meet, moving her into sixth place on Bates' all-time top 10 list in the event. Paolella's time -- her personal best by six seconds - was good for a 13th seed entering this week's NCAA Championships.
All thanks to performances at yesterday's Tufts Final National Qualifying Meet, the Bates women's track and field team will have a team record-matching six student-athletes competing in a combined four events at this week's NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships, as official entries were announced Sunday night by the NCAA. The meet takes place March 13-14 at JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, N.C.
The women's team's six athletes will be joined by five members of the Bates men's track and field team also headed to NCAAs.
Bates Men's & Women's NCAA Schedule:
Friday, March 13
11:00AM -- Men's Heptathlon (Brendan Donahue)
1:00PM -- Men's 3,000M Trial (Bart Rust)
2:00PM -- Men's Mile Trial (Ryan Nealis)
2:20PM -- Women's Mile Trial (Vanessa Paolella)
2:55PM -- Women's 60M Hurdles Trial (Amanda Kaufman)
4:50PM -- Women's 800M Trial (Elise Lambert)
5:35PM -- Men's 5,000M Trial (Justin Levine)
5:45PM -- Men's Weight Throw (John Rex)
6:35PM -- Women's 4x400 Relay Trial (Becca Willis, Amanda Kaufman, Paige Rabb, Megan Seymour)
Saturday, March 14
11:00AM -- Men's Heptathlon (Donahue)
2:30PM -- Men's Mile Final (Nealis)
2:40PM -- Women's Mile Final (Paoella)
3:00PM -- Women's 60 Hurdles Final (Kaufman)
4:00PM -- Women's 800M Final (Lambert)
4:30PM -- Men's 3,000M Final (Levine)
5:15PM -- Women's 4x400 Relay Final (Willis, Kaufman, Rabb, Seymour)
