COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – Nicole Hill (Bowie, Md./Bowie) finished second in the 60 to lead McDaniel at the 2017 Centennial Conference women's indoor track and field championship hosted by Ursinus on Saturday and Sunday.

Scoring:

• The Green Terror finished ninth with 20 points. Johns Hopkins won the team title at the 10-team championship with 180 points, defeating second-place Dickinson by 18 points.

Precious Medals: The following athletes earned a medal at the championship:

• Nicole Hill won the silver medal in the 60 meters with a time of 8.00 seconds. She qualified fifth in the prelims with a time of 8.09 seconds before improving both her time and place in the finals.

Making a Point: The following athletes earned points at the championship:

• Arielle Latourette (Easton, Pa./Easton Area): triple jump, finishing seventh with a jump of 10.16 meters (33-4).
• Shantae Byro (Baltimore, Md./Northwestern): triple jump, finishing eighth with a jump of 10.06 meters (33-1/4).
• Yusrah Adebayo (Silver Spring, Md./Paint Branch): 200, finishing eighth with a time of 27.56 seconds; 60 hurdles, finishing sixth in a time of 10.06 seconds. She qualified third with a time of 9.51 seconds in the prelims.
• The 4x200-meter relay of Shantae Byro, Yusrah Adebayo, Nicole Hill and Arielle Latourette finished sixth with a time of 1:50.55.
• The 4x400-meter relay of Yusrah Adebayo, Nicole Hill, Steph Becker (New Oxford, Pa./New Oxford) and Shantae Byro finished seventh with a time of 4:17.52.

A New Standard: The following athletes hit ECAC-qualifying marks at the meet:

• 4x200-meter relay: 1:50.55
• Nicole Hill, 60, 8.00 seconds

Top of Her Game: The following athletes turned in a personal-best performance at the meet:

• Arielle Latourette, triple jump, 10.16 meters
• Shantae Byro, triple jump, 10.06 meters
• Nicole Hill, 60, 8.00 seconds

Top 10 Worthy: The following athletes achieved a mark that ranks in the program's all-time top 10:

• Arielle Latourette now ranks fifth in the triple jump (10.16 meters)
• Shantae Byro now ranks sixth in the triple jump (10.06 meters).
• The 4x200-meter relay now ranks sixth all-time with its time of 1:50.55.
• Nicole Hill now ranks fourth in the 60 (8.00 seconds).
• The 4x400-meter relay now ranks sixth all-time with its time of 4:17.52.

The Best of the Rest: The following also competed at the event:

• Shantae Byro, 60, 11th, 8.33 seconds
• Kelly Gibson, high jump, 13th, 1.40 meters
• Arielle Latourette, long jump, ninth, 4.67 meters

Next Up: The Green Terror returns to action at the ECAC Championship hosted by Ithaca on Friday and Saturday.

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