LA CROSSE, Wis.—Swarthmore College Women's Track & Field sophomore Lilly Price earned All-American honors on Saturday by finishing eighth overall at the 2018 Outdoor NCAA Championship in the 1,500-meter run.
Price, who completed the race in 4:33.98, becomes the 12th female track & field student-athlete to earn All-American status in program history. After the first split, Price sat in 10th place with a time of 54.361. By the third split, Price had move up to seventh with a time of 3:21.958. She ran a final lap of 1:12.013 to close out the race.
The competition took place in the heat of the 90 degree day with the race starting at 12:35 p.m. local time.
The top eight runners in the 12-member race receive All-American honors. Price fought to claim a spot in the top eight and finished 0.26 seconds in front of the ninth-place runner.
Ohio Northern's Emily Richards won the championship with a time of 4:25.08.
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