![As teammates cheer him on, captain Rob Flynn ’18 runs the final leg of the famed 4x800 Blackout Relay at the Maine State Indoor Track and Field Championships in Merrill Gymnasium on Feb. 3. Run with lights dimmed, the Blackout Relay commemorates the 2001 race, when a storm caused a blackout during the race but the athletes kept going. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)](https://www.bates.edu/news/files/2018/02/180203_Mens_Maine_State_Track_3575A-200x133.jpg)
Godsey wins national title in hammer throw
Kelly Godsey (Parker, Colo.) was a one-Bobcat show at the NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships, as her first-place finish in the hammer throw and second-place finishes in the shot put and discus tallied all 26 of Bates’ points, giving the Bobcat team eighth place at the meet, hosted by Wartburg College.
In hammer throw, Godsey was as dominant as she’s been all season, beating the rest of the competition by more than 10 feet. Her winning throw of 195-feet, 4-inches, set a Wartburg stadium record and a new NCAA Division III championship record.
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