Durango High School alumna Abby Scott, class of 2018, wrapped up her senior season for Williams College in Massachusetts with an All-American performance.
The Williams women’s track and field team finished its season at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship at the Spire Institute in Ohio on Saturday, and Scott made it onto the podium for the Ephs.
Scott had a strong 1,500-meter preliminary race on Thursday, advancing to the finals in 12th place with a time of 4 minutes, 33.67 seconds.
In the finals, Scott led for the first three laps and was part of sprint to the finish. She finished ahead of several runners who qualified ahead of her to place seventh in the nation with a time of 4:31.7. She finished exactly four seconds after the national champ, Esther Seeland of Messiah, but Scott’s performance earned her All-American honors.
“Abby did a great job navigating the unpredictability of the 1,500,” said assistant coach Dusty Lopez of Williams College. “In both the preliminary round and the final, she put together very smart, disciplined races to avoid getting caught up in what other people were doing. Despite not being a prerace favorite, she showed great presence by calmly setting the pace of the final. It’s great to see her season end on such a high note.”
Scott was a team captain for the Ephs this year.
She also qualified for the national championships in the 800 after winning the Williams Final Qualifier May 18 in a personal record 2:12.77. Since the 1,500 and 800 finals were only about an hour apart at nationals, however, she elected to focus on the 1,500, and it paid off with her All-American performance.
