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SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. – The NCAA has announced the participant field for the 2014 NCAA Division III Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships and Mount Holyoke College student-athlete Camille Coklow is among those that qualified in the 100-meter dash. The championships, which begin Thursday and run through Saturday, will be held at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio.
This is the second straight appearance at the National Championships for the former Latin School of Chicago standout. Coklow, who is a native of Chicago, Ill., represented the Lyons in 2013 during her rookie season, finishing ninth overall in the 100-dash.
Coklow is one of 22 to participate in the 100-meter dash. Her qualifying time of 12.07 has her ranked 13th in the field. She posted her qualifying time during the preliminaries at the ECAC Championships. Coklow finished third overall in the event with a time of 12.12.
It has been another impressive season for Coklow, who has posted three victories in the 100-dash during the outdoor season. She won the event at the Aloha Relays with a time of 12.60 and went on to capture NEWMAC All-Conference First Team honors at this year's championship with a time of 12.47. Coklow then captured victory at the New England Division III Championships with a then-season's best time of 12.31.
As a first year, Coklow became the first rookie to represent the Lyons at both the Indoor and Outdoor National Championships. She recorded first-place finishes in the 100-meter dash at the American International Invitational, the Aloha Relays and the New England Division III Championships.
Additionally, Coklow eclipsed the school record in the 100m-dash three times in 2013 and remains the all-time record holder with a time of 11.93. The previous record had been held since 1993 by Cheryl Daley, who was Mount Holyoke's first track & field National All-American.
The 100-meter dash is scheduled for Friday at 7:30pm, while the finals will take place on Saturday at 3:15pm. The top nine finishers in the preliminaries advance to the finals, while the top-eight competitors earn All-America in each event.
