Randelle L. Boots ’13 was inducted into the Wellesley Athletics Hall of Fame on Oct. 26, 2024, for her role in cross country and track and field. Boots was the second Wellesley College student-athlete to ever claim an NCAA Division III National Championship, becoming Wellesley’s first track national champion when she captured the 2011 Women’s Indoor Mile Championship with a time of 4:57.46. A Wellesley record seven-time All-American at the conclusion of her career, Boots was simply dominant as a student-athlete in cross country and track and field, winning multiple regional cross country and track titles. She broke 15 program records at distances ranging from 600m to one mile and still holds Blue program records in the outdoor 1500m (4:23.34) and the indoor mile (4:49.22) and as part of the Blue’s top Distance Medley Relay time in 2011. A two-time NEWMAC cross country Runner of the Year (2010 and 2011), Boots earned three NEWMAC All-Conference Team honors and three New England Division III All-Region honors in cross country and five All-New England Division III track and field honors, and the All-New England Intercollegiate track and field honors four times.
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