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2021 NCAA cross country national championships recap of Maine athletes.

Saturday former Maine high school standouts will be competing in the NCAA XC Championships

Maine will have several athletes competing at the D3 Indoor Track & Field Nationals at the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Maine Natives Headed To XC Nationals

XC team scores rankings of all the college women's cross country programs in the state of Maine from last fall's season (2016). 

Check out the highlights from all the track action this weekend

WATERVILLE, Maine -- For the 11th time in the past 12 years, the Bates College men's track and field team won the Maine State Outdoor Championship on Saturday at Colby, winning seven events along the way.(via athletics.bates.edu)

Check out our recap of the day 1 action at Nationals.

Jamie Ruginski has a chance in three events at the NCAA Division III meet. (via www.pressherald.com)

What Maine athletes made it to the big dance? Check out all the athletes who will be representing the 207 at the various national meet this weekend

Men's cross country surprises No. 6 Bates (via www.colby.edu)

LEWISTON, Maine — Bates senior superstar David Pless will lead a record contingent of seven Bobcats competing in a combined 10 events at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships, taking place Thursday through Saturday, May 23-25, at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. (via www.bates.edu)

When he isn't lifting or throwing heavy things these days, David Pless is tri-folding letters into envelopes and rifling off e-mails to prospective employers. Each communication highlights personal qualities you might expect to discover among a Bates College senior's assets: Competitive. F... (via Sun Journal)

NAPERVILLE, Ill. — Senior David Pless established himself as Bates College’s first eight-time All-American male athlete, as well as one of the greats in Division III track and field history, in claiming his third consecutive NCAA indoor shot put title on Saturday (via www.bates.edu)

Let's take a look at the current Collegiate National Rankings to see who is in the top 13 looking to make a trip to national indoor track and field championship.

The top college track and field runners in New England are at BU this weekend competing in the Open New England (NEICAAA) Championship. This competition features D1, D2, D3 athletes al competing against eachother. Check out how the Maine teams are doing as well as former Maine HS runners.

LEWISTON, Maine — MIT won its third team title in four years, taking away the throne from host Bates, at the 2013 New England Division III Men’s Indoor Track & Field Championships at Walter Slovenski Track on Saturday. (via www.bates.edu)

LEWISTON — David Pless settles into the rather small circle that is his launching pad. He throws his 6-foot-5, 275-pound body into a short, almost violent spin, and releases a 16-pound iron ball that was tucked against his massive neck. (via www.pressherald.com)

‘In the Running’ — men’s cross country at NCAA Championships Featuring compelling race-day footage, this video story captures the mindset of the Bates men’s team in its run-up to the NCAA Division III Championship meet in Terre Haute, Ind., on Nov. 17. (via www.bates.edu)

Let's recap all the action from the NCAA XC National Championships for D1, D2, D3 to see how former Maine HS athletes ran, and also how the in state colleges fared.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — For a team making its first appearance in the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championship for the first time since 1997, 19th place in the nation sounds pretty sweet. (via www.bates.edu)