Bates College

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Their goal was simple and lofty all at once, and they pulled it off. The Bates men’s cross country team placed sixth at Saturday’s NCAA Division III Championship, up one spot from their seventh-place showing a year ago. (via www.bates.edu)

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Selection Committee made it official on Sunday: the Bates men’s cross country team is headed to nationals for a second straight year, following Saturday’s third-place team finish at NCAA Regionals in Westfield, Mass.

HADLEY, Mass. — Junior Gabrielle Naranja of the Bates women’s cross country team was named NESCAC Women’s Cross Country Performer of the Week, announced Monday by the New England Small College Athletic Conference.(via www.bates.edu)

For one element of the team — the distance runners — the grueling work was motivated by a painful snub two years ago that left them shut out of an NCAA championship meet. So let’s rewind to November 2010.  (via www.bates.edu)

Keep updated on all the college action for those teams from the state of Maine. We will have results & links to article recaps, plus any photos and videos that may be available.

Keep updated on all the college action for those teams from the state of Maine. We will have results & links to article recaps, plus any photos and videos that may be available.

Keep updated on all the college action for those teams from the state of Maine. We will have results & links to article recaps, plus any photos and videos that may be available.

WATERVILLE, Maine — The No. 8 nationally ranked Bates men’s cross country team officially started off the 2012 campaign with a sweep of a high-quality opponent in Colby at the Bates-Colby Class Wave Races on Saturday.(via www.bates.edu)

It was a great 2011-2012 in both cross country and track across the Great State of Maine. Many of our seniors will soon be on their way to start their college careers both athletically and academically so we wanted to salute them one more time in this special feature.  

It was a great 2011-2012 in both cross country and track across the Great State of Maine. Many of our seniors will soon be on their way to start their college careers both athletically and academically so we wanted to salute them one more time in this special feature.

INDIANAPOLIS — The Bates men’s track and field team will send four athletes to compete in a total of six events the 2012 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships, it was learned on Sunday, as the NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Committee announced the meet’s participants. (via )

TROY, N.Y. — The Bates College men’s track and field team won its third consecutive ECAC Division III championship — two outdoor, one indoor — on Friday at RPI, as junior David Pless (Atlanta, Ga.) maintained an unblemished record against Division III competition this season and junior David Hardison (South Portland, Maine) won the decathlon.(via )

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Bates junior David Pless finished second in both the shot put and the discus throw, propelling the Bobcat men’s track and field team on Saturday at the all-divisions Open New Englands at MIT. Bates scored 25 points, tying with Middlebury for 10th place among 38 scoring teams.(via )

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Team records in the 800 meters and the 4×100 relay were broken by the Bates women’s track and field team on Saturday at the all-divisions Open New Englands at MIT. (via )

 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Bates junior David Pless remained undefeated against Division III competition in the shot put, hammer throw and discus throw, leading the Bobcats to third place among 27 point-scoring teams Saturday at the New England Division III Outdoor Championships at MIT.(via )

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Bates women’s track and field team broke the 20-year-old team record in the 4×800 relay and finished second, leading the Bobcats to a second straight ninth-place finish out of 29 point-scoring teams at the New England Division III Outdoor Championships at MIT. (via )  

LEWISTON, Maine — The Bates women’s track and field team won the 4×800 relay en route to finishing sixth for the second straight year at the 2012 NESCAC Women’s Track & Field Championships on Saturday, hosted by the Bobcats at Russell Street Track. (via )

LEWISTON, Maine — The Bates men’s track and field team claimed the NESCAC Men’s Track & Field Championship on its home turf on Saturday, outscoring runner-up Tufts 156.25 to 146.25 for its second-ever NESCAC title. (via )  

WATERVILLE, Maine — The Bates men’s track and field team won its third straight Maine State Men’s Outdoor Championship, and its 10th in the past 11 years, on Saturday at Colby. (via www.bates.edu)

BRUNSWICK, Maine — Bates first-year Sarah Fusco and senior Lizzy Carleton moved into second and seventh places, respectively, on the team all-time performance list in the 400 meters, one of several highlights for the Bobcats as they finished fourth among seven teams at the Aloha Relays. (via www.bates.edu)

  Junior four-time All-American David Pless (Atlanta, Ga.) remains undefeated in his three throwing events this outdoor season. Today was highlighted by a personal record discus throw of 167-9, 16 feet and 5 inches beyond runner-up Chinedum Umachi of MIT, and vaulting Pless into second place on Bates’ all-time performance list in the event, trailing only Nat Wheatley ’91 (169-1). Pless also won the shot put (58-3.25) and the hammer (183-2)(via www.bates.edu)