It was a great 2012-2013 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.
WATERVILLE -- At approximately 3:15 on Sunday afternoon, Brittney Bell walked across the stage set up in Colby College's Wadsworth Gymnasium. Bell accepted her diploma, essentially crossing her second finish line in 18 hours. (via www.onlinesentinel.com)
LA CROSSE, Wis. - Bowdoin men's outdoor track athletes Coby Horowitz (Stow, Mass.) and Jacob Ellis (Brattleboro, Vt.) rounded out a fantastic weekend by the Polar Bears by both claiming All-American honors during the final day of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship Sunday in Wisconsin. Horowitz, a junior, added to his impressive resume with a pair of top-eight finishes in the 1500 meters and 5K races, making him a three-season All-American this year after earning the prestigious status in both cross-country and indoor track. Ellis, a first-year, capped his sensational rookie campaign with a fifth-place showing in the 800 meters. Combined with All-American performances by both Erin Silva (women's pole vault) and Katherine Harmon (women's hammer throw), all four Bowdoin qualifiers for the NCAA Championship will be returning home with hardware in the school's most successful performance at outdoor nationals in over two decades. Horowitz entered the 1500 meters seeded fifth and improved his position one spot by claiming fourth-place overall in a time of 3:49.19, three seconds off the winning pace. Just a short time later, he returned for the grueling 5K race and, despite entering the event seeded 17th, posted an eighth-place showing in 14:34.09 to take his second All-American finish of the afternoon. Horowitz has earned All-American honors in each of the last six seasons and is the first Bowdoin track athlete in the Coach Peter Slovenski-era to earn All-American in two different events at the same NCAA Championship. Ellis equally rose to the occasion after entering the championships with the 11th-best time in the nation. His time of 1:51.68 was good enough for fifth-place, an All-American honor, and was less than two seconds off the winning time. Ellis is the first Bowdoin first-year to net All-American recognition since Delia Van Loenen in the heptathlon in 1998. His preliminary qualifying time of 1:51.50 was the second-fastest time in school history. With the combined scores of Ellis and Horowitz, the Bowdoin men finished 22nd overall. The Polar Bear women finished 61st. (via athletics.bowdoin.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. - Bowdoin's Coby Horowitz earned All-American honors by placing third in the mile run at the NCAA Division III Championships Saturday at North Central College.
(via athletics.bowdoin.edu)
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)
BOSTON, Mass. --- The Colby College women's indoor track and field team set three school records in the relay races at the Open New England Championships on Saturday at Boston University
(via www.colby.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.
