Bates Bobcats | |
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College | Bates College |
Conference | New England Small College Athletic Conference |
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Athletic director | Jason Fein [1] |
Location | Lewiston, Maine |
Varsity teams | 16 men's; 16 women's |
Football stadium | Garcelon Field |
Basketball arena | Alumni Gymnasium |
Baseball stadium | Leahey Baseball Field |
Softball stadium | Lafayette Street Pitch |
Soccer stadium | Russell Street Field |
Lacrosse stadium | Campus Avenue Field |
Mascot | Bobcat |
Colors | Red and gray [2] |
Website | athletics |
The Bates Bobcats are the athletic teams of Bates College largely based in Lewiston, Maine and the surrounding areas. The college's official mascot has been the bobcat since 1924, and maintains garnet as its official color. The school sponsors 32 varsity sports (16 men's, 16 women's), most of which compete in the Division III New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). The school's men's and women's ski teams and men's and women's squash teams compete in Division I. Bates has rivalries with Princeton in Squash and Dartmouth in Skiing and selected hockey bouts. The college also competes with its Maine rivals Bowdoin and Colby in the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium (CBB). This is one of the oldest football rivalries in the United States. This consortium is a series of historically highly competitive football games ending in the championship game between the three schools. Bates has won this championship at total of twelve times including 2014, 2015, and in 2016 beat Bowdoin 24–7 after their 21–19 abroad victory over Colby. [3] [4] Bates is currently the holder of the winning streak, and has the record for biggest victory in the athletic conference with a 51–0 shutout of Colby College. The three colleges also contest the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Chase Regatta. The college is the all-time leader of the Chase Regatta with a total of 14 composite wins, followed by Colby's 5 wins, concluded with Bowdoin's 2 wins.
Bates maintains 31 varsity teams, and 9 club teams, including sailing, cycling, ice hockey, rugby, and water polo. [5] According to U.S. Rowing, the Women's Rowing Team is ranked first in the NESCAC, and first overall in NCAA Division III Rowing, as of 2016. [6] [7] In April 2005, the college's athletic program was ranked in the top 5% of national athletics programs. [8] As of 2018, the college has graduated a total of 12 Olympians, one of whom won the Olympic Gold Medal rowing for Canada. [9] The Bobcats have broken records on the state, regional and national level. In the 2015 season, the women's rowing team was the most decorated rowing team in collegiate racing while also being the first to sweep every major rowing competition in its athletic conference in the history of Division III athletics. The ice hockey team is the first team to win the NESCAC Club Ice Hockey Championships four times in a row. In 2015, the men's rowing team had the fastest ascension in rankings of any sport in its athletic conference and was named the NESCAC Rowing Champion. [10] Bates has the 5th highest NESCAC title hold, and holds the top titles in women's and men's rowing. Bates follows Bowdoin's 30 NESCAC titles with its 16, and its followed by Colby's 9 titles.
The men's football team competes in the Division III New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). The football team is led by head coach, Matt Coyne. [11]
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
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2016 | CBB Championship | Bates won with a 24–7 win over Bowdoin, after their 29–19 victory over Colby. | Won | [12] |
2015 | CBB Championship | Bates won with a 31–0 win over Bowdoin, after their 10–9 overtime home victory over Colby. | Won | [13] |
2014 | CBB Championship | Bates won with a 10–7 win over Bowdoin, after their 34–28 win over Colby. | Won | [14] |
2012 | CBB Championship | Bates won with a 14–6 win over Bowdoin, after their 31–6 win over Colby. | Won | [15] |
2002 | CBB Championship | Bates won with a 48–28 win over Bowdoin after their 19–14 win over Colby. | Won | [15] |
1999 | CBB Championship | Bates won with a 38–7 win over Bowdoin after an overtime victory of 20–17 with Colby. | Won | [15] |
1986 | CBB Championship | Bates won with 36–0 shutout over Bowdoin, after a 21–6 win over Colby. | Won | [15] |
1981 | CBB Championship | Bates won with a 23–1 win over Bowdoin after their 10–6 win over Colby. | Won | [15] |
1978 | CBB Championship | Bates won with a 24–14 win over Bowdoin after their 27–20 win over Colby. | Won | [15] |
1974 | CBB Championship | Bates won with an 18–7 win over Bowdoin after a 16–14 victory over Colby. | Won | [15] |
1970 | CBB Championship | Bates won with a 21–3 win over Bowdoin after a 14–7 win over Colby. | Won | [15] |
1968 | CBB Championship | Bates won with a 41–14 win over Bowdoin after a 28–12 victory over Colby. | Won | [15] |
1967 | CBB Championship | Bates won with a 38–24 victory over Bowdoin after a 38–14 win over Colby. | Won | [15] |
1966 | CBB Championship | Bates won with a 35–13 win over Bowdoin, after a win over 28-7 Colby. | Won | [15] |
1956 | Maine State Series | Bates won five straight games to capture the state title. | Won | [16] |
The Bobcats played Toledo in the 1946 Glass Bowl, losing 21–12. [17]
Bates College's men's basketball team is led by head coach Jon Furbush, and in 2015 he led the team to the semi-finals of the NCAA Division III Basketball Championships. He is the youngest head coach in the history of the team and was named the 2014–15 Maine Coach of the Year by the Maine Men's Basketball Coaches and Writers Association. [18]
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
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2015 | Charlie Ryan Classic Championship | Hosted in Waterville, Maine. | Won | [19] |
2015 | Naismith Classic Championship | Hosted in Springfield, Massachusetts. | Won | [19] |
2014 | Babson Invitational | Hosted on the Babson College Campus | Won | [20] |
2014 | Salem State Holiday Classic Championship | Hosted in Salem, Massachusetts. | Won | [21] |
2012 | Chuck Resler Tournament Championship | Hosted in Rochester, Massachusetts. | Won | [22] |
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
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2015 | RussMatt Invitational | Second game, win over Babson College hosted at Leahey Baseball Pitch in Lewiston, Maine | Won | [23] |
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
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2015 | CBB Tournament | At the Martindale C.C. in Auburn, Maine, first out of 3 DIII schools | Won | [24] |
2014 | Maine State Championship | At the Bangor Municipal G.C. in Bangor, Maine | Won | [25] |
2014 | CBB Tournament | At the Waterville G.C. in Waterville, Maine, first out of 3 DIII schools | Won | [25] |
2012 | Sid Farr Invitational | At the Waterville G.C. in Waterville, Maine. Score: 5–5 | Won | [26] |
The men's lacrosse team is led by head coach, Peter Lasagna, who has been head for the past 16 seasons. In 2015, Lasagna won his third NESCAC Coach of the Year and has led the Bobcats to five appearances in the NESCAC Championship. [27] In 2015, the team reported 156 points scored, ranking them 6th in-conference, and 5th overall. [28]
The Men's Rowing team is headed by Peter Steenstra, who was awarded the 2015 Division III Coach of the Year Award by the College Rowing Coaches Association, after also receiving Men's and Women's Coach of the Year honors from both the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) and the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). [29] Alumni, Andrew Byrnes (class of 2005), won the Olympic Gold Medal while rowing for the Canadian National Team, in 2008 in the Beijing Olympics.
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
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2016 | President's Cup Regatta | Final: 1st out of 3, in Green, Maine | Won | [30] |
2015 | ECAC/NIRC Regatta | Final: 10–6 | Won | [31] |
2015 | President's Cup Regatta | Final: 8–6 | Won | [32] |
2015 | ECAC National Invitational Rowing Championship | Lead the athletic conference. | Won | [33] |
2015 | Bates' Invitational | Final: 12–1 | Won | [34] |
2015 | NESCAC Men's Rowing Championship | First top ten breakthrough | Won | [35] |
2014 | CBB Chase Regatta | Final: 7–2 | Won | [36] |
2013 | New England Rowing Championship | In Worcester, Massachusetts | Won | [37] |
2011 | CBB Chase Regatta | Final: 1/2 | Won | [38] |
2011 | Quinsigamond Regatta | Placed 3rd out of 24 boats | Won | [38] |
2011 | President's Cup Regatta | The college's first President's Cup Regatta win | Won | [39] |
2010 | Quinsigamond Regatta | The first placing at the Quinsigamond Regatta, and first appearance. | Won | [39] |
2010 | CBB Chase Regatta | Final: 1/2 | Won | [39] |
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
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2009 | NCAA Division III Tennis Doubles Championship | Hosted in Claremont, California. The men's team also made it to the finals for singles tennis in 2009. | Won | [40] |
1988 | NESCAC Men's Tennis Championship | The first and most recent conference win for tennis. | Won | [41] |
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
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1997 | National Rugby Championship | The team has made it to regionals or nationals all but one year. | Won | [42] |
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
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2008 | NCAA Division I Skiing Championship | The college's Nordic Skiing team sent students that were the highest ranked skiers in the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association | 4th | [43] |
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
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1989 | NESCAC Men's Cross Country Championship | The conclusion of the streak starting from 1983, was the record streak until William's 00' streak. The fifth consecutive win of any NESCAC college. | Won | [44] |
1986 | NESCAC Men's Cross Country Championship | The fourth consecutive win of any NESCAC college. | Won | [44] |
1985 | NESCAC Men's Cross Country Championship | The third consecutive win of any NESCAC college. | Won | [44] |
1984 | NESCAC Men's Cross Country Championship | The second consecutive win of any NESCAC college. | Won | [44] |
1983 | NESCAC Men's Cross Country Championship | The first overall NESCAC win for men's cross-country. | Won | [44] |
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
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Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
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2016 | Maine State Men's Outdoor Championship | This is the first 7 time back-to-back consecutive win of any college in this competition. | Won | [45] |
2016 | Bates' Invitational | 1st out of 5 Division III schools. | Won | [46] |
2015 | Maine State Men's Outdoor Championship | 1st out of 5 Division III schools. | Won | [46] |
2015 | Bates' Invitational | 1st out of 5 Division III schools. | Won | [46] |
2015 | Maine State Meet | 1st out of 5 Division III schools. | Won | [47] |
2015 | New England Division III Outdoor Championship | 2nd out of 29 Division III schools. | 2nd place | [46] |
2015 | New England Division III Indoor Championship | 2nd out of 26 Division III schools. | 2nd place | [46] |
2014 | Maine State Men's Outdoor Championship | 1st out of 5 Division III schools. | Won | [45] |
2014 | Maine State Men's Indoor Championship | 1st out of 5 Division III schools. | Won | [48] |
2013 | Maine State Men's Outdoor Championship | 1st out of 5 Division III schools. | Won | [45] |
2013 | Tufts Invitational | 1st out of 10 Division III schools. | Won | [49] |
2013 | Maine State Championship | 1st out of 5 Division III schools. | Won | [50] |
2013 | New England Division III Indoor Championship | 2nd out of 26 Division III schools. | 2nd place | [50] |
2013 | New England Division III Outdoor Championship | 2nd out of 26 Division III schools. | 2nd place | [50] |
2013 | ECAC Division III Outdoor Championship | 1st out of 59 Division III schools. | Won | [50] |
2012 | USM Invitational | 1st out of 8 Division III schools. | Won | [51] |
2012 | New England Division III Outdoor Championship | 1st out of 26 Division III schools. | Won | [52] |
2012 | Maine State Men's Outdoor Championship | 1st out of 5 Division III schools. | Won | [45] |
2012 | NESCAC Men's Track & Field Championship | The 12 years that transpired between the college's first win is the longest time a college has won a title, after its first win, in the NESCAC. | Won | [53] |
2012 | ECAC Division III Indoor Championship | 1st out of 62 Division III schools. | Won | [54] |
2012 | ECAC Division III Outdoor Championship | 1st out of 59 Division III schools. | Won | [55] |
2011 | Maine State Men's Indoor Championship | 1st out of 4 Division III schools. | Won | [56] |
2011 | Maine State Men's Outdoor Championship | 1st out of 5 Division III schools. | Won | [45] |
2011 | USM Invitational | 1st out of 5 Division III schools. | Won | [57] |
2011 | Bates Invitational | 1st out of 5 Division III schools. | Won | [57] |
2011 | Colby Invitational | 1st out of 5 Division III schools. | Won | [57] |
2011 | NESCAC Men's Track & Field Championship | 2nd out of 11 Division III schools in the New England Small College Athletic Conference. | 2nd place | [57] |
2011 | ECAC Division III Outdoor Championship | 1st out of 59 Division III schools. | Won | [57] |
2010 | Maine State Men's Outdoor Championship | This was the highest scoring championship game in its history (300-2 aggr. score.) | Won | [45] |
2010 | USM Invitational | 1st out of 6 Division III schools. | Won | [58] |
2000 | NESCAC Men's Track & Field Championship | The college's first NESCAC title for track& field. | Won | [53] |
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
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2016 | NESCAC Men's Squash Championship | The competition has been won by Trinity College for every year it has been in the athletic conference, competing against Williams College for first spot. In 2016, breaking the pattern, Bates defeated Williams and secured the second place after a loss to Trinity. | 2nd place | [59] |
2015 | National Squash Championship | The winning student being the first in the history of the athletic conference, to be named the All American all four years he played for the college. | Won | [60] |
2015 | DIII Men's Individual Squash Championship | The first national squash title for the college. | Won | [61] |
2015 | Boston Round robin | vs. Stanford University held at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Score: 9 – 0; vs. Wesleyan University, Score: 9 – 0 | Won | [62] |
2015 | Pioneer Valley Invitational | vs. Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Score: 8–1 | Won | [62] |
2014 | CSA Individual Squash Championship | vs. Columbia University, at Princeton University, in Princeton, New Jersey. Score: 3–2 | Won | [63] |
2013 | CSA Team Squash Championship | vs. Williams College, at Northeastern University, in Boston. Score: 6–3 | Won | [64] |
2012 | Boston Round robin | vs. Wesleyan University, at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Boston. Score: 5–4 | Won | [65] |
2011 | CSA Team Squash Championship | vs. Brown University, at Princeton University, in Princeton, New Jersey. Score: 7–2 | Won | [66] |
The Women's Rowing team is headed by Peter Steenstra, who was awarded the 2015 Division III Coach of the Year Award by the College Rowing Coaches Association, after also receiving Men's and Women's Coach of the Year honors from both the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) and the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). [29] The women's rowing team is the first rowing team to sweep every major rowing competition in its athletic conference in the history of Division III athletics, a feat completed in 2015. According to U.S. Rowing, the Women's Rowing Team is ranked 1st in the New England Small College Athletic Conference, and 1st overall in NCAA Division III Rowing, as of 2016. [67]
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
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2016 | ECAC National Invitational Rowing Championship | Placed 2nd out of 21 boats | 2nd place | - |
2016 | President's Cup Regatta | Final: 1st out of 3, in Green, Maine | Won | [30] |
2015 | NCAA Division III Women's Rowing Championship | At the Sacramento State Aquatic Center. | Won | [68] |
2015 | NESCAC Women's Rowing Championship | This is the first consecutive win of the championship. | Won | [35] |
2015 | New England Rowing Championship | Final: 7–1 | Won | [69] |
2015 | ECAC National Invitational Rowing Championship | Lead the athletic conference. | Won | [33] |
2015 | President's Cup Regatta | Final: 11–1 | Won | [69] |
2015 | Head of the Charles Regatta | 1st out of 30 teams | Won | [69] |
2015 | Bates' Invitational | Final: 12–1 | Won | [69] |
2014 | NESCAC Women's Rowing Championship | The college's first rowing championship. | Won | [70] |
2014 | Head of the Charles Regatta | 1st out of 30 teams | Won | [71] |
2014 | CBB Chase Regatta | Final: 8–0 | Won | [36] |
2014 | New England Rowing Championship | Placed 2nd out of 28 boats | 2nd place | [36] |
2014 | NCAA Division III Women's Rowing Championship | Indianapolis at Eagle Creek Park | Won | [36] |
2013 | NCAA Division III Women's Rowing Championship | Placed 2nd out of 28 boats | 2nd place | [72] |
2012 | NCAA Division III Women's Rowing Championship | Placed 2nd out of 6 boats | 2nd place | [73] |
2011 | CBB Chase Regatta | Final: 1/2 | Won | [38] |
2011 | Head of the Charles Regatta | Placed 2nd out of 29 boats | 2nd place | [38] |
2011 | Quinsigamond Regatta | Placed 1st out of 39 boats | Won | [38] |
2011 | NCAA Division III Women's Rowing Championship | Placed 2nd out of 6 boats | 2nd place | [39] |
2011 | President's Cup Regatta | The college's first President's Cup Regatta win | Won | [39] |
2010 | CBB Chase Regatta | Final: 1/2 | Won | [39] |
2010 | Quinsigamond Regatta | The college's first Quinsigamond Regatta win | Won | [39] |
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
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2016 | Bates' Invitational | 1st out of 4 Division III schools. | Won | [74] |
2016 | Maine State Meet | 1st out of 6 Division III schools, at Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, Maine. | Won | [74] |
2015 | Bates' Invitational | 1st out of 6 Division III schools. | Won | [74] |
2015 | USM Invitational | 2nd out of 10 Division III schools. | 2nd place | [74] |
2015 | Aloha Relays | 2nd out of 8 Division III schools, at Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, Maine. | 2nd place | [74] |
2015 | Maine State Meet | 1st out of 6 Division III schools, at Bates College, in Lewiston, Maine. | Won | [75] |
2014 | Bates' Invitational | 1st out of 6 Division III schools. | Won | [76] |
2014 | USM Invitational | 2nd out of 11 Division III schools. | 2nd place | [76] |
2015 | Snowflake Classic | 2nd out of 24 DIII schools, at Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts. | 2nd place | [77] |
2014 | Maine State Indoor Championship | 1st out of 6 Division III schools. | Won | [76] |
2013 | Bates' Invitational | 1st out of 6 Division III schools. | Won | [78] |
2013 | Maine State Championship | 2nd out of 6 DIII schools, at Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, Maine. | 2nd place | [79] |
2013 | Aloha Relays | 2nd out of 7 Division III schools, at Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, Maine. | 2nd place | [79] |
2013 | Fitchburg State Meet | 1st out of 11 Division III schools, in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. | Won | [79] |
2012 | Colby Invitational | 2nd out of 5 Division III schools. | 2nd place | [80] |
2012 | Maine State Indoor Championship | 2nd out of 6 Division III schools. | 2nd place | [80] |
2011 | Colby Invitational | 2nd out of 5 Division III schools. | 2nd place | [81] |
2010 | USM Invitational | 1st out of 6 Division III schools. | Won | [82] |
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
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2016 | Walker Cup | vs. Amherst College, in New Haven, Connecticut. Score: 5–4 | Won | [83] |
2015 | Boston Round robin | vs. Wesleyan University, at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Score: 6–3 | Won | [84] |
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
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2005 | NESCAC Women's Soccer Championship | 4-2 win over Tufts with 2 uses of OT | Won | [85] |
The 2004 women's basketball team was ranked first in the United States for most of February 2005 and finished the year ranked number six by the USA Today /ESPN Today 25 National Coaches' Poll. [86] The women's basketball team earned the top seed in the NESCAC in 2005, and competed in the finals with Bowdoin for three consecutive years until 2008. [87]
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
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2014 | Bowdoin Invitational | At Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, Maine, 1st out of 7 | Won | [88] |
2013 | Roy Griak Invitational | 2nd out of 29 Division III schools, in St. Paul, Minnesota. | 2nd place | [89] |
2013 | Maine State Championship | 1st out of 10 Division III schools, in Waterville, Maine. | Won | [89] |
2012 | RPI Invitational | 1st out of 12 Division III schools, in Troy, New York. | Won | [90] |
2012 | Maine State Championship | 1st out of 10 Division III schools, at the Narragansett School in Gotham, Maine | Won | [90] |
2010 | Codfish Bowl | 1st out of 21 Division III schools, in Franklin Park, Boston | Won | [91] |
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
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1993 | NESCAC Volleyball Championship | The winning streak is tied with Williams College for four consecutive wins. | Won | [92] |
1992 | NESCAC Volleyball Championship | Won | [92] | |
1991 | NESCAC Volleyball Championship | Won | [92] | |
1990 | NESCAC Volleyball Championship | The first overall NESCAC win for volleyball. | Won | [92] |
As of 2016, the men's club ice hockey team is ranked #5 in the Northeast, and #25 overall in the NESCHA rankings. [93]
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
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2009 | NESCAC Club Ice Hockey Championship | The win marks the fourth consecutive win of the championship. | Won | [94] |
2009 | NECHA Cup | The second win of the cup for the college. | Won | [94] |
2008 | NESCAC Club Ice Hockey Championship | The win marks the third consecutive win of the championship. | Won | [94] |
2008 | NECHA Cup | The first win of the cup by the college. | Won | [94] |
2007 | NESCAC Club Ice Hockey Championship | The win marks the second consecutive win of the championship. | Won | [94] |
2006 | NESCAC Club Ice Hockey Championship | The first time the college has ever won an ice hockey championship. | Won | [94] |
The college's sailing team is based at the Taylor Pond Yacht Club, in Auburn, Maine. The team sails in the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) conference with its main competitors being Bowdoin, Tufts, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, among the other 40+ schools in the conference. [95] The team regularly competes at the largest collegiate keelboat regatta in the Western Hemisphere, the Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta (IOR) held at Larchmont Yacht Club by the Storm Trysail Foundation. The team regularly updates their website and their social media platforms.
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
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2018 | New England Dinghy Tournament (NEISA Club Team Championship) | 1st place | [96] | |
2004 | NCAA National Sailing Championship | Second to Hamilton College | 2nd place | [97] |
2003 | NCAA National Sailing Championship | Second to Bowdoin College | 2nd place | [97] |
2002 | NCAA National Sailing Championship | Second to Amherst College | 2nd place | [97] |
2001 | NCAA National Sailing Championship | Second to Williams College | 2nd place | [97] |
2000 | NCAA National Sailing Championship | Second to Amherst College | 2nd place | [97] |
As of 2018, the college has graduated a total of 12 Olympians, one of whom won the Olympic Gold Medal rowing for Canada. [98]
Years | Competition | Record | Country | Cite |
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2018 – present | Dinos Lefkaritis | N/A | Cyprus | [98] |
2014 – present | Emily Bamford | Quarterfinals | Australia | [98] |
2012 – present | Andrew Byrnes | Gold | Canada | [98] |
2010 – present | Hayley Johnson | Quarterfinals | United States | [98] |
2006 –present | Justin Freeman | Quarterfinals | United States | [98] |
2000–2005 | Mike Ferry | Quarterfinals | United States | [98] |
1988–1995 | Nancy Fiddler | Quarterfinals | United States | [98] |
1926–1933 | Arnold Adams | Quarterfinals | United States | [98] |
1932–1939 | Art Sager | N/A | United States | [98] |
1924–1920 | Ray Buker | Quarterfinals | United States | [98] |
1912–1920 | Harlan Holden | Quarterfinals | Sweden | [98] |
1912–1920 | Vaughn Blanchard | Quarterfinals | United States | [98] |
Athletics facility | Capacity | Sport | Year | Notes | Cite |
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Alumni Gymnasium | 1,200 | Basketball, Volleyball | 1928 | The Alumni Gymnasium is 34,000 square feet. | [99] |
Merrill Gymnasium | N/A | Track & Field | 1980 | The field house has a 200-meter track which encloses four tennis and volleyball courts. | [100] |
Russell Street Track & Field | N/A | Track & Field, Soccer | 2001 | The track has an eight-lane European bi-radial track with a 10-lane straightaway. | [101] |
Bates Squash Center | N/A | Squash | 2004 | The center features five international-sized courts. | [102] |
Wallach Tennis Center | 500 | Tennis | 2000 | The center is used for men's and women's tennis. | [103] |
Campus Avenue Field | N/A | Field hockey, Lacrosse | 2000 | The Campus Avenue has internal lighting structures allowing play day or night. | [104] |
Garcelon Field | 3,000 | Soccer, Football | 2010 | The field was originally constructed in 1899, and is one of the oldest football pitches in the United States; it had a major renovation in 2010. | [105] |
Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building | N/A | Multi-purpose | 1927 | Informally known as the "Gray Cage", the building is the second largest athletic facility on campus, which has a batting cage and room for a full infield baseball practice. | [106] |
Davis Fitness Center | N/A | Fitness | 1926 | Full service weight room located beneath UnderhiIll Ice Arena. | [107] |
Leahey Baseball Pitch | N/A | Baseball | 2003 | Outdoor baseball field. | [108] |
Lafayette Street Pitch | N/A | Softball | 2001 | Outdoor softball field. | [109] |
Underhill Arena Ice Rink | N/A | Ice hockey | 1995 | The ice rink features "a 200-by-85-foot ice surface." | [110] |
Rowing Boathouse | N/A | Rowing | 1988 | Houses women's and men's rowing teams. | [111] |
Tarbell Pool | 300 | Swimming & Diving | 1980 | The pool features "eight lanes and an underwater window, and can be configured into 25-meter or 25-yard lane lengths." | [112] |
Sailing Boathouse | N/A | Sailing | 2003 | The boat houses the college's 13 Dinghy fleet. | [97] |
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The Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium (CBB) is an athletic conference and academic consortium between three private liberal arts colleges in the U.S. State of Maine. The group consists of Colby College in Waterville, Bates College in Lewiston, and Bowdoin College in Brunswick. In allusion to the Big Three of the Ivy League, Colby, Bates, and Bowdoin, are collectively known the "Maine Big Three", a play on words with the words "Maine" and "main". The school names are ordered by their geographical organization in Maine.
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The Little Ivies are an unofficial group of small, academically competitive private liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern United States. The term Little Ivy derives from these schools' small student bodies, standards of academic excellence, associated historic social prestige, and highly selective admissions comparable to the Ivy League. According to Bloomberg, the Little Ivies are also known for their large financial endowments, both absolutely and relative to their size.
The Virginia Cavaliers, also known as Wahoos or Hoos, are the athletic teams representing the University of Virginia, located in Charlottesville. The Cavaliers compete at the NCAA Division I level, in the Atlantic Coast Conference since 1953. Known simply as Virginia or UVA in sports media, the athletics program has twice won the Capital One Cup for men's sports after leading the nation in overall athletic excellence in those years. The Cavaliers have regularly placed among the nation's Top 5 athletics programs.
The Navy Midshipmen are the athletic teams that represent the United States Naval Academy. The academy sponsors 36 varsity sports teams and 12 club sport teams. Both men's and women's teams are called Navy Midshipmen or "Mids". They participate in the NCAA's Division I, as a non-football member of the Patriot League, a football-only member of the American Athletic Conference in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), and a member of the Collegiate Sprint Football League (men), Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges (men), Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges, Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League (men), Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference (men) and Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association. Navy is also one of approximately 300 members of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC).
The Middlebury Panthers are the 31 varsity teams of Middlebury College that compete in the New England Small College Athletic Conference. The Panthers lead the NESCAC in total number of national championships, having won 42 team titles since the conference lifted its ban on NCAA play in 1994. Middlebury enjoys national success in soccer, cross country running, field hockey, men's basketball, women's hockey, skiing, men's lacrosse and women's lacrosse, and fields 31 varsity NCAA teams and several competitive club teams including a sailing team (MCSC), a crew team, a water polo team, an ultimate frisbee team, and a rugby team. Since 2000, Middlebury's varsity squads have won 84 NESCAC titles. Currently, 28% of students participate in varsity sports.
NYU Violets is the nickname of the sports teams and other competitive teams at New York University. The school colors are purple and white. Although officially known as the Violets, the school mascot is a bobcat. The Violets compete as a member of NCAA Division III in the University Athletic Association conference. The university sponsors 23 varsity sports, as well as club teams and intramural sports.
The Tufts Jumbos are the varsity intercollegiate athletic programs of Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts. The Jumbos compete at NCAA Division III level as member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). Like all Division III schools, Tufts does not offer athletic scholarships. Coed and women's sailing are the only Division I sports at the school.
The Williams Ephs are the varsity intercollegiate athletic programs of Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
The Bowdoin Polar Bears are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Bowdoin College, located in Brunswick, Maine. The Polar Bears compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). Bowdoin College currently fields teams in fourteen men's sports and sixteen women's sports. The polar bear team name was selected to honor Robert Peary of the class of 1877 who lead the first expedition that reached the North Pole.
The Colby Mules are the varsity and club athletic teams of Colby College, a liberal arts college located in Waterville, Maine. Colby's varsity teams compete in the New England Small College Athletic Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. The college offers 32 varsity teams, plus club sports, intramural sports called I-play.
The Trinity College Bantams are the varsity and club athletic teams of Trinity College, a selective liberal arts college located in Hartford, Connecticut. Trinity's varsity teams compete in the New England Small College Athletic Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. The College offers 27 varsity teams, plus club sports, intramural sports.
The history of Bates College began shortly before Bates College's founding on March 16, 1855, in Lewiston, Maine. The college was founded by Oren Burbank Cheney and Benjamin Bates. Originating as a Free Will Baptist institution, it has since secularized and established a liberal arts curriculum. After the mysterious 1853 burning of Parsonsfield Seminary, Cheney wanted to create another seminary in a more central part of Maine: Lewiston, a then-booming industrial economy. He met with religious and political leaders in Topsham, to discuss the formation of such a school, recruiting much of the college's first trustees, most notably Ebenezer Knowlton. After a well-received speech by Cheney, the group successfully petitioned the Maine State Legislature to establish the Maine State Seminary. At its founding it was the first coeducational college in New England. Soon after it was established, donors stepped forward to finance the seminary, developing the school in an affluent residential district of Lewiston. The college struggled to finance its operations after the financial crisis of 1857, requiring extra capital to remain afloat. Cheney's political activities attracted Benjamin Bates, who was interested in fostering his business interests in Maine. Bates donated installments of tens of thousands of dollars to the college to bring it out of the crisis.
The Colby–Bates–Bowdoin Chase Regatta is an annual rowing regatta between the men's and women's heavyweight varsity and club rowing crews of Colby, Bates, and Bowdoin College. The colleges have competed in the regatta since August 3, 1988, but have competed annually since August 3, 1997, when Bates President Thomas Hedley Reynolds instated the President's Cup to be contested by all three of the CBB schools. The President's Cup is given to the team that has won the most overall heats and races, while the overall winner is determined by who won the most varsity and heavyweight competitions in the regatta.
The traditions of Bates College include the activities, songs, and academic regalia of Bates College, a private liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine. They are well known on campus and nationally as an embedded component of the student life at the college and its history.