2016-17 Men's Indoor Track & Field News
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Four men's track athletes receive USTFCCCA All-Academic honors
July 28, 2017Four student-athletes from the Bates men's track and field team earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors during the 2016-17 track & field seasons, announced Friday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. -
Video: Todd Goewey retires after 20 years with men's cross country and track
June 11, 2017Coach Todd Goewey impacted many lives in his 20 years at Bates. He's retiring to focus on his full time job and his family. Here's what makes coach Goewey so memorable to his athletes and fellow coaches.
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Bates places an all-time best 20th in final Directors' Cup standings
June 01, 2017Bates finished the 2016–17 academic year with its best-ever showing in the Learfield Directors' Cup standings, announced Thursday. Bates varsity sports combined for 540.5 Directors' Cup points, the 20th most out of 325 institutions that scored.
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Fakorede places 17th in hammer throw at NCAA Championships
May 27, 2017Bates junior Adedire Fakorede placed 17th in the hammer throw, concluding the season for himself and the Bates men's track and field team Saturday at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships.
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Griffin places 14th in 800 meters at NCAA Championships
May 26, 2017Bates senior captain Patrick Griffin ran the second fastest 800-meter race of his career on Friday at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships, at 1:52.30, but not fast enough to make the nine-man field of Saturday's finals.
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Harrington places 13th in javelin on first day of NCAA Championships
May 25, 2017Bates sophomore Tyler Harrington took 13th place in the javelin throw Thursday, highlighting the first day of the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Geneva, Ohio.
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Fakorede named New England Division III Field Athlete of the Year
May 24, 2017Bates junior Adedire Fakorede was named Men's Field Athlete of the Year in the New England Region on Tuesday as the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced its year-end awards leading into this week's NCAA Division III Championships.
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Bates Bobcast Episode 71: 2017 NCAA Championships Preview
May 23, 2017We look back on an epic men's lacrosse season and look ahead to the NCAA Championships for men's tennis' Ben Rosen, track & field and women's rowing.
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Fakorede, Harrington, Griffin, Kiely selected to compete at NCAA Championships
May 20, 2017The Bates men's track and field team will be represented by four athletes competing in a total of five events, as accepted entries to the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships were announced Saturday.
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Griffin lands NCAA berth in 800 meters; Fakorede scores big personal record in discus at MIT
May 18, 2017Bates senior captain Patrick Griffin recorded a career-best time in the 800-meter run, enough to land a berth in next week's NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships, while junior Adedire Fakorede notched a huge personal best in the discus throw Thursday at the MIT Final Qualifying Meet.
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Fakorede places fourth in discus at Open New Englands
May 13, 2017Adedire Fakorede provided all of the Bates men's track and field team's scoring on Saturday at the all-divisions Open New Englands, placing fourth in the discus throw as the only Division III athlete among the top 11 in the event.
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Big performances carry men's track to third place at NED3 Outdoor Championships
May 06, 2017Bates men's track and field won two more events en route to a final finish of third place out of 32 scoring teams Saturday at the New England Division III Outdoor Championships, the Bobcats' eighth consecutive top-three finish at the meet.
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Fakorede wins hammer throw on first day of NED3 Championships
May 05, 2017Bates junior Adedire Fakorede won the hammer throw title on the first full day of the New England Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships Friday at Williams College, leading the Bobcats into a tie for second place in the team standings.
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Fakorede named NESCAC Men's Track & Field Most Outstanding Performer
May 03, 2017Bates junior Adedire Fakorede was named Most Outstanding Performer, highlighting the Bates men's track and field team's haul of all-conference honors announced Wednesday by the New England Small College Athletic Conference.
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Fakorede leads men's track to fifth place at NESCAC Championships
April 29, 2017The Bates men's track and field team notched top-three finishes in nine events en route to placing fifth out of 11 teams Saturday at the NESCAC Championships, the 19th year in a row that Bates has placed inside the top five teams in the 11-team conference.
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Fakorede leads men's track to second place at 118th Maine State Men's Outdoor Championships
April 22, 2017Bates junior Adedire Fakorede captured the Tootel Memorial Award as the most valuable field athlete for the second straight year, as the host Bobcats placed second out of six scoring teams at the 118th Maine State Men's Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday at Russell Street Track.
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Men's track places third to UNH, Maine at Wildcat Invitational
April 15, 2017The Bates men's track and field team competed well against three larger schools Saturday at the UNH Wildcat Invitational against the University of Maine, the University of New Hampshire and Merrimack College, placing third as a team.
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Audio: Sounds of Track & Field at the 2017 NCAA Indoor Championships
April 14, 2017The Bates track and field teams competed at the 2017 NCAA Division III Indoor Championships in March. We were in Chicagoland to capture everything from the academics to the pizza to the thrilling competition.
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Men's track outscores MIT, Tufts, RPI in home outdoor meet
April 08, 2017The Bates men's track and field team hosted a very competitive four-team meet Saturday at the Russell Street Track and came away with the team points victory over MIT, Tufts and RPI.
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Fakorede named NESCAC Field Performer of the Week
April 03, 2017Adedire Fakorede was named NESCAC Field Performer of the Week Monday by the New England Small College Athletic Conference, after his performance in the men's track and field team's outdoor season-opening meet at the University of Maine.
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Men's track ties Maine, tops UNH in outdoor season opener
April 02, 2017First-year Beaufils Kimpolo-Pene won four events as the Bates men's track and field team tied host University of Maine while outscoring the University of New Hampshire in the outdoor season opener Saturday.
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Fakorede places fourth in weight throw at NCAA Championships
March 10, 2017Bates junior Adedire Fakorede became a two-time All-American with a fourth-place finish in the 35-pound weight throw Friday at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships.
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Men's track sending Fakorede, distance medley relay team to NCAA Championships
March 06, 2017Five student-athletes will represent the Bates men's track and field team this week at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships, to compete in the distance medley relay and the weight throw.
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Fakorede, 4x800 relay team lead men's track at Open New Englands
February 25, 2017Junior Adedire Fakorede's second-place and season-best performance in the 35-pound weight throw on Friday fueled the Bates men's track and field team to 13th place out of 32 scoring teams at the two-day, all-divisions Open New Englands.
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Men's track takes seventh place out of 27 teams in NED3 Indoor Championships
February 18, 2017The Bates men's track and field team placed second in three events en route to a seventh-place finish among 29 point-scoring teams Saturday at the New England Division III Men's Indoor Championships
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Record-breaking distance medley relay highlights BU meet for men's track
February 11, 2017The Bates men's track and field team recorded the sixth-fastest distance medley relay race in Division III indoor history, highlighting the Bobcats' performances Friday and Saturday at Boston University's David Hemery Valentine Invitational.
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Men's track and field wins back State of Maine Indoor Championship
February 04, 2017Bates men's track and field recaptured the Maine State Men's Indoor Championships, outscoring runner-up Bowdoin by nine points to win the 49th edition of the meet for the 14th time, including four in the past five years.
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Men's track impressive in meets at BU and Southern Maine
January 28, 2017The Bates men's track and field team was split competing in two meets on Saturday, with a slew of impressive results from both the John Thomas Terrier Classic at Boston University and at the USM Invitational.
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Men's track wins five events in home meet vs. Maine, Bryant et al
January 21, 2017In its lone home meet of the indoor season, the Bates men's track and field team won five events on Saturday, against competition including Division I Maine and Bryant as well as Division III Keene State, St. Joseph's and UMaine-Farmington.
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Men's track and field wins six events in indoor opener at MIT
January 14, 2017The Bates men's track and field team began the 2017 indoor season by finishing in second place between MIT and Colby Saturday at MIT, with the Bobcats taking first place in six events.
