2017-18 Women's Track & Field News
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Four women's track athletes receive USTFCCCA All-Academic honors
July 26, 2018Imani Boggan, Ayden Eickhoff, So Kim and Sarah Rothmann of the Bates women's track and field team earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors during the 2017-18 track & field seasons, announced Thursday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. -
Cook, seeded 12th, takes second place in 10K at NCAA Championships
May 24, 2018Bates senior Katherine Cook concluded a year of stunning performances with perhaps her greatest race, placing second in the 10,000-meter run as the 12th seed at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships in a time of 35:17.48, 40.9 seconds ahead of the third-place finisher.
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Bates Bobcast Episode 107: 2018 NCAA Championships preview
May 22, 2018The number one nationally ranked Bates women's rowing team looks to defend its NCAA title this weekend. Two-time All-American Adedire Fakorede '18 and three-time All-American Katherine Cook '18 compete in one final NCAA Championships in track and field. And three-time All-American Ben Rosen' 18 and Jacob Kauppila '20 head across the country for the NCAA men's tennis singles and doubles championships. Plus, congrats to the Bates women's club ultimate team, Cold Front, for finishing second at Division III nationals!
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Cook to race the 10,000 meters at NCAA Championships
May 19, 2018Katherine Cook will conclude her remarkable senior season by competing in the 10,000-meter run as the Bates women's track and field team's representative at the upcoming NCAA Division III Track & Field Championships, being held this Thursday through Saturday at Wisconsin-La Crosse.
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Cook wins 5,000 in day of personal records at Open New Englands
May 11, 2018Bates senior Katherine Cook won the all-divisions New England title in the 5,000-meter run, re-breaking her own team record, while three other Bates women's track and field athletes also set personal records Friday at the all-divisions Open New Englands, hosted by Dartmouth.
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Bates Bobcast Episode 105: Carolyn Court enters the Hall of Fame
May 08, 2018Carolyn Court served as head coach of Bates' women's track and field and cross country program through the first 25 years of its existence, touching the lives of thousands of Bates student-athletes along the way. And now she's been inducted into the Auburn-Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame. We talk with Carolyn and cover the week that was in Bates athletics, on the latest Bates Bobcast!
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Carolyn Court inducted into Auburn-Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame
May 07, 2018It was no surprise that former Bates head coach Carolyn Court's election to the Auburn-Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame was universally applauded at its 35th annual Induction and Awards Banquet on Sunday.
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Women's track claws into 11th place out of 35 teams at New Englands
May 05, 2018The Bates women's track and field team clawed its way to an 11th-place finish out of 35 scoring teams without the benefit of any top-three event finishes Saturday at the New England Division III Outdoor Championships.
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Kaufman, Shoulta make 100 hurdles finals at New Englands
May 04, 2018The Bates women's track and field team had two athletes qualify for the finals in the 100-meter hurdles, highlighting the first day of the New England Division III Outdoor Championships for the Bobcats Friday at MIT.
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Cook, Hughes, Eickhoff lead women's track at NESCAC Championships
April 28, 2018Senior Katherine Cook won the 10,000-meter run in team-record time, leading the Bates women's track and field team Saturday at the NESCAC Championships at Trinity.
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Women's track places second out of eight teams at Aloha Relays
April 21, 2018The No. 26 nationally ranked Bates women's track and field team tuned up for next weekend's NESCAC Championships with a second-place finish out of eight teams at the Aloha Relays Saturday at Bowdoin, including five event wins.
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No. 22 women's track holds its own vs. Maine, UNH
April 14, 2018The No. 22 nationally ranked Bates women's outdoor track and field team won four events, among other impressive results, in competing against Division I New Hampshire and Maine Saturday at the UNH Wildcat Invitational.
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Cook named NESCAC Women's Track Performer of the Week
April 09, 2018Bates senior Katherine Cook was named Women's Track Performer of the Week on Monday, as the New England Small College Athletic Conference after another record-setting race.
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Cook re-breaks team 5K record as women's track opens outdoor season
April 07, 2018Senior Katherine Cook broke the team outdoor record in the 5,000-meter run as the Bates women's track and field team opened the outdoor season Saturday at Tufts in a four-team meet including MIT and RPI.
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Women's track rides three All-America performances to tie for 8th place in NCAA
March 10, 2018The Bates women's track and field team ended the 2018 NCAA Division III Track & Field Championships with four All-Americans crowned in four events, in an outstanding final day of the meet Saturday. Sally Ceesay placed second in the triple jump, Ayden Eickhoff took fourth place in the 800 meters, and Katherine Cook grabbed seventh place in the 3,000 meters, a day after placing third in the 5,000.
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Cook places third in 5,000 meters while Eickhoff makes 800-meter finals at NCAAs
March 09, 2018Bates women's track crowned two All-Americans on the first day of the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships Friday, as senior Katherine Cook took third place in the 5,000-meter run, breaking her own team record in the process, while junior Ayden Eickhoff qualified for the finals in the 800-meter run.
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Ceesay, Cook, Eickhoff set to compete in NCAA Championships
March 05, 2018Senior Sally Ceesay will compete in the triple jump, senior Katherine Cook will race in both the 5,000 and 3,000 meters, and junior Ayden Eickhoff will race in the 800-meter run at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships March 9-10, 2018 in Birmingham, Ala.
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Women's track produces solid results at Tufts National Qualifying Meet
March 03, 2018The Bates women's track and field team produced some career-best marks Saturday at the Tufts National Qualifying Meet, none of them adding to Bates' existing list of NCAA Championship qualifiers.
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Ceesay breaks Bates' indoor triple jump record at Maine State Open
February 24, 2018Senior Sally Ceesay broke her own team indoor record in the triple jump, soaring 40 feet, 3 1/2 inches to highlight the Maine State Open for the Bates women's track and field team on Saturday.
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Eickhoff, Ceesay win New England indoor titles as Bates ties for sixth place
February 17, 2018Junior Ayden Eickhoff won the 800 meters and senior Sally Ceesay won the triple jump as the Bates women's track and field team tied for sixth place out of 30 scoring teams Saturday at the New England Division III Women's Indoor Track & Field Championships.
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Bobcats run fast times at BU Valentine Invitational
February 09, 2018A number of career-best performances made waves on the Bates women's track and field all-time performance lists, as the Bobcats competed Friday at the David Hemery Invitational at Boston University.
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Bates Bobcast Episode 92: Winning championships and breaking records
February 06, 2018The women's track and field team won its fifth straight indoor state championship. Senior men's track and field captain Adedire Fakorede set a meet record in the weight throw and the squash teams impressed at the NESCAC Championships. We have it all covered on this week's Bobcast!
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No. 10 women's track captures fifth consecutive State of Maine title
February 02, 2018No. 10 nationally ranked Bates won the State of Maine Women's Indoor Track & Field Championships in convincing fashion for the fifth consecutive year on Friday night at home in Merrill Gymnasium, outscoring runner-up Bowdoin by a team-record margin of 75 points.
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Women's track wins five-team USM Invitational
January 27, 2018The Bates women's track and field team concluded a split-squad weekend by winning the five-team USM Invitational Saturday at the University of Southern Maine.
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Katherine Cook runs seventh-fastest 5K in Division III history
January 26, 2018Senior Katherine Cook shattered Bates' indoor record in the 5,000-meter run with the seventh-fastest time in Division III history, highlighting a day of career-best performances by members of the Bates women's track and field team Friday at the BU John Thomas Terrier Classic.
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Katherine Cook, Sojung Kim receive ECAC women's track honors
January 24, 2018Bates senior Katherine Cook was named Division III North Track Athlete of the Week Wednesday by the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), while first-year Sojung Kim earned Rookie of the Week honors.
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Women's track tops all Division III competition at Bates Invitational
January 20, 2018The Bates women's track and field team won team scoring among five Division III teams Saturday in the Bates Invitational, taking first place in 10 out of 18 events.
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Eickhoff, rookies stand out for women's track in season opener vs. Colby, MIT
January 13, 2018Junior Ayden Eickhoff recorded an early-season school record in the 1,000 meters as the Bates women's track and field team opened the 2018 indoor season by hosting Colby and MIT and finishing second in team scoring.
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Women's track preview: Bobcats reload after graduation of three All-Americans
January 10, 2018Despite the loss of three multi-time All-America performers to graduation in 2017, the Bates women's track and field team is ready for another big year, according to 13th-year head coach Jay Hartshorn.
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Bates Bobcast Episode 88: Track and field preview
January 09, 2018A new year and a new episode of the Bobcast! This week we're recapping the winter break for the basketball teams and previewing the track and field season.
