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The NESCAC Championships are this weekend for track and field, and they are approaching quickly for the rest of the Bates spring sports. Hear from some of the recent spring standouts on this week’s episode of the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:01 -- Jacob Goff '24, Men's Track & Field (Male Bobcat of the Week).

8:16 -- Kylie Musante '26, Women's Track & Field (Female Bobcat of the Week).

13:43 -- Delaney Rankin '26, Softball.

18:48 -- Andrew Frey '24, Men's Rowing captain, 2V stroke seat.

27:24 -- Oli Seline '24, Women's Rowing 2V coxswain.

This week we’re talking with four men’s track and field sprinters who broke the school record in the 4x100 relay….but aren’t remotely satisfied with that result. Plus, softball sophomore Emma Yen had a breakout week for the Bobcats, and we check in with the rowing teams. All that and more...

Interviews this episode:

1:12 - Livia Kozick '24, Women's Track and Field (Heptathlon).

8:17 -- Derek Shen '24, Kevin O'Connor '25, Aydan Gedeon-Hope '25, and Jackson Rose '27 (Male Bobcat of the Week), Bates record-breaking 4x100 relay team, Men's Track and Field.

28:06 -- Emma Yen '26, Softball. (NESCAC Player of the Week and Female Bobcat of the Week)

34:56 -- Charlie Berman '24, Men's Rowing captain.

44:14 -- Katarina Dickson '24, Women's Rowing.

This week on the Bobcast we chat with the first Bates athlete ever to be inducted into the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association NCAA Division III Track & Field Athlete Hall of Fame: 16-time All-American and two-time NCAA champion: Keelin Godsey '06. Plus, the baseball team won a thriller at Tufts and women’s lacrosse picked up a key NESCAC road victory. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:39 -- Keelin Godsey '06 (16-time track & field All-American, two-time NCAA champion, USTFCCCA Hall of Famer).

23:53 -- Curtis Johnson, Head Coach, Track & Field.

33:27 -- Liam Yardley '26, Baseball (Male Bobcat of the Week).

41:45 -- Laci Raveis '27, Women's Lacrosse (Female Bobcat of the Week).

47:47 -- Andrew Toland '27, Men's Lacrosse Goalkeeper.

This week we are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1984 Bates men’s lacrosse team's season, which saw the Bobcats go 11-1 overall, and 11-0 during the regular season. Plus, our Bobcats of the Week come from women’s lacrosse and baseball. And track and field finally got some nice weather to run and throw in. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:03 -- Lauren Wong '26, Women's Lacrosse. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

6:55 -- Jack Brennan '24, Baseball captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

13:29 -- Ross Tejeda '26, Men's track and field.

21:45 -- Bill Bell '84, captain of the 11-1 1984 Bates men's lacrosse team.

This week we chat with Bates Associate A.D. for Athletic Performance Nick Cooke, as March is National Athletic Training Month! Plus, our Bobcats of the Week come from the baseball and softball diamonds, and the swimming teams turned in strong performances at the NCAA Championships. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:16 -- Peter Casares, Head Coach, Swimming & Diving

13:57 -- Henry Prince '27, Baseball (Male Bobcat of the Week)

20:56 -- Kennedy Jones '26, Softball (Female Bobcat of the Week)

30:49 -- Caroline Taggart '25, Women's Lacrosse

36:49 -- Nick Cooke, Bates Associate A.D. for Athletic Performance

This week on the Bates Bobcast, we preview the spring season for the rowing team, as the Bobcats got back on the Androscoggin River earlier than ever before. Plus, we talk to a pair of standout tennis players from last week, and we introduce you to our new head men’s soccer coach: Ben Brewster!

Interviews this episode:

1:16 -- Ben Brewster, Head Coach, Men's Soccer.

14:26 -- Ally Friedman '24, Women's Tennis captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

24:58 -- Ben Adey '25, Men's Tennis. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

32:57 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.