Bates junior David Pless placed third in the discus throw on Thursday evening, his first of three events at the three-day NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships, held at Fritz Burns Stadium at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. Junior Andrew Wortham qualified for the finals in the 3,000 steeplechase.
While preparing for his three events at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships, which begin today, Bates junior David Pless fielded an interview from his hometown newspaper, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, for a story that was published today.
The Bates men’s track and field team will send four athletes to compete in a total of six events the 2012 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships, it was learned on Sunday, as the NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Committee announced the meet’s participants.
The Bates College men’s track and field team won its third consecutive ECAC Division III championship — two outdoor, one indoor — on Friday at RPI, as David Pless maintained an unblemished record against Division III competition this season and David Hardison won the decathlon.
Bates junior David Pless finished second in both the shot put and the discus throw, propelling the Bobcat men’s track and field team on Saturday at the all-divisions Open New Englands at MIT. Bates scored 25 points, tying with Middlebury for 10th place among 38 scoring teams.
