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Bates junior Vantiel Elizabeth Duncan (Topsham, Maine) became a three-time All-American by finishing fifth in the women’s hammer throw at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships last week at Marietta College.

They may as well have played on their own home courts, or at Lisbon High School for that matter, 3,000 miles away. But one of the greatest moments in the history of Bates athletics was a win over virtual neighbor and arch rival Bowdoin, decided in Southern California late Sunday night.

Few athletes in Bates College history have ever reached the degree of achievement Ben Stein did May 22-24, 2009, when he won eight matches and lost only one, the NCAA Division III Men’s Tennis Singles Championship, and headed home as a national champion.

On the final day of the 2009 Bates baseball season, sophomore outfielder Chris Burke (Andover, Mass.) wrapped up an outstanding first season as a regular starter. In the season-ending doubleheader at St. Joseph’s of Maine, Burke went a combined 4-for-7 with three runs and three RBIs.

Bates senior Izzy Alexander (Harvard, Mass.) broke the New England Division III Women’s Track and Field Championship meet record in the 400-meter hurdles on Saturday at Springfield College, winning the event in 1:01.78 and slicing 0.18 seconds off of the previous set by Springfield’s Beth Bowler in 1998.

Women’s and men’s tennis coach Paul Gastonguay ’89 congratulates his number two doubles team, Erika Blauth and Brooke Morse-Karzen, after the pair defeated Colby in a match at Wallach Tennis Center.

David Barrett ’10 of men’s lacrosse rejoices after scoring on a on a teammate’s assist with 52 seconds left in the third quarter against Trinity College.

The Bates Swim Team offers the Bates Bobcat Swim Lesson Program to area children twice yearly, teaching skills and a love of water. Here Dany Aupi ’12 demonstrates a stroke to his student in Tarbell Pool.

Bates College catcher Gordy Webb ’11 earned New England Small College Athletic Conference Baseball Player of the Week honors in early April, batting .611 (11-for-18) with a .632 on-base percentage and a 1.111 slugging mark while not committing an error behind the plate during the Bobcats’ 3-2 week.

Morgan Maciewicz ’10 celebrates a goal during a game against Colby. Bates lost the game but earned the sixth seed in the NESCAC Championship.