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• 2004 Roster
• Race-by-Race
• Program Notes
• 2004 Results

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Program Notes

Kathryn Creswell qualified for the NCAA Championships in 2002 and 2003.

The Bates College women's cross country team gives student-athletes the opportunity to compete at individual, regional and national levels. Team members are expected to train seriously over the summer and make a commitment to the team and to academics. Self-motivated student-athletes with a strong background of academic success and a desire to compete at the intercollegiate level should consider applying to Bates.

The season begins with several open invitationals in September and early October. The championship portion of the season lasts for about a month, with the team vying for Open New England, State of Maine, New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) and ECAC titles before competing for a spot at the NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Championship at the NCAA New England Regional Championship.

Early season races are generally 5-kilometers, but the ECAC and NCAA Regional Championships are the full 6-kilometer distance that is contested at the NCAA Championship.

2003 Recap/2004 Outlook

Leslie Milk finished the 2003 season with a season-best performance at the New England Regional Championship.

Bates competes in one of the strongest conferences in the country, with nine NESCAC schools finishing in the top-10 at the regional championship in 2003. The Bobcats finished in eighth place at the conference championship meet, but moved up to sixth at the NCAA Regional Championship, just one spot shy of qualifying for nationals. Katherine Creswell '05 (Portland, Ore.) was an individual qualifier for the second consecutive year, finishing in 26th place at the regional championship.

Creswell will be the top returning runner in 2004, and although the Bobcats will lose three of their top-five runners to graduation, the younger runners weren't very far behind the seniors last year, as the team's gap from first to seventh averaged just 1:15. Kathryn Moore '07 (Pelham, N.H.) made an immediate impact as a top-five runner in her rookie season, and Leslie Milk '05 (Elma, N.Y.) will also be a leader for Bates after dropping more than 90 seconds off her best 6K time to finish 52nd at the regional championship.