2005-Present


Byrnes '05, Canada win silver at World Rowing Championships
8/31/2009: Bates graduate Andrew Byrnes '05 and his teammates on the Candian men's eight captured the silver medal at the World Rowing Championships on Sunday, Aug. 30 in Poland.
Men's crew concludes excursion to Henley Royal Regatta
7/2/2009: The Bobcats fell to A.S.R. Nereus of the Netherlands on Thursday in the Round of 16 of the Temple Challenge Cup, a day after outpacing Trinity College of Dublin, Ireland, by three lengths.
Men's crew traveling to UK for Henley Royal Regatta
6/22/2009: The Bates men's varsity eight will be one of five U.S. boats competing in the Temple Challenge Cup, which begins July 1 in Henley-on-Thames, England.
Women's rowing claims second place at NCAAs
5/30/2009: Bates had its best showing ever in the NCAA Division III Women's Rowing Championships, claiming second place in both the team standings and in the Grand Final in convincing fashion on Saturday. Both of Bates' two boats fared the best they ever had in this, the Bobcats' third (and third straight) appearance at NCAAs.
Women's rowing set to go at NCAA Championships
5/28/2009: The Bates women's rowing team begins competition in its third straight appearance in the NCAA Division III Championships on Friday morning, when the Bobcats begin their quest for their first NCAA women's rowing title and their third straight top-five national finish.
Ritchie, Waldo named to All-America rowing team
5/27/2009: The women's rowing team placed two members on the 2009 CRCA Pocock Division III All-America team, the College Rowing Coaches Association announced on Wednesday, including senior Nicole Ritchie's third straight First Team All-America honor.
Women's rowing receives third straight NCAA Championships bid
5/12/2009: The Bates women's rowing team received its third straight bid to the NCAA Division III Women's Rowing Championships, the NCAA announced on Tuesday, as the Division III Women's Rowing Committee selected the eight-team field.
High winds cut short ECAC Rowing Championships
5/10/2009: Due to high winds Sunday at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) National Invitational Rowing Championship at Cooper River in Camden County, N.J., most races were cancelled prior to the completion of the varsity eight races.
Men's crew enjoys historic day at New Englands
5/2/2009: The 50 points earned by the Bates oarsmen contributed to the Bobcats finishing third out of 28 schools at the New England Rowing Championships on Lake Quinsigamond on Saturday. Between the men’s and women’s teams, a school-record five crews participated in grand finals on this historic day.
Women's varsity eight nips Trinity for second place at New Englands
5/2/2009: The Bates oarswomen accumulated 72 points -- enough to tie for second in the women’s points standings -- on Saturday at the New England Rowing Championships on Lake Quinsigamond.
No. 2 women's varsity eight edged by No. 1 Williams
4/25/2009: Two of the top NCAA Division III women’s rowing programs met for the first time this spring Saturday at Lake Onota, as the defending national champions from Williams played host to Bates, Coast Guard, Ithaca, and Marist.
Men's crew impressive at Williams regatta
4/25/2009: Bates, ranked No. 3 in the New England Rowing Championships poll, was edged by No. 2 Williams in the inaugural race for the Onota Cup in Pittsfield, Mass.
Rowing dominates CBB President's Cup
4/19/2009: Bates College's rowing teams put on another dominating performance in the CBB President's Cup regatta, hosted by the Bobcats on Sunday at the Bates Boathouse on the Androscoggin River. Bates captured first place in the men's and women's first and second varsity races.
Women's crew defeats rival Trinity in Worcester
4/18/2009: The No. 2-ranked Bates College women's varsity eight defeated rival and No. 3-ranked Trinity College by more than six seconds in their first matchup of the spring season on Saturday at Worcester, taking first place out of five boats.
Women's first varsity eight passes first test of spring
4/11/2009: Bates' No. 2-ranked women's varsity eight in Division III faced its first real test of the season on Saturday in dual races against 14th-ranked Wellesley and sixth-ranked Wesleyan.
Men's rowing wins four dual races on Malden River
4/11/2009: Three crews from the Bates College men's rowing team won four dual races against crews from the University of New Hampshire and NESCAC rival Wesleyan on Saturday, in a regatta hosted by Tufts.
Rowing teams impressive at Worcester regatta
4/5/2009: The Bates women's first and second varsity eights both won their races and the men's first varsity was a close runner-up as the spring rowing season began at Worcester.
Steenstra named head rowing coach at Bates
3/20/2009: Bates College interim head rowing coach Peter Steenstra has been named head rowing coach at Bates, Director of Athletics Kevin McHugh announced today.
Women's rowing ranked No. 3 nationally in preseason poll
3/16/2009: The Bates women's rowing team received a No. 3 national ranking in Division III as the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association/USRowing preseason polls were released.
Bates honors Olympic gold medalist Andrew Byrnes '05
12/8/2008: A break in training for Canadian Olympic gold medal rower Andrew Byrnes '05 provided a chance for current Bates rowers and other members of the college community to honor him with a banquet December 7th. Also on hand was Mike Ferry '97, the former Bates rower and 2000 U.S. Olympian.
Inaugural intrasquad Bobcat Cup closes out fall crew season
10/28/2008:
Bates crews dominate season-ending CBB Chase
10/26/2008: The Bates men's and women's rowing teams both claimed first-place finishes Sunday at the CBB Fall Chase, the final intercollegiate rowing event of the fall season for the Bobcats.
Bates women's eight takes second place at Head of the Charles
10/19/2008: The Bates women's rowing team's first varsity eight boat finished second out of 34 boats Sunday in the Collegiate Women's Eights portion of the 44th Head of the Charles Regatta. The Bates men came in 27th in their division.
Bates crews mark impressive fall debuts at Quinsigamond
10/12/2008: The Bates women's crew won the Varsity 8 race at the Quinsigamond Snake Regatta on Sunday, as both they and the men's crew each showed power and depth in their fall season debuts.
Rower Andrew Byrnes '05, Canada win gold medal in men's eights
8/17/2008: Andrew Byrnes and the Canada men's eight captured the gold medal on Sunday at the Shunyi Rowing-Canoeing Park, Canada's first medal in the event since 1992 and the first medal ever won by a Bates graduate.
Andrew Byrnes '05 and Canada win men's eight heat at Olympics
8/12/2008: Andrew Byrnes '05 and the Canadian men's eight defeated Poland, the Netherlands and Australia to automatically advance to Sunday's final at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.
Steenstra tapped as interim head rowing coach at Bates
7/21/2008: Peter Steenstra, assistant rowing coach at Bates in 2007-08, has been appointed interim head rowing coach for the 2008-09 academic year, Kevin McHugh announced on Monday.
Carter resigns as head rowing coach at Bates
7/16/2008: Andrew Carter has resigned effective July 31, Director of Athletics Kevin McHugh announced on Wednesday. Carter has led the Bates rowing program since 2000.
Byrnes '05 to row for Canada in Beijing Olympics
6/26/2008: Bates graduate Andrew Byrnes '05 was named to the Canadian Men's Eight for the upcoming 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, Rowing Canada Aviron announced on Thursday.
Women's crew wins petite final, finishes 5th at NCAAs
5/31/2008: The Bates College women's rowing team notched a first-place showing in the petite final of the NCAA Women's Rowing Championships, leading the Bobcats to a fifth-place team finish as the Division III part of the regatta concluded Saturday in Gold River, Calif.
Women's rowing settles for petite final at NCAA Championships
5/30/2008: The Bates College women's rowing team came up 1.42 seconds short of third place and a berth in Saturday's grand final on Friday, the first day of the NCAA Women's Rowing Championships, hosted by the University of California at Berkeley.
Nicole Ritchie named First Team All-America in rowing
5/27/2008: For the second year in a row, Bates junior Nicole Ritchie was named to the Pocock Division III All-America First Team, the College Rowing Coaches Association has announced.
Going to California: Women's crew heads for NCAA Championships
5/27/2008: The Bates women's rowing team has shrugged off expectations of a rebuilding year and turned it into a second straight trip to the NCAA Women's Rowing Championships, taking place this Friday and Saturday.
Women's rowing gets second straight NCAA bid
5/13/2008: The Bates College women's rowing team received the bid Tuesday for its second straight trip to the NCAA Women's Rowing Championships.
Bates varsity eights both make grand final at ECACs
5/11/2008: The Bates College women's varsity eight took third place in the grand final of the National Invitational Collegiate Regatta on Sunday, while the Bates men's varsity also made the grand final and finished sixth.
Women 3rd, men 5th at New England Rowing Championships
5/3/2008: Bates College rowing had an impressive day at the New England Rowing Championships. Both the Bates women's and men's varsity eights qualified for their respective grand finals, where the women finished third in New England and the men placed fifth.
Rowing claims CBB Presidents Cup on Androscoggin
4/20/2008: Bates College won five out of seven completed races, including the main event men's and women's varsity eights, to claim the annual CBB Presidents Cup, hosted by Bates on the Androscoggin River on Sunday.
Bates crews tune up for CBB Presidents Cup at Worcester regatta
4/19/2008: Bates hosts the CBB Presidents Cup tomorrow at the Bates Boathouse in Greene, Maine, starting at 9 a.m.
Rowing competes for second straight day at Worcester
4/13/2008: Competing for the second day in a row, the Bates College rowing teams had a number of strong performances Sunday in a regatta with host WPI, Wellesley, Skidmore, Simmons, URI and Holy Cross.
Bates rowing impressive vs. Wesleyan, New Hampshire
4/12/2008: The Bates College women's rowing varsity eight, ranked fourth in Division III, lived up to advance billing with a pair of victories Saturday over New Hampshire and Wesleyan on Saturday on Tufts University's Malden River course.
Bates rowing teams dominate Stetson Sprints
2/23/2008: The Bates College men's and women's rowing teams had an outstanding early start to the spring 2008 season Saturday at the Stetson University Sprints. The Bobcats took first place in three of four races and were second in the fourth.
Season Review: Bates rowers excelled in Fall 2007
1/4/2008:
Bates men and women dominate CBB Regatta
10/27/2007: Bates men's and rowing closed out their fall racing schedule with a dominating performance Saturday at the CBB Regatta, hosted by Colby College on a 2.5-mile course at Lake Messalonskee.
Rowing teams reach new heights at Head of the Charles
10/21/2007: Bates' men's and women's 1V boats both placed in the top four among Division III teams at the historic Head of the Charles Regatta over the weekend.
Bobcat men and women each claim first at inaugural regatta
10/14/2007: The Bates rowing teams opened the year's racing Sunday at the newly minted Quinsigamond Snake Regatta with first-place performances on both the men's and women's sides.
Byrnes '05, Canadian eight win world rowing title
9/3/2007: Andrew Byrnes '05 and the rest of the Canadian men's eight won the gold medal at the FISA World Championships on Sunday, in Byrnes' first year as a member of the country's top boat.
Byrnes '05, Canada win third gold medal of the summer
7/17/2007: Bates graduate Andrew Byrnes '05 and the Canadian men's eight won its third international gold medal of the summer over the weekend, with a first-place finish at the World Cup series in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Byrnes '05, Canada row to first place at Henley Royal
7/11/2007: Bates graduate Andrew Byrnes '05 and Canada's top men's eight took its second first place finish of the summer World Cup season last weekend at the Henley Royal Regatta in Oxfordshire, England.
Lewis wins Division III Rowing Coach of the Year award
6/4/2007: Anne Lewis of Bates College received Division III Coach of the Year honors Monday from the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association, following Bates women’s rowing’s superb 2007 season.
Women's crew finishes third at NCAA Championships
5/26/2007: Bates College captured third place in its first trip to the NCAA Division III Rowing Championships on Saturday. The Bobcats' first varsity eight nipped the University of Puget Sound by 0.07 seconds, 6:57.10 to 6:57.17, in the process clinching third place overall.
Bates boat qualifies for Division III Grand Final at NCAAs
5/25/2007: The Bates College women's first varsity eight crew advanced to the Division III Grand Final Friday at the NCAA Women's Rowing Championships, on the first day of competition at Bates' first appearance at NCAAs.
Rowers Voeller, Ritchie earn national scholar-athlete honors
5/23/2007: While a most successful season in Bates women's rowing continues, Bates women's rowers Gabrielle Voeller and Nicole Ritchie were each named Division II/III National Scholar-Athletes by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association.
Bates' Ritchie, Olson make All-America rowing squad
5/21/2007: Nicole Ritchie and Jaclyn Olson, members of the NCAA Championships-bound Bates women's rowing crew, have each been named to the College Rowing Coaches Association/Pocock Division III All-America Team, the CRCA announced on Monday.
Women's rowing earns first bid to NCAA Championships
5/15/2007: Bates College has earned its first bid to the NCAA Division III Women's Rowing Championships, the NCAA announced on Tuesday.
Bates impresses at shortened ECAC Rowing Championships
5/13/2007: The ECAC Rowing Championships were cut short Sunday due to high winds at Dorchester Park in Whitney Park, N.Y., prior to the completion of the varsity eight races.
Bates crews power through New England Rowing Championships
5/6/2007: The Bates College rowing crews had one of its best showings ever Sunday at the New England Rowing Championships. In the overall team standings, Bates came in fourth place with 96 points, ahead of 22 other schools, including New Hampshire (90), Holy Cross (82), Vermont (72), Wesleyan (66) and Tufts (66).
Bates crews fare well at Williams regatta
4/28/2007: The Bates College rowing crews traveled to Lake Onota Saturday for a regatta featuring host Williams College, Marist, Coast Guard, Tufts and Ithaca, with several impressive results for the Bobcats.
Bates crews notch impressive wins at home and at WPI
4/22/2007: Bates College hosted the annual President's Cup regatta with CBB opponents Colby and Bowdoin Sunday on the Androscoggin River in an impressive weekend for the men's and women's varsity boats.
Bates crews win three races at WPI-hosted regatta
4/15/2007: The Bates College rowing crews posted wins in three out of six races, including the Women's Varsity 8, in a seven-team regatta on Sunday hosted by Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Crews return to action with Tufts, Wesleyan, UNH
4/14/2007: Bates' men's second Varsity 8 defeated Tufts University while the Bobcats' men's Varsity 8 was edged narrowly by the hosts, 6:21.45 to 6:21.96, at Saturday's crew races on the Malden River with Tufts, Wesleyan and New Hampshire.
Crews have impressive spring debuts at Stetson Sprints
2/26/2007: The Bates College crews opened their spring season with excellent results at the Stetson Sprints on Saturday at Lake Beresford.
Bates crews impress at 42nd Head of the Charles
10/23/2006: The Bates College rowing crews made strong showings over the weekend at the 42nd Head of the Charles Regatta. Bates entered four boats, including entries in the Collegiate Men’s Eight and Collegiate Women’s Eight fields, where the Bobcats were particularly impressive.
Bates crew shines at New Hampshire Championships
10/15/2006: In its first race of the fall season, Bates entered seven crews in four different events, and recorded four top-3 finishes.
Byrnes earns medal at World Rowing Championships
8/28/2006: Bates College alum Andrew Byrnes '05 went from reserve status to medalist at the FISA World Rowing Championships over the weekend.
Byrnes '05 to travel with Canada rowers to World Championships
8/16/2006: Bates College alumnus Andrew Byrnes '05 has made Canada's rowing team as a traveling reserve for the 2006 World Rowing Championships in England.
Bates' Megan Germscheid honored as scholar-athlete rower
5/18/2006: Bates College senior rower Megan Germscheid has been named a Division II/III National Scholar-Athlete by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association.
Bates women's varsity eight climbs to seventh in final Div. 3 rankings
5/18/2006: The Bates College women's varsity eight climbed to seventh in the final Division III rankings released by U.S. Rowing and the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association. The men's varsity eight, meanwhile, finished fourth among NESCAC crews in the season-ending ECAC Championships last weekend.
Bates crews win heats at ECAC Rowing Championships
5/14/2006: The Bates College men's and women's crews each won races on an exceedingly rainy Sunday at the 2006 ECAC Rowing Championships at Lake Quinsigamond.
Novice squads shine at New England Rowing Championships
5/7/2006: The Bates men's and women's novice 8+ boats each rowed their way to silver medals at the New England Rowing Championships, held Saturday at Lake Quinsigamond.
Bates crew registers one first place, two seconds at Pittsfield
4/29/2006: The Bates College crew’s men’s novice eight finished first and the women’s novice eight and men's varsity eight petite each came in second to highlight the Bobcats’ day at the Williams College-hosted regatta on Saturday. The regatta also included Marist, Coast Guard and Tufts.
Bates crew hosts, wins CBB Regatta on Androscoggin River
4/23/2006: The Bates College crew earned the 2006 Presidents' Cup with 21 cup points Sunday at the CBB Regatta on the Androscoggin River. Colby College was second with 16 points, followed by Bowdoin with nine.
Bates women's novice eight a winner in Worcester
4/22/2006: The Bates College women's novice eight defeated Trinity College Saturday at a regatta that also included Worcester Polytechnic Institute, the University of New Hampshire and Williams College.
Bates crew opens spring rowing season at Tufts regatta
4/15/2006: The Bates College men's varsity 8 nipped the University of New Hampshire on the Malden River on Saturday, 6:03.99 to 6:05.58, as the Bobcats' spring rowing season began in a regatta hosted by Tufts University.
Commemorative print of Bates rowers on the Androscoggin
12/15/2005: A signed, limited-edition print by Maine artist John Gable, showcasing what he calls the "signature intimacy, athleticism, power and sense of landscape" of Bates rowers competing on the Androscoggin River, is now available for purchase.
Bates wins four out of eight races at CBB Regatta
10/29/2005: Bates College placed four winners in eight races at Saturday's annual Colby-Bates-Bowdoin (CBB) Regatta, held on Colby's 2.5-mile course at Messalonskee Lake.
Bates crews show impressively at Head of the Charles
10/23/2005: Bates College's men's collegiate eight is third in Division III, while the women's eight holds sixth prior to penalty at the 41st Head of the Charles regatta.
Rowers Byrnes, Diamond, Ford win U.S. and world medals
7/29/2005: Although it is the off season for college athletes, Bates rowers are remaining active on the waters while winning international and national medals.
Byrnes selected to Canadian national under-23 team
7/14/2005: Canada's under-23 national rowing team will compete at the World Rowing Under 23 Championships in Amsterdam, The Netherlands in July. "I decided to pursue this opportunity because I had a great experience rowing at Bates," said Byrnes.