Stories about "Athletics"
Fishin’, singin’, campin’ — 13 joyful Bobcat sportraits from the spring season
Friday, May 16, 2025 9:27 am
Open-water fishing doesn’t begin until April 1 in Maine, but that didn’t…
Defeating the field and his own doubt, Max Cory ’26 wins Bates’ first NCAA swim title
Friday, March 28, 2025 4:07 pm
Self-effacing and candid, Cory shared how he has, in the past, "tended to swim worse when the pressure's on." Not this time. His time of 42.88 seconds set a National Division III record.
Chef, the Dab, and George Washington: Top Bobcat sportraits from winter 2025
Friday, March 28, 2025 3:49 pm
Some chose props — a chef’s hat, a plant, even a makeshift rowboat — to build metaphors and tell stories about teamwork, resilience, or pure joy, with irony and humor as delightful side dishes.
Bates College Director of Athletics Jason Fein to step down on Dec. 31, 2024
Thursday, December 19, 2024 9:44 am
Jason Fein, who has served as director of athletics since 2017, has led “significant improvements to our athletics program and major achievements by our teams and their coaches,” said Bates President Garry W. Jenkins.
Our top 10 Bobcat sportraits from fall 2024
Friday, November 15, 2024 3:48 pm
"Sportraits" is a portmanteau of the words "sports" and "portrait," and as you can see in this photo story, they're as inventive as the word itself. They're funtastic. Or funthusiastic?
Campus Construction Update: Nov. 8, 2024
Thursday, November 7, 2024 7:07 am
Opening another front in Bates’ endless battle against marine clay, workers began laying a new FieldTurf playing surface at Leahey Field this week.
Mic’d Up: Golf captain Will Phillips ’25 on lefty golf swings and the ‘damn shame’ of a missed putt
Friday, October 11, 2024 12:33 pm
College golf is a beautiful thing, which this quip-filled mic’d up video captures — walking a course on a beautiful fall day in Maine with teammates who are also friends.
Raising $32k, Bates wins College Cup at 2024 Dempsey Challenge
Friday, September 27, 2024 2:15 pm
Accepting the cup from actor Patrick Dempsey was a Bates student and rower who is in his own battle with cancer.
Part I: Skills, surprises, and epiphanies when Bates students talk about their summer experiences
Friday, September 20, 2024 12:47 pm
In Part I of our photo stories about Bates students with college-supported summer experiences, we check in with eight students whose summer was spent somewhat far, and very far, from campus.
Campus Construction Update: September 20, 2024
Thursday, September 19, 2024 8:56 am
After the summer replacement of its grass playing surface with FieldTurf, Russell Street Field is back in play. But what of Leahey Field?