The Bates Bobcast

This week is Senior Week at Bates! So we have an all-senior episode of the Bobcast. We preview NCAA Championships in two sports, as Bates competes on the national stage in both track and field and women’s rowing this weekend. All that and more... Interviews this episode: 0:56 -- Lily Kinder '22, Women's rowing captain. 12:36 -- Elise Lambert '22, Women's track and field captain. 19:23 -- Jordyn Tv...

This week it’s a special all track and field edition of the Bobcast! We look back at Open New Englands, where a Bates junior put himself among the best to ever throw the discus at Bates. And look ahead to this Thursday’s Final Qualifying Meet at MIT, as the Bobcats make one final bid for the NCAA Championships. Interviews this episode: 1:14 -- Liam Byrne '23, Men's Outdoor Track and Field. (Male B...

On the latest Bates Bobcast, we’re recapping another strong week for the rowing teams on Lake Quinsigamond in Massachusetts, where both the women and men earned automatic bids to their respective national championship regattas! Plus, the men’s track and field team shined at New Englands, and we introduce you to the first-year who had never heard of the steeplechase before coming to Bates — and now...

This week we look back on the 40-year coaching career of Bates men’s lacrosse head coach Peter Lasagna, who announced his retirement on Tuesday. In his 22 seasons at Bates, Peter became one of the most highly decorated and admired NESCAC coaches. Plus, the rowing teams shined at the New England Championship, in some very difficult circumstances, and the tennis teams concluded their regular seasons...

This week we are recapping the rowing teams’ ninth straight President’s Cup title. Plus, the men’s track and field team dominated the Maine State Classic and meet the new and sensational senior-sophomore women’s tennis doubles team, which got off to a strong start on Sunday. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode: 0:41 -- Robert Griffin '23, Men's Outdoor Track and Field....

This week we preview the Maine State Classic, with men’s track and field head coach Curtis Johnson. Plus, meet Alma Mackic and Hope Shaw, two of our throwers on the women’s track and field team. And as always we chat with our Bobcats of the Week, who this week come from softball and men’s lacrosse. Interviews this episode: 1:09 -- Janell Sato '22, Softball Captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week) 8:25...

This week we take you high up into the world of pole vaulting with Bates men’s track and field senior captain Charlie Hansen. Plus, women’s lacrosse goalie Cammie Lavoie was named the Division Three National Player of the Week, and the rowing teams picked up some impressive early season wins. Interviews this episode: 0:53 -- Cammie Lavoie '23, Women's Lacrosse (IWLCA National Defensive Player of t...

It's D3 Week, where we celebrate and showcase why we believe Division III provides the best experience for college athletes! To hear what’s happening at Bates for D3 Week, we’ll talk to student members of our Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). Plus, men’s track and field dominated the Bates Quad Meet and women’s tennis went 2-0 in NESCAC action over the weekend. All that, and more! Intervi...

We’re recapping the rowing program’s spring season-opening trip out west to the San Diego Crew Classic. Plus, softball is back from Florida and we introduce you to a new member of the track and field coaching staff, throwing coach Danny Colina! Interviews this episode: 1:01 -- Lindsey Kim '23, Softball. (Female Bobcat of the Week) 11:24 -- Espen Wheeler '22, Men's Rowing. (Male Bobcat of the Week)...

This week we’re recapping a record-setting NCAA Championships for the 13 Bates swimmers who qualified for the national meet. Plus, the spring season gets underway for the rowing teams this Saturday and Sunday in sunny San Diego. Hear from head coach Peter Steenstra about the exciting competition they’ll face. Interviews this episode: 1:14 -- Grace Wenger '24, Seven-Time All-American, Women's Swimm...

The NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships produced another All-American for Bates. Plus, a full preview of the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. All that and more, on the latest Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode: 0:40 -- Elise Lambert '22, Women's Track and Field captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week) 8:41 -- Wil Masterson '24, Men's Lacrosse. (Male Bobcat of the Week) 15:52 -- Peter...

This week we’re looking back on one of the great Bates sports moments in history, thanks to the women’s basketball team’s heroics in the NCAA tournament. Plus, women’s track and field is sending a pair of athletes to the NCAA Championships, and we remember the life and legacy of the great Bates coach, George Wigton. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast. Interviews this episode: 1:40 -- Alison M...

This week we’re celebrating the women’s basketball team’s first…ever…NESCAC title! Plus, men’s track and field had a strong showing at New Englands, and it’s National Athletic Trainers Month! Meet Andrew England, certified athletic trainer for women’s hoops at Bates. Interviews this episode: 1:23 -- Meghan Graff '23, Women's basketball captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week, NESCAC Player of the Week...

This week we celebrate 14 Bates team records falling at the NESCAC Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships! Plus, senior Mia Roy broke a women’s basketball record of her own, and it’s time to spring ahead and take a look at the next season of Bates sports, with baseball and lacrosse previews. Interviews this episode: 1:08 -- Mia Roy '22 (NESCAC, Maine, and Female Bobcat of the Week) and Alison Mon...

This week you’ll hear from a first-year swimmer who broke not one, not two, but three individual Bates program records at the NESCAC championships. Plus, we talk with a sophomore sensation on the ski slopes, and with head tennis coach and Bates alumnus Paul Gastonguay '89, whose teams head to Florida next week to kick off the spring season. And of course, the NESCAC tournament begins this weekend...

This week we’re introducing new head football coach Matt Coyne! Plus, men’s basketball head coach Jon Furbush is now the winningest coach in program history and men’s track and field took home the indoor state championship. All that plus a squash thriller, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode: 0:56 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football. 28:10 -- Truman Williams '25, Men's Track and Field (M...

This week we’re chatting with Sam Francis '17, who parlayed his Bates athletics experience — in football and lacrosse — and his academic talents — as a double major in math and economics — to become a trusted member of the Super Bowl–bound Cincinnati Bengals’ coaching staff as the team’s data analyst. Plus, meet Mainer Simon McCormick, who led Bates men’s basketball to a season sweep of Bowdoin. A...

In this episode we’re highlighting some standout Bates skiers from the Saint Michael’s Carnival. Plus, the men’s swimming and diving team remained undefeated in dual meets, capturing the CBB title. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode: 1:14 -- Andrew Hall '22, Men's Swimming and Diving (Male Bobcat of the Week). 8:41 -- Sequoia Anstine '25, Women's Alpine Skiing (Female...

We’re recapping another outstanding week for the Bates women’s basketball team. The Bobcats went 3-0 and beat a top 5 nationally ranked team…for the second time this year. Plus, hear about the longest women’s Nordic race in Bates history, a Bobcat hurdler’s work with the Women’s Sports Foundation, and swimming and diving sweeping aside their rivals from Colby. That’s coming up, on the Bates Bobcas...

It's the 250th episode of the Bates Bobcast, our weekly podcast where we take a look at the week that was, in Bates athletics. This week we’re previewing the skiing seasons! Plus, Mia Roy propelled women’s basketball to a high-scoring win in their NESCAC opener and the swim teams swept a pair of dual meets over the weekend. Meanwhile, football standout Brendan Costa is living the dream: He’ll play...

This week we’re recapping another undefeated week for the Bates basketball programs. The women are 7-1 and the men are 5-3 headed into the break. Plus, men’s lacrosse head coach Peter Lasagna earned the 2021 Lifetime Service Award last week from the Intercollegiate Men’s Lacrosse Coaches Association! Interviews this episode: 1:00 -- Meghan Graff '23, Women's Basketball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)...

The Bates women's swimming and diving team won a sixth straight state title, the women's basketball team made a big statement at Bowdoin and the squash teams defeated their rivals from Brunswick as well. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode: 1:12 -- Morgan Kennedy '24, Women's Basketball (Female Bobcat of the Week and the Maine Women's Basketball Co-Rookie of the Week)....

We’re recapping an undefeated week for the basketball teams on the latest Bobcast! Plus, we chat with one of our three All-NESCAC football players and take a look back at the men’s soccer season with head coach Tyler Sheikh. Interviews this episode: 1:13 -- Ariana Dalia '22, Women's Basketball (NESCAC Player of the Week, Maine State Player of the Week and Female Bobcat of the Week). 6:48 -- Jahmir...

On the latest Bobcast, we’re recapping strong performances at the NCAA Championships for our cross country teams! Plus, we talk with some early season standouts on the hardwood and in the pool. Interviews this episode: 1:08 -- Jillian Richardson '23 (Female Bobcat of the Week) and Tara Ellard '22, Women's cross country All-Americans. 7:31 -- Ryan Smith '23, Men's Cross Country (Male Bobcat of the...

We’re recapping another thrilling football game, as the Bobcats won in remarkable fashion. Plus, both cross country teams qualified for nationals, and we preview the squash and women’s basketball seasons. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode: 1:39 -- Ed Argast, Interim Head Coach, Football. 8:43 -- Colton Bosselait '25, Quarterback, Football. (NESCAC Offensive Player of...