The Bowdoin Orient

The spring season has arrived early for the men's ultimate team. Amid snow and wintry temperatures, the team will compete in its first tournament of the season this Saturday at the University of New Hampshire (UNH).

Considering all of the adversity that the Polar Bears went through this season, there was no better way for them to wrap up the season than by beating archrivals Colby in Waterville last Saturday.

A win over Bates tomorrow afternoon to kick off the annual CBB competition would certainly go a long way towards brightening Bowdoin's 2010 season.

Though a 1-4 start has left the young and injury-riddled Polar Bears down, they are not going to count themselves out. They are determined to finish 2010 on a high note, starting tomorrow afternoon at Wesleyan.

A midseason record of 1-3 was not what the Polar Bears envisioned at the start of the 2010 season. They will, however, have a major opportunity to revive their season if they can upset Trinity tomorrow afternoon at Whittier Field.

2010 will be different for the football team. That's what the Bowdoin players and coaches think, and they can't wait to prove it to the rest of NESCAC.

After racing against New England teams for the entire fall season, Bowdoin's top runners—Colman Hatton '10 and Thompson Ogilvie '10—will have the chance to show the rest of the nation what they can do when they compete in the NCAA Division III Championships on Saturday.

Coming off of its biggest win of the season with a major upset at the Maine State Meet at Colby two weeks ago, the men's cross-country team felt confident that it could achieve similarly impressive results at the NESCAC Championship at Trinity last weekend.

Even though the University of Southern Maine's men's cross-country team was ranked No. 1 in New England and the overwhelming favorite to claim the Maine state meet this year, Bowdoin was still determined to make things difficult for USM and the rest of the field. The Polar Bears did just that and more last Saturday at Colby.

After getting a preview of the State Meet course two weeks ago, the men's cross country team will get another chance to run the course this weekend. This time around, however, there will be much more at stake when Bowdoin competes at the Maine State Meet this Saturday hosted at Colby.

Before competing in arguably its biggest meet of the season next week at the Open New England Championship, the men's cross-country team will travel to Colby on Saturday to compete against Colby and the University of Maine-Farmington.

After a victory over Bates to open the season, the men's cross-country team will once again have a chance to prove their mettle when it competes in its first major meet of the 2009 season this Saturday at the Connecticut College Invitational held at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford, Connecticut.

The men's track and field team was hard at work at the NESCAC Championship last Saturday. After running away with the state title last weekend, the Polar Bears said that they had a feeling that there would be much tighter competition this time. They were right. Bowdoin scored 108 points to place fourth, finishing only 8.5 points away from second place. Williams repeated as NESCAC champions by scoring 154.5 points, well ahead of second place Bates' 116.5, followed by Tufts and Bowdoin.

The men's track and field team remembers the heartbreak from last spring's second place finish at the Maine State Meet. Despite an overall terrific performance by the entire team, it was still not enough to beat archrival Bates, who outscored Bowdoin by only two points to win the state title. With this memory still fresh in their minds, the Polar Bears say that they are determined and excited as ever to seize the state title at Bates on Saturday.

After spending a cold and stormy winter competing inside field houses, the men's track and field team is excited to get outside and embrace the warm weather. Coming off a terrific winter season in which they captured another state title and finished top-five in New England, the Polar Bears are feeling good about themselves going into the spring. Starting with a meet at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) this Saturday, followed by the Maine State Championship and NESCAC Championship, Bowdoin is entering the most important phase of the season.

The men's track team looks to continue its success this season at the Open New England Championships this Friday and Saturday. This meet has highly competitive and difficult qualifying marks and will feature a high-powered field consisting of athletes who come from Division I, Division II, and Division III schools throughout the region. After finishing fourth of 24 teams last weekend at the New England Division III Championships at MIT last Friday and Saturday, Bowdoin has reason to be confident about its performance heading into this weekend.

The men's track and field team entered the Valentine's Day Invitational facing unfamiliar opponents. With the presence of Division I, II, and III schools and even post-collegiate runners, last Saturday's meet at Boston University gave the Polar Bears the highest level of competition they have faced this season. Although the meet did not record any scores or rank teams according to their results, Bowdoin made quite an impression, with several athletes achieving personal bests.

Facing some of the best men's track teams in the state, the men's track team proved themselves during last Saturday's Maine Indoor Championship at Bates. "The State of Maine Championship is always extremely competitive amongst the Maine colleges," said junior distance runner Thompson Ogilvie. "It was a big win as well as a huge confidence booster for our team."

After beginning the season with two successful meets at home, the Bowdoin Men's Track Team headed down to the Brandeis Invitational last Saturday for its first big meet of the season, determined to build upon its fast start. Competing against nine teams, including NESCAC rivals Colby, Bates, and Amherst, the Polar Bears did not miss a step with their impressive second place finish.

The men's track and field team began 2009 on a high note with a victory in a home meet on Saturday. With 81.5 points, Bowdoin defeated the University of Southern Maine, the defending state meet champion, and Brandeis, a team with a fast distance lineup, in impressive fashion. The Bears scored a total of 81.5 points, over the Huskies, who scored 63.5, and the Owls, who scored 36.