GODD(SPEED)ARD

Will Goddard ’25 of the men’s cross country team earned First Team All-NESCAC honors, the first league honor of his career. The conference announced the All-NESCAC awards for cross country on Tuesday night after the conclusion of the fall season. Goddard has led a record-breaking career during his time at Bowdoin and most recently came in second overall on the individual level at the NESCAC cross country championships hosted in Brunswick last weekend. Goddard finished the 8k race in under 25 minutes, a school record.

JONES(ING) FOR THE NET

Last Thursday, women’s basketball player Sydney Jones ’24 earned the First Team Preseason All-American honor from D3hoops.com. Jones was named the 2024 NESCAC player of the year as she became the seventh First Team WBCA All-American from the College after helping her team win the NESCAC championship last season, appear in the NCAA Elite Eight and hold an overall record of 28–3 (9–1 NESCAC). Jones led the NESCAC in almost all categories: rebounds, points, assists and steals and also hit 1,000 career points last winter towards the end of the season. Jones and the rest of the team head into its first game against Skidmore College, who held a 22–5 record last season, on November 15.

PUCKING FOR BRUNSWICK

This past week, both the men’s and women’s hockey teams announced a “Hockey Day in Brunswick” on November 26 to involve the local community and youth athletes in hockey and the program at the College. On the day of the event, the women’s team, who ended last season 8–14–3 overall and 3–10–3 in the NESCAC, will play Rivier University, who ended 12–11–3 overall last season, at 4 p.m. The men’s team, who completed the 2023-2024 season with a 14–7–4 overall record and 10–4–4 NESCAC record, will play Endicott College, who ended the season last winter with a 17–6–5 overall record, at 7 p.m. The doubleheader will take place in Watson Arena with Midcoast Youth Hockey players and representatives from USA Hockey sponsoring different activities throughout the day.