The Bowdoin Men's Track and Field Team emerged victorious at the Reggie Poyau Memorial Invitational last Saturday at Brandeis University. Though it is still early in the season, the men demonstrated to eight-team field that they are indeed not just a bunch of pretty faces and are fully deserving of their place as one of the New England's perennial track powers.
The Bowdoin throwers led the victorious effort, sweeping the top three positions in both the weight throw and the shot put. Senior captain Patrick Lyons notched two first place efforts, followed closely by teammates Alex Linhart '06 and Luke Fairbanks '09 in the weight as well as Jared Prichard '06 and Fairbanks in the shot.
On the track, Owen McKenna '07 dished up an attack in the mile, easily winning in 4:20.
The dynamic duo of Nathan Krah '08 and Tyler Lonsdale '08 mesmerized the cheering crowd with their dramatic first and second-place finishes in the 5000 meters. With two laps to go, the pair looked destined for defeat at the hands of their swift USM foe. However, as the bell rang for the last lap, Krah and Lonsdale proved that the race was never in doubt, running past their opponent at a blistering pace. Krah crossed the finish line first with a time of 15:26; Lonsdale followed a second later. More heroics were going on further back in the race. Junior Eric Sofen, plagued by nagging injuries, left the rest of the field in his dust, running a personal best of 15:49.
The men look to continue their success this Saturday against MIT, Tufts, Springfield, and Colby at the Farley Field House.