With two double-winners and several personal bests, the women’s track team made the most of the non-scoring Wesleyan invitational last weekend. 
Captain Michele Kaufman ’13 won both the 60m hurdles (9.35) and the long jump (5.08m), while Samantha Copland ’14 raced to victories in both the 60m (8.13) and the 200m (27.21). 

The Polar Bears also managed to capture the top spots in each of the three relays. 

Lucy Skinner ’16 won the mile in 5:26.82 to close out Bowdoin’s impressive slew of victories on the track. 
In the field events, the Polar Bears dominated the scoreboard.  Erin Silva ’15, Stevie Lane ’15 and Emily Lambdin ’16 swept the pole vault podium.  The long jumpers also led their field. Behind Kaufman, Addison Carvajal ’16 and Katharine Krupp ’16 took second and third respectively. 

Hayleigh Kein ’15 posted a season-best height in the high jump (1.57m) en route to winning the event. 
Bowdoin continued to stack up personal bests in the throwing events. 

 “We had a great day in the women’s weight throw,” Head Coach Peter Slovenski said. “We have a very smart and talented group of throwers and they have just about all set personal records in the last two weeks.”

Katherine Harmon ’14 and Randi London ’15 finished in the top two positions for the weight throw. While Harmon threw a personal best in the team’s previous meet, London improved her personal best to 13.12m on Saturday, as did the next two Bowdoin throwers, Alex N’Diaye ’15 and Dani McAvoy ’13, throwing 12.06m and 10.59m respectively. 

Tonight Bowdoin will host the highly anticipated Maine State Meet. According to Slovenski, the competition from Maine historically creates a closely contested matchup.
Slovenski said he plans to maximize the team’s entries in the meet. While in some meets earlier this year athletes entered in only one or two events, in the state meet many Polar Bears will compete in up to four events each. 

Slovenski expects Bowdoin to be very competitive in the throws, jumps, and sprints, while Colby and USM will be especially strong in the jumps and sprints. Bates, though, has the advantage in the tournament by being capable of potentially dominating the middle- and long-distance running events. 
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Regardless of the speculation, Slovenski said he is confident that the competition will be tight. 
 “Four teams will be within 20 points at the end of the night,” he predicted. 
St. Joseph’s College of Maine and Husson University are set to join the competition in the Maine State Meet for their first time.