This week we’re celebrating the third fastest 500-meter run in NCAA Division III history. It happened Saturday when Bates senior captain Truman Williams made a name for himself in Boston. Plus, women’s basketball has won back-to-back NESCAC games, and senior captain Kyle Kagan had a big day for the alpine skiing team. That's this week, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:30 -- Truman Williams '25, Men's track and field captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

11:23 -- Elsa Daulerio '26, Women's basketball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

18:13 -- Kyle Kagan '25, Alpine skiing captain.

Bates Bobcast Episode 365: A 500-meter run to remember

Believe it or not, spring sports are around the corner. So this week on the Bobcast we’re introducing you to new Bates women’s lacrosse head coach Princess L. Zabel!

Plus, women’s basketball has won four straight NESCAC games, with two key regular season contests remaining. And men’s track and field, as well as men’s swimming, went to Bowdoin last Saturday, and came back champions. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:37 -- Alexandra Long '25, Women's Basketball captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

7:43 -- Nate Roberts '28, Men's Track & Field. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

21:39 -- Anton Kondratyev '28, Men's Swimming.

29:29 -- Princess L. Zabel, Head Coach, Women's Lacrosse.

Bates Bobcast Episode 366: Introducing Princess L. Zabel

This week we continue our spring sports previews with men’s lacrosse, baseball, and tennis. Plus, Bates alpine skiing senior captain Nic Hotermans represented Belgium at the World Championships in Austria last week. We caught up with him to chat about what it was like to ski in front of 20,000 people.

All that and more...

Interviews this episode:

1:19 -- Alexandra Long '25, Women's Basketball, Team Captain.

3:48 -- Ross Tejeda '26, Men's Track and Field (Male Bobcat of the Week).

11:20 -- Sarah Palmer '27, Women's Swimming. (Female Bobcat of the Week).

18:19 -- Paul Gastonguay '89, Head Coach, Men's Tennis & Deepak Sharma, Head Coach, Women's Tennis.

30:37 -- Dan Annino, Head Coach, Men's Lacrosse.

43:35 -- Jon Martin, Head Coach, Baseball.

53:52 -- Nic Hotermans '25, Alpine Skiing Captain.

Bates Bobcast Episode 367: On top of the world with alpine skiing’s Nic Hotermans ’25

This week we’re chatting with a pair of lacrosse players who have helped their teams get off to fast starts this year. Plus, the Bates women’s basketball team is headed to the NCAA tournament for the third time in the last four seasons. All that and more...

Interviews this episode: 

0:54 -- Alison Montgomery, Head Coach, Women's Basketball

5:23 -- Miles Schmidt '27, Men's Lacrosse. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

16:58 -- Olivia Hall '25, Women's Lacrosse. (IWLCA National Defensive Player of the Week, Female Bobcat of the Week)

24:10 -- Ryan Kim '28, Men's Squash.

30:30 -- Evangelo Kapothanasis '25, Men's Tennis, Captain.

38:23 -- Curtis Johnson, Head Coach, Track & Field.

Bates Bobcast Episode 369: Lacrosse’s fast start, women’s basketball heads back to NCAAs

This week we’re celebrating the women’s rowing team making a big statement over the weekend in Massachusetts, and rising to No. 1 in the country as a result. Plus, the tennis teams celebrated Senior Day, and the baseball team got another outstanding pitching performance. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast! 

Interviews this episode:

1:20 -- Hannah Herbst '28, Women's Rowing first varsity eight coxswain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

10:53 -- Darien Chiang '27, Men's Rowing first varsity eight coxswain.

19:50 -- John Tully '26, Baseball. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

29:17 -- Juno Rogers '28, Women's Track and Field.

43:27 -- Eli Criss '25, Men's Tennis captain.

Bates Bobcast Episode 375: Women's rowing rises to No. 1 in the country

This week we’re talking track and field, as the Bobcats made a big statement up in Waterville in advance of NESCACs. Plus, the baseball team is gearing up for their most important week of the season to date, and the rowing teams continue to put together impressive seasons. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast!  

Interviews this episode:

1:17 -- Callahan Porter '27, Men's Track and Field. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

8:57 -- Campbell Johnson '28, Women's Track and Field. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

18:18 -- Ben Genser '25, Baseball.

27:10 -- Izzy Beck '25, Men's Rowing Second Varsity Eight Coxswain.

Bates Bobcast Episode 376: Track and field shows out at state meet

This week we introduce you to Stacey Bunting, the next Bates Director of Athletics. Hear how she first fell in love with sports, and what led her to becoming a Bobcat. Plus, the rowing teams won the President’s Cup once again, and celebrated some legends of the past along the way. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast! 

Interviews this episode:

0:44 -- Stacey Bunting, Incoming Bates Director of Athletics.

26:26 -- Maddie Kemp '25, Women's Rowing Captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

42:47 -- Ian Van Loo '25, Men's Rowing Captain.

50:29 -- Andrew Mottur '25, Men's Track and Field. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

63:21 -- Sean Resnick '28, Men's Golf.


Bates Bobcast Episode 377: Meet Stacey Bunting, the next Bates Director of Athletics

This week we’re talking track and field and rowing, as both programs are racing to the finish of the spring sports season, and rewriting some record books along the way. That’s this week on the Bates Bobcast! 

Interviews this episode:

1:08 -- Curtis Johnson, Head Coach, Track & Field.

7:50 -- Graca Bila '28, Women's Track and Field.

13:14 -- Luke Desmaison '26, Men's Rowing.

20:16 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.

Bates Bobcast Episode 378: The stretch run for the Bobcats

This week we continue our Hall of Fame interview series with the legendary Bates men’s track and field and cross country coach Walt Slovenski, as we interview his son Peter Slovenski about Walt’s remarkable career at Bates. Plus, the field hockey team won a NESCAC quarterfinal thriller over Hamilton in a shootout Saturday at Campus Ave. Field and we preview the NESCAC tournament with volleyball head coach Carissa Bradford. All that and more...

Interviews this episode:

1:38 -- Ava Donohue '28, Field Hockey Goalie. (NESCAC Player of the Week & Female Bobcat of the Week)

11:59 -- Nathaniel Aronson '27, Men's Cross Country. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

21:25 -- Lucy Paynter '26, Women's Cross Country captain.

30:37 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

37:28 -- Carissa Bradford, Head Coach, Volleyball.

43:33 -- Peter Slovenski, Son of Bates Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Walt Slovenski.

Bates Bobcast Episode 392: Athletics Hall of Fame Interview -- Walt Slovenski

This week we resume our Hall of Fame interview series with three-time NCAA champion in the indoor shot put David Pless, from the class of 2013. Plus, the basketball teams enter the month of December undefeated, and we preview the indoor track and field season. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast! 

Interviews this episode:

1:11 -- Elsa Daulerio '26, Women's Basketball captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

8:30 -- Babacar Pouye '27, Men's Basketball. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

20:07 -- Curtis Johnson, Head Coach, Track & Field.

26:55 -- David Pless '13, Men's Track & Field, Bates Athletics Hall of Fame.

Bates Bobcast Episode 396: Athletics Hall of Fame Interview -- David Pless '13

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