The Bates Bobcast

The Bates women's second varsity eight won its eighth straight gold medal at the NCAA Rowing Championships and the Bobcats finished national runner-up as a team. Meanwhile, the Bates men's rowing team hopes to make history at the IRA National Championships and track and field wrapped up its season at NCAAs. We recap it all on the latest Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:38 -- Genesis Bussey '24, Stroke Seat, Women's Rowing Second Varsity Eight.

4:38 -- Lucy Del Col '24, Coxswain, Women's Rowing First Varsity Eight.

9:20 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.

15:15 -- Thomas Monahan '22, Men's Rowing First Varsity Eight.

25:11 -- Curtis Johnson, Head Coach, Men's Track and Field.

This week is Senior Week at Bates! So we have an all-senior episode of the Bobcast. We preview NCAA Championships in two sports, as Bates competes on the national stage in both track and field and women’s rowing this weekend. All that and more...

Interviews this episode:

0:56 -- Lily Kinder '22, Women's rowing captain.

12:36 -- Elise Lambert '22, Women's track and field captain.

19:23 -- Jordyn Tveter '22, Women's lacrosse.

27:36 -- John Mieszczanski '22, Men's track and field. (Lindholm Scholar-Athlete)

This week it’s a special all track and field edition of the Bobcast! We look back at Open New Englands, where a Bates junior put himself among the best to ever throw the discus at Bates. And look ahead to this Thursday’s Final Qualifying Meet at MIT, as the Bobcats make one final bid for the NCAA Championships.

Interviews this episode:

1:14 -- Liam Byrne '23, Men's Outdoor Track and Field. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

12:04 -- Curtis Johnson, Head Coach, Men's Outdoor Track and Field.

20:44 -- Jillian Richardson '23, Women's Outdoor Track and Field. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

26:18 -- Jennifer "Jay" Hartshorn. Head Coach, Women's Outdoor Track and Field.

On the latest Bates Bobcast, we’re recapping another strong week for the rowing teams on Lake Quinsigamond in Massachusetts, where both the women and men earned automatic bids to their respective national championship regattas!

Plus, the men’s track and field team shined at New Englands, and we introduce you to the first-year who had never heard of the steeplechase before coming to Bates — and now she’s one of Bates’ best ever in the event.

Interviews this episode:

0:45 -- Olivia Reynolds '25, Women's Outdoor Track and Field.

7:33 -- Liam Evans '22, Men's Outdoor Track and Field Captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

16:08 -- Isabella Sobolewski '23, Women's Rowing, Second Varsity Eight Coxswain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

29:52 -- Robert Sobolewski '22, Men's Rowing, First Varsity Eight.

36:04 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.

This week we look back on the 40-year coaching career of Bates men’s lacrosse head coach Peter Lasagna, who announced his retirement on Tuesday. In his 22 seasons at Bates, Peter became one of the most highly decorated and admired NESCAC coaches.

Plus, the rowing teams shined at the New England Championship, in some very difficult circumstances, and the tennis teams concluded their regular seasons with thrilling victories.

Interviews this episode:

1:09 -- Genesis Bussey '24, Women's Rowing Second Varsity Eight Stroke Seat (Female Bobcat of the Week).

10:02 -- Steven Sparks '22, Men's Rowing Team Captain, First Varsity Eight (Male Bobcat of the Week).

22:54 -- Sydney Byrnes '22 and Anna Rozin '22, Women's Tennis Captains.

29:30 -- Teddy Koide '23, Men's Tennis Captain.

35:21 -- Peter Lasagna, Head Coach, Men's Lacrosse.

This week we are recapping the rowing teams’ ninth straight President’s Cup title. Plus, the men’s track and field team dominated the Maine State Classic and meet the new and sensational senior-sophomore women’s tennis doubles team, which got off to a strong start on Sunday. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

0:41 -- Robert Griffin '23, Men's Outdoor Track and Field. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

8:35 -- Maddie Lee '24, Women's Outdoor Track and Field.

21:10 -- Molly Connors '23, Women's Rowing 1V Stroke. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

28:56 -- Aidan Braithwaite '23, Men's Rowing 1V Coxswain.

37:09 -- Sydney Byrnes '22 and Salma Alsikafi '24, Women's Tennis.

This week we preview the Maine State Classic, with men’s track and field head coach Curtis Johnson. Plus, meet Alma Mackic and Hope Shaw, two of our throwers on the women’s track and field team. And as always we chat with our Bobcats of the Week, who this week come from softball and men’s lacrosse.

Interviews this episode:

1:09 -- Janell Sato '22, Softball Captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

8:25 -- Jack Lousararian '22, Men's Lacrosse Captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

15:43 -- Alma Mackic '24 and Hope Shaw '25, Women's Track and Field Throwers.

27:53 -- Curtis Johnson, Head Coach, Men's Track and Field.

This week we take you high up into the world of pole vaulting with Bates men’s track and field senior captain Charlie Hansen. Plus, women’s lacrosse goalie Cammie Lavoie was named the Division Three National Player of the Week, and the rowing teams picked up some impressive early season wins.

Interviews this episode:

0:53 -- Cammie Lavoie '23, Women's Lacrosse (IWLCA National Defensive Player of the Week, Female Bobcat of the Week).

10:34 -- Steven Sparks '22, Men's Rowing Captain (Male Bobcat of the Week).

22:48 -- Casey Winter '23, Women's Rowing 1V Stroke.

37:00 -- Charlie Hansen '22, Men's Track and Field Captain and Pole Vaulter.

It's D3 Week, where we celebrate and showcase why we believe Division III provides the best experience for college athletes! To hear what’s happening at Bates for D3 Week, we’ll talk to student members of our

Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). Plus, men’s track and field dominated the Bates Quad Meet and women’s tennis went 2-0 in NESCAC action over the weekend. All that, and more!

Interviews this episode:

1:18 -- Anna Rozin '22, Women's Tennis. (Female Bobcat of the Week).

9:14 -- Liam Byrne '23, Men's Track and Field. (NESCAC Male Field Athlete of the Week and Male Bobcat of the Week)

21:01 -- Matthew Shrake '25, LHP, Baseball.

31:03 -- Jack Fruechte '22, 2V Stroke, Men's Rowing.

38:23 -- Bridget Thompson '22 (Field Hockey) and Courtney Gray '23 (Women's Soccer), Bates Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

We’re recapping the rowing program’s spring season-opening trip out west to the San Diego Crew Classic. Plus, softball is back from Florida and we introduce you to a new member of the track and field coaching staff, throwing coach Danny Colina!

Interviews this episode:

1:01 -- Lindsey Kim '23, Softball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

11:24 -- Espen Wheeler '22, Men's Rowing. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

27:42 -- Lillian Kinder '22, Women's Rowing Captain.

40:41 -- Danny Colina, Throws Coach of Men's and Women's Track and Field & Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach.