at Boston College, Sept. 12, 1997 - The Bates
College Men's Cross Country team officially open
its season at Franklin Park on Saturday with a tough opening meet against
division I powers, Boston College, The University of Connecticut and The
University of New Hampshire. Despite placing fourth in the meet there
were many bright spots for the Bobcats. Boston College won the meet by
edging out UConn 32 to 38. UNH followed with 67 and Bates tallied 97.
Weather conditions at race time significantly effected many
peoples performance. The Temperature hovered in the low 80's with very
high levels of humidity. Justin Freeman '97 battled the conditions and
the competition and led the Bobcats with an outstanding individual
performance, placing 3rd overall with a time of 25:11. Mike Danahy
'00 ran second for the Bobcats and finished 21st overall with a time of
26:57. Not far behind was Matt Twiest '00 and Brendan Hahesy '00 who
placed 23rd and 24th with times of 27:06 and 27:13 respectively. For
Hahesy the performance also represented a lifetime personal best which
indicates that even more is to come later in the season for Brendan.
Closing out the scoring for Bates was John McGrath '00 who placed 27th at
27:34.
"The race was a good opening season meet for us. Our men competed
very hard. Despite the score, our guys responded very well to the
competition. Our top five placed inside of every team's top 8. We need
to
use this experience to motivate us to aggressively attach the good
division
III competition we will see throughout the rest of year. Later in the
season this weekend's meet will prove to be very valuable." Coach Al
Fereshetian's comments on the Bates performance.
Team scores Bates Times
Boston College 32 3. Justin Freeman 25:11
Univ. of Connecticut 38 21. Mike Danahy 26:57
Univ. of New Hampshire 67 23. Matt Twiest 27:06
Bates College 97 24. Brendan Hahesy 27:13
27. Brian McGrath 27:34
at Tufts, Sept. 20, 1997 -
The Bobcats, ranked fourth in New England, hoped to take out two of the
other top 10 teams in the region, Tufts and MIT. After senior co-captain
Justin Freeman (Franklin, N.H.) won the race by nearly 15 seconds, and
Mike Danahy (South Windsor, Conn.) finished ninth, the rest of the team
was bunched from 15th to 18th places.
Team scores:
1. Tufts 31 2. MIT 44 3. Bates 55
Individual Results
1. Justin Freeman Bates 26:57
2. Mike Parkins MIT 27:11
3. Jason Burke Tufts 27:17
4. Rod Hemmingway Tufts 27:26
5. Chris McGuire MIT 27:29
6. Matt Lyons Tufts 27:31
7. Mark Strauss MIT 27:53
8. Rich Hemmingway Tufts 28:06
9. Michael Danahy Bates 28:08
10. David Patterson Tufts 28:14
15. Chris Lupo Bates 29:06
16. Steve Dutton Bates 29:07
17. Brendan Hahesy Bates 29:14
18. Matt Twiest Bates 29:18
Codfish Bowl at Franklin Park,
Sept. 27, 1997 - The Bobcats had one of their top outins of the
season, placing second of 17 teams in the prestigious Codfish Bowl meet in
Franklin Park in Boston, home of 1997 NCAA Division III Cross Country
Championships. The Bobcats, ranked 4th in New England, topped No. 3
Amherst by 20 points. Senior Justin Freeman (Andover, N.H.) finished
second in 24:45, while sophomore Mike Danahy (South Windsor, Conn.) placed
10th and sophomore Matt Twiest (Albuquerque, N.M.) was 13th. In all,
11 of 17 Bobcat runner had personal records on the day.
Team scores Individual Results
1. Tufts 44 1. Robert Mitchell, Amherst 24:35
2. Bates 77 2. Justin Freeman, Bates 24:45
3. Amherst 97 3. Matt Lyons, Tufts 25:07
4. UMass Lowell 112 4. Rod Hemingway, Tufts 25:10
5. Keene State 123 5. Matt Santo, Conn. Coll. 25:20
6. Coast Guard 142 10. Mike Danahy, Bates 25:40
7. Southern Maine 191 13. Matt Twiest, Bates 25:57
8. Conn. Coll. 210 23. Brendan Hahesy, Bates 26:05
9. Trinity 222 29. John McGrath, Bates 26:33
10. Merrimack 304 37. Steve Dutton, Bates 26:36
State Meet at Springbrook G.C.,
Oct. 11, 1997 - Senior Juston Freeman (Andover, N.H.) and sophomore
Matt Twiest (Albuquerque, N.M.) finished in the top two spots, with both
breaking the Springbrook Golf Club course record as the Bobcats
successfully defended their State of Maine Cross Country championship,
defeating Bowdoin by just two points, 31 to 33. Freeman finished in 25:16,
breaking the old mark, held by John Fitzgerald '87, by more than 30
seconds. Twiest ran 25:39, nine seconds better than Fitzgerald's mark.
Sophomore Mike Danahy (South Windsor, Conn.) finished in fifth place,
earning his first All-State honor while classmate John McGrath (Merrimack,
N.H.) had his first top 10 finish of the season, placing 10th.
Team Results Indiviual Results
Bates 31 1. Justin Freeman, Bates 25:16
Bowdoin 33 2. Matt Twiest, Bates 25:39
Southern Maine 81 3. Peter Duyan, Bowdoin 25:53
Colby 103 4. Mike Peyron, Bowdoin 25:56
Maine-Presque Isle 155 5. Mike Danahy, Bates 26:04
Unity 161 10. John McGrath, Bates 26:50
Maine Maritime 199 13. Adam Kessler, Bates 27:08
Univ of New England 207
Open New Englands at Franklin Park,
Oct. 17, 1997 - In one of the largest fields coach Al Fereshetian's
squad will face all season, the Bobcats had a fine showing at the Open New
England Championships, finishing 13th overall and fifth among Division III
teams, the exact same spots they finished last season. Leading the way
once again was senior cocaptain Justin Freeman (Andover, N.H.), who placed
16th overall in with a time of 24:33, placing him fourth among
Division III runners and improving on his 41st place in 1996.
Sophomore Matt Twiest (Albuquerque, N.M.) was 60th with a time of 25:26,
down six spots from 1996 but cutting his time by one second. Sophomores
Mike Danahy (South Windsor, Conn.), John McGrath (Merrimack, N.H.) and
Adam Kessler (Niskayuna, N.Y.) rounded out the Bobcats' scorers for the
second straight meet.
Team Scores of Note Bates Individual Results
1. Brown 55 16. Justin Freeman 24:33
8. Brandeis 269 60. Matt Twiest 25:26
10. Williams 274 74. Mike Danahy 25:37
11. Tufts 317 114. John McGrath 26:08
12. Amherst 388 139. Adam Kessler 26:30
13. Bates 402 143. Steve Dutton 26:31
14. MIT 409 151. Brendan Hahesy 26:34
16. Bowdoin 463
17. Keene State 483
19. Maine 519
27. Wesleyan 753
29. Colby 802
Bowdoin Invitational, Oct. 25,
1997 - The Bates College Men's Cross Country Team
tuned up for next week's NESCAC Championships to be hosted by Bates at
Springbrook Golf Course, by running a 5,000 meter cross country race at
Bowdoin. Despite placing second to the host Polar Bears, Bates had
many fine performances, and edged nationally ranked MIT. Bowdoin won the
meet with 34 points, Bates was next with 48, MIT placed third with 50
points. Bates used the meet to further prepare some individuals while
resting others. Bates rested lead runner Justin Freeman (Andover, N.H.),
and fellow top five runners John McGrath (Hanover, N.H.) and Adam Kessler
(Niskayuna, N.Y.). This allowed a number of Bobcats the opportunity to
step up and fill the gaps. Matt Twiest '00 (Albuquerque, N.M.)
ran his best race of the year, eliminating a 40-meter gap opened up by two
strong MIT runners one mile into the race. Twiest used a powerful surge
to close the gap and take the lead for good at two miles. From there
Twiest used his strength to pull away to a four second victory and a fine
time of 15:28. Not far back, Mike Danahy '00 (S. Windsor, Conn.) waged a
battle with four Bowdoin runners beating all but one in recording a 5th
place finish overall at 15:39. Brendan Hahesy '00 placed 3rd for the
Cats and 11th overall with a time of 16:06. Steve Mague '01 had the best
race of his young career, placing 4th for Bates and 13th overall.
Steve's time was 16:13. Steve Dutton '00 closed out the scoring for the Bobcats placing 18th
overall at 16:20. Bates hopes to parley the experience gained in this meet
and the home course advantage to a strong performance next week at NESCAC
Championship. There they will face tough competition from Williams,
Tufts, Amherst and Bowdoin. The men's championship will start at 1:00 pm.
Other Bates finishers
20 John Cullinan '99 16:29
24 Scott Balicki '01 16:41
28 Kurt Deschermeier '00 16:50
31 Trevor Emory '00 16:56
32 Chris Lupo '01 16:57
33 Dave Ennis '99 17:04
38 Michael Crocker '98 17:26
44 John Hagberg '00 17:56
51 Chris Lau 19:22
52 Chris Somma 19:24
NESCAC Championships at
Springbrook G.C., Nov. 1, 1997 - Senior co-captain Justin Freeman
(Andover, N.H.) added a NESCAC championship to his State of Maine title,
winning his third race of the season by a comfortable 22-second margin.
The Bobcats finished third overall, their best finish since taking second
place in 1994. Freeman's time of 25:37 was one of the 15 best in
Springbrook Golf Course history. He is the first Bates overall
champion since Robert Parks 1991. Joining Freeman on the All-NESCAC team
were sophomores Mike Danahy (South Widson, Conn.), who finished seventh in
26:35, and sophomore Matt Twiest (Albuquerque, N.M.), who was 10th in
26:53.
Men's Team Scores: Williams 44, Tufts 72, Bates 76, Bowdoin 106, Amherst
109, Wesleyan 196, Colby 198, Conn. College 225, Trinity 232, Middlebury
242, Hamilton 296
Men's Individual Results
Name CTime School
1. Justin Freeman 25:37 Bates
2. Rob Mitchell 25:59 Amherst
3. Rodney Hemingway 26:04 Tufts
4. Daniel McCue 26:16 Williams
5. Geoffrey Hutchison 26:28 Williams
6. Dan Chandler 26:33 Amherst
7. Michael Danahy 26:35 Bates
8. Paul Alsdorf 26:44 Williams
9. Michael Peyron 26:46 Bowdoin
10.Matt Twiest 26:53 Bates
11.Matt Lyons 26:55 Tufts
12.TimothyCampbell 26:59 Williams
13.Matt Santo 27:00 Connecticut College
14.Richard Hemingway 27:01 Tufts
15.Reed Harlow 27:05 Williams
16.Wilson Averhart 27:07 Colby
17.Mike Keating 27:09 Wesleyan
18.Edward Wasserman 27:10 Williams
19.Jason Burke 27:18 Tufts
20.Timothy Kuhner 27:21 Bowdoin
21.Anders Peterson 27:22 Wesleyan
22.Stephan Allison 27:23 Bowdoin
23.Jeffrey Edmunds 27:26 Williams
24.Herbert Anderson IV 27:27 Williams
25.Peter Duyan 27:28 Bowdoin
31. Brendan Hahesy 27:42 Bates
33. Steve Dutton 27:49 Bates
47. Adam Kessler 28:25 Bates
48. John McGrath 28:26 Bates
ECAC Championships at Westfield
State, Nov. 8, 1997 - Without their top seven runners, the Bobcats
finished 11th out of 27 teams at the ECAC championships. First-year runner
Scott Balicki (Yonkers, N.Y.) was Bates' top finisher, placing 45th in
27:31. Sophomore Kurt Deschermeier (Newton, Conn.) was next in 72nd place
with a time of 28:04. The Bobcats' next meet is the New England Regional
championship, held at Southern Maine. A top three finish there will gain
the team a berth at the NCAA championships.
NESCAC teams at ECACS Bates finishers
2. Williams, 71 45. Scott Balicki, 27:31
3. Tufts, 94 72. Kurt Deschermeier, 28:04
8. Colby, 270 84. Steve Mague, 28:19
11. Bates, 381 89. Trevor Emory, 28:21
12. Conn College, 408 91. John Cullinan, 28:24
13. Middlebury, 429 116. Dave Ennis, 28:48
14. Wesleyan, 481 163. Mike Crocker, 29:47
22. Amherst, 589
New England
Regional Championships at Southern Maine, Nov. 14, 1997 - Please see
related press release
NCAA Championships at Franklin Park,
Nov. 22, 1997 See related
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