SIX RECORD-BREAKING PERFORMERS

Sam Thomas set a new school record in the 600-meter run at the Division III New England Championships on Feb. 20-21 at Bowdoin College. The rookie broke the 6-year old record held by Steve Beardsley with his 1:23.21 performance.

The 4x400-meter relay broke another record the following week at the Open New England meet in Boston.

Adam Macbeth, Joe Northrup, Mitch Krauss, and Joel Colony erased the 15-year old Bates record with a time of 3:20.87. The previous mark of 3:22.73 was set by Rodney Peterson '89, Mark Thompson '89, Ed Dixon '90, and Craig Geikie '89 in 1989.

Senior Matt Ondra capped the record-setting run when he cleared 15-03.75 in the pole vault at Open New Englands. Ondra also holds the school record for the same event in the outdoor season.

The latter two performances are also NCAA provisional qualifying marks. The relay, Ondra, and Joel Anderson join four Bates throwers, Dustin Gauthier, Scott Cooper, Jordan Upton, and Jeff Davis on the national qualifiers list.

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