Stories about "Peter Steenstra"
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Meet the 98-year-old namesake of Bates’ newest rowing shell
Friday, May 5, 2023 1:47 pm
Bates' newest boat is named for a nonagenarian alumnus who is a World War II combat veteran and beloved member of the Bates and Lewiston-Auburn communities.
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Bates in the News: May 22, 2020
Thursday, May 21, 2020 4:34 pm
An alumnus monitors Balkan border violence, and two alumnae care for patients' physical and spiritual health in Massachusetts hospitals.
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Video: Behind the scenes of Bates’ third straight NCAA rowing championship
Friday, June 14, 2019 11:22 am
“As soon as we’re ahead, I know that nothing can stop us," says co-captain Sophie Claus ‘19.
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Bates alumna Amelia Wilhelm wins nomination for NCAA Woman of the Year
Thursday, June 28, 2018 3:03 pm
A Bates rower, Wilhelm is praised as thoughtful, positive, and exceptionally gifted as a chemistry honors major who conducted Lyme disease research.
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Video: Men’s rowing at the IRA National Championship Regatta
Friday, June 15, 2018 10:54 am
The Bates men's rowing team went toe-to-toe with the giants of collegiate rowing in the Bobcats' first appearance at the IRA National Championship Regatta.
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Bates dedicates new rowing boathouse, ‘a place to call home’
Tuesday, November 1, 2016 3:46 pm
The Bates rowing program had a housewarming on Oct. 29, formally dedicating its new boathouse on the Androscoggin River in Greene.
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Video: Bates women rowers reflect on a decade of excellence
Thursday, June 23, 2016 2:54 pm
Begun as a club sport in 1987, rowing only lacked a boat. Today they've got boats...and boatloads of hardware. But rowing is more than the bling.
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Boathouse groundbreaking culminates Bates rowing’s winning day
Thursday, April 21, 2016 6:22 pm
“What a great way to spend a gorgeous Sunday,” said President Clayton Spencer of the events at the Bates rowing facility on the Androscoggin River in Greene.
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Video: Boats busted, Bates got a boost to win last year’s NCAA rowing title
Friday, January 8, 2016 12:36 pm
It's well-known that women's rowing won the 2015 NCAA title. It's less known that Bates won using borrowed boats after theirs were damaged in transit to the regatta.
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Bates to build new rowing boathouse on the Androscoggin River
Thursday, October 30, 2014 4:19 pm
At an estimated cost of $2.5 million, the boathouse project will be 100 percent funded by contributions from Bates alumni and parents.