Stories about "swimming"
A Swimmingly Successful Lesson
Friday, May 1, 2009 12:20 pm
The Bates Swim Team offers the Bates Bobcat Swim Lesson Program to area children twice yearly, teaching skills and a love of water. Here Dany Aupi '12 demonstrates a stroke to his student in Tarbell Pool.
A trip to an ER, then back to the pool
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:22 pm
The Portland Press Herald chronicled the high drama surrounding senior diver Kelsey Lamdin's final performance at the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships, held at the University of Minnesota in March. During a warmup dive, she struck the board. Head and hands bleeding, she departed for a hospital, where she got stitched up (without anesthesia) and returned to compete.
Chris Berry '09
Monday, March 2, 2009 12:25 pm
Bates senior Chris Berry (Augusta, Maine) finished his exceptional collegiate swimming career with the best weekend of his life last weekend at the NESCAC Men's Swimming and Diving Championships. Berry broke or had a hand in breaking an astounding total of seven Bates event records at the meet, while the Bobcats set 13 new event records as a team.
Of Stamens and Stamina
Sunday, March 1, 2009 10:57 am
Iris breeder and masters swimmer John White ’39 reaps the rewards of patience.
Bates sophomore named National Swimmer of the Week
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 12:00 pm
Bates sophomore Charlotte Green was named Division III Women's National Swimmer of the Week today by CollegeSwimming.com, the leading swimming Web site in the country. It is the first time a Bates swimmer has claimed the prestigious award.
Charlotte Green '11
Monday, February 9, 2009 12:00 pm
Bates College sophomore Charlotte Green had such an outstanding meet last weekend against Connecticut College and Wellesley that she was named Division III Women's National Swimmer of the Week by CollegeSwimming.com, the leading swimming Web site in the country. It is the first time a Bates swimmer has claimed the prestigious award.
Katelyn Drake '10
Friday, February 6, 2009 4:40 pm
Bates College junior Katelyn Drake set the pool record in the 200-yard backstroke during the Bobcat swimming and diving team's tri-meet against Tufts and Wheaton last Saturday, with a time of 2:09.55, smashing the former mark of 2:11.15 set by Wesleyan in 1993.
Kara Leasure '12
Monday, January 26, 2009 11:15 am
Bates first-year swimmer Kara Leasure (Los Alamos, N.M.) notched three personal-best times in three quite different events, and won all three of those events at last Saturday's dual meet at Colby.
Chris Berry '09
Thursday, January 22, 2009 11:42 am
Co-captain Chris Berry (Augusta, Maine) had a big hand in an impressive first home meet for the Bates swimming and diving teams against Bowdoin on Saturday
Phelps' agent makes home in Maine
Thursday, August 21, 2008 12:00 pm
"This changes everything." That's how Peter Carlisle '91, agent to the hottest athlete on the planet, summed up the likely effect of Michael Phelps' historic Olympics performance -- not only for Phelps, but perhaps for the Olympics themselves.