BOSTON, Mass. - The Bowdoin College track team enjoyed one of its finest days in school history Saturday as Coby Horowitz and Jacob Ellis both posted record-breaking performances in winning their events at the Open New England Championship hosted by Boston University.

Horowitz set a new Division III record in the mile, posting a time of 4:00.41 seconds and coming within a shade of becoming the first Division III athlete to run a sub-four minute mile. His time broke the previous mark of 4:00.96 held since 1997 by Haverford's Karl Paranya. He placed first in the race by almost two seconds in a field that included numerous Division I runners.

Ellis also earned a first-place finish in the 800 meters, carding a time of 1:52.31 to win the crown by a tenth of a second. One of only two Division III runners in the race, his personal best time trails Chris Downe's school mark by 0.37 seconds.

The two victories by Bowdoin athletes at the Open New England since the 1970s.

The top finishes by the Bowdoin women came from Addison Carvajal, who earned a seventh-place finish with 3314 points in the pentathlon, and Katherine Harmon, who earned a seventh-place spot in the weight throw with a toss of 15.40 meters.

Selected Polar Bear athletes will compete in the ECAC Championship next weekend in Boston as a final competition before the NCAA Division III Championship meet in Lincoln, Nebraska on March 14.