LEWISTON, Maine - Bowdoin edged Bates for the team title for the second straight year Saturday as the 119th Maine State Men's Outdoor Track & Field Championships concluded at Bates' Russell Street Track.
The Polar Bears scored 224 points in winning the meet for the 40th time in team history.
Team Scores
1. Bowdoin (224), 2. Bates (213), 3. USM (97.5), 4. Husson (44), 5. Maine-Farmington (20), 6. Colby (14), 7. St. Joseph's (6.5)
Full Results:
http://athletics.bowdoin.edu/sports/mtrack/2017-18/files/Mens_State_meet_reults.htm
Meet Highlights
- Bowdoin sprinter Yaw Sekyere won the Alan G. Hillman Memorial Most Valuable Track Athlete Award after capturing first place in the 100-meter dash (10.79 seconds), the 200 meters (21.96) and anchoring the Polar Bears' winning 4x100 relay (42.97) along with John Dana, Owen Tuck and Latif Armiyaw.
- Other track victors for Bowdoin included Ben Torda in the 3000M steeplechase (9:27.29), Joseph Staudt in the 110M hurdles (14.81), Conor Donahue in the 800M (1:55.03) and Alan Banks in the 400M hurdles (56.68).
- The Polar Bears also won the 4x400M relay courtesy of Stevie Upton, Donahue, Liam Nicoll and John Kennealy.
- In the field events, Brian Greenberg claimed the state crown in the long jump (6.95m) and John Pietro won the shot put (15.09).
Up Next
- Bowdoin will return to action next weekend as they head to Trinity for the NESCAC Championship on Saturday at 10:00 a.m.
