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Men's Track and Field 5/27/2025 11:49:00 AM

Track & Field Collects Four All-American Honors at NCAA Championships

GENEVA, Ohio – The Bowdoin College track & field teams brought home four All-Americans from its trip to the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships last weekend.

Championship Highlights

Adepoju Arogundade led the way for the Polar Bears, earning First Team All-American recognition thanks to a fourth-place showing in the men's 400 meter hurdles. Arogundade qualified with the sixth-best time in preliminaries, and then ran a 52.65 in the finals to finish fourth, just .41 seconds off the winning pace, far above his 13^th-seeded time heading into the championship.
Oliver Brandes ran a tenth-place time of 1:52.18 in the preliminaries of the men's 800 meter run, just missing out on qualifying for finals by .18 seconds but earning Second Team All-American in the process.
In the women's long jump Kennedy Kirkland posted a distance of 5.61 meters to take 15^th spot and earn Second Team All-American.
Ian Stebbins cleared a height of 4.70 meters in the men's pole vault, which was moved indoors due to poor weather, taking 16^th spot overall and also taking Second Team All-American recognition.
Mardy Novak competed in the women's javelin for the Polar Bears, posting a throw of 35.62 meters to place 20^th overall.

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Players Mentioned

Kennedy Kirkland: Sprints, Jumps; Sophomore; '27

Mardy Novak: Throws; Sophomore; '27

Adepoju Arogundade: Hurdles, Sprints; Senior

Oliver Brandes: Distance; Sophomore; '27

Ian Stebbins: PV; Senior

Players Mentioned

Kennedy Kirkland
: Sophomore; '27
: Sprints, Jumps

Mardy Novak
: Sophomore; '27
: Throws

Adepoju Arogundade
: Senior
: Hurdles, Sprints

Oliver Brandes
: Sophomore; '27
: Distance

Ian Stebbins
: Senior
: PV