April 23, 2021
For the first time in over a year, Bowdoin’s track & field teams put on their uniforms in a dual meet with Colby College last Sunday. Although the meet was smaller than usual, a few athletes achieved personal records and almost all athletes expressed gratitude to be competing again.
When President Rose and the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) announced their plan to conduct limited spring sports, the track and field coaches at Bowdoin, Colby and Bates came together to create a plan for competition that was feasible for their teams.
“Our goal was to create competition for our athletes, and we did it,” women’s track and field Head Coach Lara-Jane Que said in a Zoom interview with the Orient. “We created a schedule that was safe and that was going to still be competitive, and we’re really pleased with the collaboration that we all had together as a coaching group in the state of Maine.”