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The Bates men's outdoor track and field team captured the Maine State Collegiate Championship for the fifth straight season and the 19th time in the past 22 years.

Men's Track and Field 4/19/2025 7:11:00 PM Aaron Morse

Men's track and field captures fifth straight outdoor state championship

WATERVILLE, Maine -- The Bates men's track and field team rolled to their fifth straight outdoor state title, taking first place out of 10 schools at the 124th annual Maine State Collegiate Championship, held Friday and Saturday at Colby College.

The Bobcats scored 181 points as a team, easily out-scoring runner-up Bowdoin (134), the University of Southern Maine (131), and host Colby (94), among others. Bates captured the Frank E. Lowe Trophy for the 19th time in their last 22 tries, continuing their dominance of the outdoor state meet that dates back more than two decades. Before 2002, the Bobcats had won only eight outdoor state titles. With a few exceptions, the Maine State Collegiate Championship has been held yearly since 1895.

Meet Highlights

First-year Nick Nicolazzo IV (Wellesley, Mass.) won the triple jump with a top effort of 42-9.75 (13.05m) and the Walter Slovenski long jump with a personal-record mark of 21-11.75 (6.70m). His long jump is good for sixth on the Bates all-time performance list.
Junior Ross Tejeda (Milton, Mass.) won the 800 meters in 1:53.96 as the Bobcats took four out of the top five spots in the event.
Sophomore Callahan Porter (Chester, N.J.) won the 1,500 meters in a personal-record time of 3:52.33, good for a tie for seventh with Tejeda on the Bates all-time performance list. Bates took three of the top five spots in the event, with sophomores Nathaniel Aronson (West Hartford, Conn.) and Miles Logan (Brunswick, Maine) finishing fourth and fifth respectively with personal-record times of 3:55.91 and 3:56.25.
First-year Christopher Pottle (Winthrop, Maine) won the 5,000 meters in 15:40.94.
First-year Kyle Verner (Acton, Mass.) won the 10,000 meters in 33:19.06 as Bates grabbed the top four spots in the event.
Sophomore Daniel Cassata (Annandale, Va.) won the Al Fereshetian 3,000-meter steeplechase in a personal-record time of 9:47.37. Sophomore Liam Thomson (Arlington, Va.) was the runner-up, recording a personal-record time of 9:48.19.
First-year Ryan Glaser (Rockport, Maine) won the Frank Sabasteanski hammer throw with a top heave of 165-3 (50.36m).
Senior captain Truman Williams (Montclair, N.J.) took fifth in the 100-meter dash in 10.91 seconds, good for a tie for fifth on the Bates all-time performance list. Senior captain Kevin O'Connor (Milford, Mass.) took sixth in the race in 10.95 seconds, tied for eighth on the Bates all-time performance list. Williams was the runner-up in the 200 meters in 22.36 seconds.
Sophomore Seneca Moore (Lansing, Mich.) placed second in the Jack Magee 110-meter hurdles in 14.91 seconds, the best non-wind-aided time of his collegiate career.
Moore, O'Connor, sophomore Evan Berthiaume (East Greenwich, R.I.), and Williams teamed up to finish second in the 4x100 relay in 42.04 seconds, good for a tie for third on the Bates all-time performance list.