Bates College

Results

2023: Team captain.... Named to the College Sports Communicators Men's XC/Track & Field Academic All-District® Team.... Represented the Bobcats at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships and finished 31st out of 294 runners, becoming the 17th All-American in program history.... Farrington raced to the finish of the 8-kilometer course at Big Spring High School in 25:02.3 (Nov. 18).... Recorded a fourth-place showing out of 229 runners with a career-best time of 24:40.7 at the NCAA East Regional Championship, held at Hopkinton Fair Grounds (Nov. 11).... Earned Second Team All-NESCAC honors for his 13th-place finish out of more than 150 competitors at the NESCAC Cross Country Championship, racing to the finish in 25:45.4 (Oct. 28).... Took third in the Maine State Meet in 25:28.3, earning All-State honors (Sept. 30).... Placed second in 26:02.6 at the Bates Invitational (Sept. 16).

2022: Team captain.... Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors.... Competed at the NCAA Championships, placing second on the team and 84th out of 294 runners overall with a time of 26:00.2 (Nov. 19).... Placed 12th out of 233 runners in 25:39.3 at the NCAA East Regional Championship (Nov. 12).... Placed third with a career-best time of 24:51.5 at the Maine State Meet, earning All-State honors (Oct. 1).... Took second place at the Bates Invitational in 25:37.1 (Sept. 17).

2021: NESCAC Fall All-Academic selection.... Competed at the NCAA Championships and placed 193rd out of 294 runners in a season-best time of 25:26.3 (Nov. 20).

2020: No season due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Personal: 2020 graduate of Cohasset (Mass.) High School where he competed in cross country, track & field, and soccer.

Favorite food: oatmeal
Restaurant: Wild Oats Bakery and Café 
TV show: Parks and Recreation
Music artist: The Killers
Athletic team: Fulham F.C.
Worst habit(s): Too hard working, too humble, care too much
Best sports memory: 2022 XC Regionals

Why Bates? The people at Bates are way friendlier and inclusive than any other school I visited.