Student Life: Athletics: Teams

Women's Indoor Track and Field

About the Program
The Bowdoin College indoor track and field teams are one segment of the phenomenal track & field program at the school. Bowdoin competes in one of the most prestigous conferences in the nation, the NESCAC, and consistently is one of the best teams in New England. The Polar Bears can boast numerous All-Americans, most recently Louise Duffus '07 (weight throw) at the 2006 National Championship.

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Facilites
Farley Field House, the home of the Bowdoin Indoor Track & Field teams, was built in 1987. Designed by a committee including Olympic marathon gold medalist (and Bowdoin alumnus) Joan Benoit Samuelson, it houses a 200 meter, six-lane Rekortan polyurethane track, two long and triple jump pits, two pole vault boxes, and a high jump area. Bowdoin throwers enjoy two throwing circles and a championship throwing net, where athletes practice shot put, javelin, discus, hammer, and weight throwing. The facility has hosted the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships on two occasions - 1989 and 1993 - and has hosted several regional championships.

Women's Indoor Track and Field Coaching Staff

Head coach:	Peter Slovenski
Assistant coaches:	Oscar Duncan, Lynn Ruddy

In the fall of 2008, Peter Slovenski will begin his 22nd season as the head coach of the men's and women's cross country, men's and women's indoor track & Field, and men's and women's outdoor track & field teams.

Slovenski has led the men's cross country team to the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Championship in 1991, 2001 and 2002. In 1994, the women's cross country team became the first team in Bowdoin history to qualify for a NCAA Division III Championship, and the Polar Bears recorded a seventh-place finish. Since 1989, Men's and Women's Cross Country and Track teams have won seven NESCAC championships, three ECAC championships and one New England championship.

"There is an impressive collaboration between the academic and athletic efforts of Bowdoin students," according to Coach Slovenski. "The same discipline and commitment that makes Bowdoin athletes excel in regional and national athletic competition also makes them excel in the classroom."

Slovenski has coached nearly 50 All-Americans at Bowdoin and served as the meet director for the 1989 and 1993 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships hosted by Bowdoin.

Slovenski is a 1979 graduate of Dartmouth College, where he was a four-year letterwinner in winter and spring track. He set freshman records in the decathlon and pole vault and was an All-Ivy track selection in the pole vault in 1977 and 1978. He received an M.A. in educational administration and policy analysis from Stanford University in 1980.

To contact Coach Slovenski, you can email him at pslovens@bowdoin.edu .

Oscar Duncan, Assistant Coach

Oscar was recruited to the University of Idaho as a decathlete from South Orange, New Jersey as one of the top overall athletes in the state. It did not take long for him to trade in ten events for the javelin. The result of this decision would bring immediate success. Oscar won the USA Junior National Championship as a freshman and was the sole representative for the United States at the World Junior Championships in 1994. Oscar continued a strong career for the Idaho Vandals winning three conference titles during his career and earning Division I All-American honors three out of his four years of competition. He also set a conference record for the Vandals and a new school record and was honored as the Male Senior Athlete of the Year in 1998. During this time Oscar also attended the Olympic Trails in Atlanta, the first of three trips he would make.

Upon completing his collegiate career and earning his degree in Sports Science, Oscar re-enrolled at the University of Idaho as a graduate student in sports pedagogy with a minor in health. In the summer of 1999, Oscar placed third at the USA National Championships and was a member of the Pan-American Games team and was placed in the ?Elite Athlete Program.? In 2000, Oscar continued to pursue challenges and took a student teaching assignment in inner-city Los Angeles Compton area school district and was a volunteer coach at El-Camino Junior College to complete his graduate studies. He has since been to the Olympic Trials in 2000 and 2004 placing as high as 6th in 2000.

Oscar took a job at Boise State University in the Athletics Department in July of 2002 as an academic counselor after working the education in the Boise area for two years prior. It was here that he continued his training and work as an academic coach and mentor for students. Oscar enjoys his wife of 8 years Nicole Suzanne Hamilton whom he coached to four state records in Olympic weightlifting and his two daughters, Tania and Aaliyah. Nicole continues to train vigorously and works as licensed nurse.

Lynn Ruddy, Assistant Coach

Lynn Ruddy, a senior member of the Bowdoin coaching staff and an Associate Director of Athletics, rejoined the track & field program in 2001. Coach Ruddy is the team's high jump and sprint coach. She served as the indoor championship liaison on the NCAA Division III Track & Field Committee from 1997-2001. Throughout her 30-year career at Bowdoin College, she has coached several All-Americans and All-New England athletes in the sports of swimming, cross-country, and track & field and was a long-time volleyball coach at the school. Ruddy is a graduate of UW-Oshkosh and a native of Wisconsin and proudly holds the lowest 'certified' golf handicap of anyone on the Bowdoin Athletics staff.

Women's Indoor Track and Field Roster

Name	Year	Hometown/School
Shemeica Binns	09	Jamaica, N.Y.
Kelsey Borner	09	Preston, Conn.
Ali Chase	09	Canterbury, N.H.
Elizabeth Griffin	09	Boothbay Harbor, Maine
Chelsea Jackson	09	Bend, Ore.
Alex Keeney	09	Kenmore, Wash.
Katie Mevorach	09	Great Neck, N.Y.
Annie Monjar	09	Wilmette, Ill.
Alison Pilon	09	West Hartford, Conn.
Lindsey Schickner	09	Norwich, Vt.
Molly Seaward	09	York, Maine
Jessica Sokolow	09	Niskayuna, N.H.
Erin York	09	Carver, Mass.
Courtney Bell	10	Needham, Mass.
Kristina Dahmann	10	Alexandria, Va.
Laura Heyl	10	Bradenton, Fla.
Lindsay Hodge	10	London, England
Sarah Lord	10	Shrewsbury, Mass.
Haley MacKeil	10	Rumney, N.H.
Chinoye Onyebuchi	10	Newington, Conn.
Dana Riker	10	Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Colby Trenkelbach	10	Charlotte, N.C.
Helen Wen	10	Sudbury, Mass.
Libby Wilcosky	10	Chapel Hill, N.C.
Melissa Anson	11	Scarborough, Maine
Christina Argueta	11	New York, N.Y.
Emily Balaban-Garber	11	Orono, Maine
Mariel Beaudoin	11	San Rafael, Calif.
Allison Chan	11	Old Lyme, Conn.
Aurora Cremer	11	Concord, Mass.
Molly Duffy	11	Millis, Mass.
Christine Head	11	Hopkinton, N.H.
Holly Jacobson	11	Cumberland, Maine
Grace Kerr	11	South Hamilton, Mass.
Emily Liao	11	Omaha, Neb.
Lucinda Mays	11	Kit Carson, Colo.
Anneka Nelson	11	Davis, Calif.
Elizabeth Nguyen	11	Culver City, Calif.
Alex Peacock-Vallada	11	Williamstown, Mass.
Hannah Peckler	11	Olympia, Wash.
Karin Schmidt	11	Nanuet, N.Y.
Alicia Sorensen	11	Scottsdale, Ariz.
Esther Sosa	11	Brooklyn, N.Y.
Alexa Staley	11	New York, N.Y.

Head Coach:	Peter Slovenski
Assistant Coaches:	Oscar Duncan, Lynn Ruddy
Team Captains:	Kelsey Borner, Alison Chase, Alison Pilon

Date Posted	Title
03/08/2006, 10:00AM	Duffus, Sheffield Qualify For Nationals
03/08/2005, 9:00AM	Six Track Athletes Qualify For Nationals
02/14/2005, 3:00PM	Perovich Breaks School Record
09/12/2003, 5:30PM	Libby Barney Honored As NCAA's Woman of the Year For Maine
03/07/2002, 8:00AM	Indoor Track Athletes Compete at Nationals
02/23/2002, 8:00AM	Indoor Track Teams Compete At Open New Englands

Women's Indoor Track and Field

Women's Indoor Track and Field Coaching Staff

Oscar Duncan, Assistant Coach

Lynn Ruddy, Assistant Coach

Women's Indoor Track and Field Roster

Women's Indoor Track and Field Schedule

Women's Indoor Track and Field Releases

Women's Indoor Track and Field : Previous Seasons