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Men's Outdoor Track and Field

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The Bowdoin College outdoor 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.

Outdoor meets are held at historic Whittier Field, the host site of the internationally-famous Maine Distance Festival each summer. Indoor meets and training are held on the spectacular 200-meter indoor track in Farley Field House, one of the best indoor sites in the nation.

The head coach of the men's and women's indoor track teams is Peter Slovenski, and he can be reached at
pslovens@ bowdoin.edu

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Men's Outdoor Track and Field Coaching Staff

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

In the fall of 2007, Peter Slovenski will begin his 21st 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.

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Men's Outdoor Track and Field Roster

	Name	Year				Hometown/School
	Ken Akiha	08				Oakland, Calif.
	Ben Coquillette	08				Cleveland Heights, Ohio
	Brendan Egan	08				Westfield, N.J.
	John Hall	08				Bow, N.H.
	Timothy Katlic	08				Penfield, N.Y.
	Nathan Krah	08				Bradenton, Fla.
	Eric Lee	08				Natick, Mass.
	Ben LeHay	08				South Freeport, Maine
	Brian Lockhart	08				Concord, N.H.
	Tyler Lonsdale	08				Westport, Conn.
	Patrick Pierce	08				Newtonville, Mass.
	Lamont White	08				Boston, Mass.
	Michael Young	08				McLean, Va.
	Archie Abrams	09				Lexington, Mass.
	Eli Bossin	09				Sharon, Mass.
	Laurence Duggan	09				Weston, Mass.
	Luke Fairbanks	09				Northbridge, Mass.
	Alex Graber	09				Philadelphia, Pa.
	Damon Hall-Jones	09				Milton, Mass.
	Isaac Irby	09				Murrieta, Calif.
	Michael Krohn	09				Lewisburg, Pa.
	Scot McFarlane	09				Concord, Mass.
	Tony Thrower	09				Little Rock, Ark.
	Ray Wang	09				Sherborn, Mass.
	James Bingham	10				Seattle, Wash.
	Jonas Crimm	10				Philadelphia, Pa.
	Tim Fuderich	10				Amherst, Mass.
	Sam Hankinson	10				St. Augustine, Fla.
	Colman Hatton	10				Cape Elizabeth, Maine
	Colin Hay	10				Winslow, Maine
	Kyle Hebert	10				Keene, N.H.
	Francis Huynh	10				Portland, Maine
	Will Jacob	10				Newtown, Conn.
	Chris Necchi	10				Medway, Mass.
	Thompson Ogilvie	10				Hopedale, Mass.
	Lenny Pierce	10				Yarmouth, Maine
	Jordan Termine	10				Old Saybrook, Conn.
	Zach Tretter	10				Lebanon, N.H.
	Ben Wharton	10				Orleans, Mass.
	Tim Anderson	11				Weston, Conn.
	Charles Behrdahl	11				Lawton, Mich.
	Stan Berkow	11				Lancaster, Pa.
	Peter Braunohler	11				Washington, D.C.
	Will Cabana	11				South Portland, Maine
	Ben Cedars	11				Orinda, Calif.
	Anthony Colabella	11				Woodbridge, Conn.
	Andrew Coleman	11				Holliston, Mass.
	Sam Epstein	11				Bethesda, Md.
	Robert Fisher	11				Quarryville, Pa.
	Thomas Herd	11				Los Angeles, Calif.
	Alex Jeanty	11				Immokalee, Fla.
	Sam Landis	11				Weston, Mass.
	Brian Lohotsky	11				Fairfield, Conn.
	Michael Mitchell	11				Marblehead, Mass.
	Mihayl Petkov	11				Ellsworth, Maine
	Tim Prior	11				Georgetown, Mass.
	Luke Salvato	11				Winslow, Maine
	Zach Winters	11				Cincinnati, Ohio
	Brian Wu	11				Cary, N.C.
	Ivan Zhang	11				Branford, Conn.

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Head Coach:	Peter Slovenski
Assistant Coaches:	Oscar Duncan, Lynn Ruddy
Team Captains:	Damon Hall-Jones, Mike Krohn

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 Men's Outdoor Track and Field Schedule

Date/Time	Opponent		Score
04/05/2008,  11:00AM	at Middlebury		2nd/4
04/12/2008,  11:00AM	at New Hampshire		RESULTS
04/15/2008,  4:00PM	BOWDOIN INVITATIONAL		RESULTS
04/19/2008,  1:00PM	at State Meet (Colby)		2nd/4
04/26/2008,  9:00AM	at NESCAC's (Hamilton)		8th/11
05/03/2008,  10:00AM	at New England D-III's (Coast Guard)		6th/26
05/10/2008,  10:00AM	at Open N.E.'s (UNH)		31st/38
05/15/2008,  10:00AM	at ECAC's (Springfield)		35th/53

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Men's Outdoor Track and Field Releases

Date Posted	Title
05/01/2008,  9:00PM	NESCAC Announces Track Honors
05/04/2007,  11:30AM	Track Team Earns All-NESCAC Honors
05/26/2006,  2:00PM	Lyons Earns NSCA Honors
05/06/2005,  10:30AM	Bowdoin Earns All-NESCAC Honors
06/01/2004,  2:30PM	Coach St. Pierre Honored by NSCA
05/26/2004,  11:00AM	Combs, Palmer Qualify For Nationals
05/14/2004,  11:30AM	Bowdoin Honors Athletes at All-Sports Banquet
05/09/2003,  8:00AM	Bowdoin Honors Athletes at All-Sport Banquet
05/07/2003,  8:00AM	Track Earns All-NESCAC Honors
05/24/2002,  8:00AM	Track Athletes Compete At NCAA's
05/22/2002,  8:00AM	All-Academic Team Announced
03/27/2002,  8:00AM	Roger Castle Decathlon Postponed

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Men's Outdoor Track and Field : Previous Seasons

The seasons listed below are represented by the year in which the given season started. Thus, Winter sports that may have the bulk of their events played in the following year are still listed by the year in which they began. For archived statistics, go to the Almanac/History page.

Previous seasons: 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 1998, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991