Swimming and Diving
Maine Maritime Academy names Seth Brown women’s soccer coach
on June 13, 2013, at 4:48 p.m.
CASTINE, Maine — Seth Brown has been named Maine Maritime Academy’s head women’s soccer coach, Director of Athletics Steve Peed announced Thursday. Brown, a 1998 MMA graduate, will replace Travers Evans, who will remain the men’s soccer coach. Evans coached both the men and women’s teams for the past six ...
Sports briefs for May 24, 2013
By BDN Staff and Wire Reports on May 24, 2013, at 6:01 p.m.
Two divers commit to UMaine team ORONO, Maine — Divers Tori Leonard of Kennebunk and Hayli Weitz of Long Beach, N.Y., have completed their National Letters of Intent and will be joining the University of Maine swimming and diving team this fall, head coach Susan Lizzotte announced in a press ...
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UMaine swimmer set to graduate after defiant battle with breast cancer
ORONO, Maine — Nicole Langlois was 20 years old when she first felt the lump in her right breast. Doctors told Langlois, then a University of Maine sophomore, the lump was just a swollen duct and sent her home. They told her it would go away. It didn’t. Two months ...
UMaine’s Fogel, Stevens gain softball recognition
on May 08, 2013, at 7:34 p.m.
ORONO, Maine — University of Maine junior third baseman Jean Stevens and sophomore catcher EmJ Fogel earned All-America East softball honors. Stevens, who is from Albany, Ore., and Vienna, Va., native Fogel were also selected to the 2013 College Sports Madness All-Conference teams, as announced by the organization on Wednesday ...
Youngsters run, bike and swim in increasingly popular kid triathlons
By Andrea K. Walker, The Baltimore Sun (MCT) on May 06, 2013, at 9:10 a.m.
When 11-year-old Benjamin Lausch competes in triathlons, his eye is on beating a boy from Pennsylvania named Daniel. Daniel competes in a lot of the same races as Benjamin and is “very, very fast.” Benjamin beat him once and hopes that with a little more time and practice he might ...
Next stop for UMaine transfer Justin Edwards: Creighton University
ORONO, Maine — Soon-to-be former University of Maine basketball player Justin Edwards is taking time out of his late-semester schedule to take another NCAA official visit. On Tuesday, the 6-foot-3 sophomore was en route to Omaha, Neb., where he was scheduled Wednesday and Thursday to talk with the coaches and ...
Bangor YMCA swimmers to compete in national meet
By Robby MacDonald, Special to the BDN on April 01, 2013, at 5:15 p.m.
Six swimmers from the Bangor YMCA swim team, coached by Matt Cook, will be competing in the YMCA Nationals scheduled April 3-6 in Greensboro, N.C. “Many of these swimmers decided to train specifically for this meet this year. They set their goals early in the season and through hard work, ...
Local sports results for Mar. 25, 2013
on March 25, 2013, at 9:47 p.m.
Today’s games COLLEGE BASEBALL Colby vs. Fontbonne (2), at Auburndale, Fla., 11:30 a.m. Thomas vs. Southern Maine (2), at Auburndale, Fla., 2 p.m. SOFTBALL Colby vs. St. Catherine’s, at Clermont, Fla., 1 p.m. Colby vs. D’Youville, at Clermont, Fla., 3 p.m. MEN’S LACROSSE Saint Joseph’s at Colby, 7 p.m. WOMEN’S ...
Pair to be inducted in Maine Swimming Hall of Fame
By Robby MacDonald, Special to the BDN on March 25, 2013, at 6:21 p.m.
Falmouth’s Katie Mailman, a 1995 competitor in the United States Diving Nationals, and Jay Morissette, the highly successful coach of the Long Reach Swim Club of the Bath YMCA, will be inducted into the Maine Swimming Hall of Fame later this spring. Mailman, a high school All-American in 1995, won ...
Camden’s Widzgowski named Little East Conference indoor track athlete of year
on March 22, 2013, at 10:13 p.m.
NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass— Keene State College junior Ryan Widzgowski of Camden was named the Little East Conference men’s indoor track athlete of the year on Friday. Widzgowski is the second Keene State athlete to earn the top track runner award since 2008, joining former standout Craig MacPherson (2009). The junior ...
Bangor High swim coach Phil Emery to receive national award
By Robby MacDonald, Special to the BDN on March 18, 2013, at 7:33 p.m.
Bangor High School boys swim coach Phil Emery will be receiving a prestigious national award later this month in Indianapolis. The National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association will present Emery its Hall of Fame Award, according to association chairman William Stetson, who added that no more than two individuals receive the ...
Local sports results for Mar. 13, 2013
on March 13, 2013, at 8:11 p.m.
Today’s games COLLEGE BASEBALL Husson vs. Keene State, at Avon Park, Fla., 4 p.m. SOFTBALL FDU-Florham vs. Thomas, at Clermont, Fla., 1 p.m. Thomas vs. Becker, at Clermont, Fla., 3 p.m. Results COLLEGE BASEBALL Tuesday’s Results Maine 8, Florida Atlantic 0 Tuesday’s Cancellation Bowdoin vs. Daniel Webster Wednesday’s Results Bowdoin ...
Local sports results for Mar. 8, 2013
on March 08, 2013, at 10:13 p.m.
Hockey tourney HIGH SCHOOL State finals Saturday, March 9 At Lewiston Class B G8: No. 1 Messalonskee (18-2) vs. No. 1 Greely (16-4), 1 p.m. Class A G8: No. 1 Lewiston (17-3-1) vs. No. 2 Falmouth (17-3-1), 6 p.m. Today’s games Saturday, March 9 COLLEGE MEN’S HOCKEY Maine at New ...
Local sports results for March 7, 2013
on March 07, 2013, at 9:57 p.m.
Results COLLEGE BASEBALL Wednesday’s Results Western Michigan 7, Maine 3 Thursday’s Results Georgetown 8, Maine 3 SOFTBALL Wednesday’s Results Loyola Marymount 11, Maine 2 Thursday’s Results Brigham Young 6-3, Maine 4-2 MEN’S LACROSSE Thursday’s Results Plymouth State 17, St. Joseph’s 6 U-New England 12, So. Maine 8 WOMEN’S LACROSSE Wednesday’s ...
Local sports results for Mar. 6, 2013
on March 06, 2013, at 8:29 p.m.
Hockey tourney HIGH SCHOOL Eastern Maine Championship Tuesday, March 5 Class A, at Lewiston G7: No. 1 Lewiston 5, No. 2 Bangor 1 Tuesday, March 5 Class B, at Orono G6: No. 1 Messalonskee 7, No. 2 John Bapst 2 State finals Saturday, March 9 At Lewiston Class B G8: ...
Hancock County swimmers earn YMCA Citizen of the Year awards
ORONO, Maine — Two Hancock County swimmers have been named YMCA Citizen of the Year for 2013, it was announced Saturday during the YMCA Maine State Championship meet held at the University of Maine. Madison Luck of Mount Desert and Cecelia McEachern of Ellsworth are the male and female recipients, ...
Local sports results for Mar. 5, 2013
on March 05, 2013, at 9:42 p.m.
Hockey tourney HIGH SCHOOL Eastern Maine Championship Tuesday, March 5 Class A, at Lewiston G7: No. 1 Lewiston 5, No. 2 Bangor 1 Tuesday, March 5 Class B, at Orono G6: No. 1 Messalonskee 7, No. 2 John Bapst 2 State finals Saturday, March 9 At Lewiston Class B G8: ...
Local sports results for Mar. 5, 2013
Hockey tourney HIGH SCHOOL Eastern Maine Semifinals Saturday, March 2 Class A, at Lewiston G5: No. 1 Lewiston 10, No. 5 Brunswick 0 G6: No. 2 Bangor 3, St. Dominic 2 (2OT) Class B, at Winslow G4: No. 1 Messalonskee 7, No. 5 Hampden 5 G5: No. 2 John Bapst ...
Local sports results for Feb. 27, 2013
on Feb. 26, 2013, at 9:45 p.m.
Tourney scoreboard Boys basketball State championships Friday, March 1 At CCCC, Portland Class B B8: No. 1 Medomak (19-2) vs. No. 1 Falmouth (20-1), 9 p.m. Saturday, March 2 At Augusta CC Class A A8: No. 1 Hampden (21-0) vs. No. 1 South Portland (18-3), 7 p.m. At Bangor Auditorium ...
UMaine swimmers set 17 school records during America East Championships
ORONO, Maine — Championship season is about swimming fast. Susan Lizzotte’s University of Maine swimmers did just that at the recent America East Championships establishing 17 school records. “It was an enjoyable weekend. Some of the kids just kept getting faster and faster as the meet continued,” said Lizzotte. The ...
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