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@batessoftball - Isabel Bettencourt ‘27 
Bettencourt was almost impossible for opponents to get out on the Bates softball team’s season-opening trip to Florida. She hit safely in all 10 games, going 21-32 at the plate for a .656 batting average. Bettencourt tallied eight extra base hits, including two home runs. She drove in 18 runs on the trip, including seven in one game against Gallaudet. Bettencourt already has more hits through 10 games than she did all of last season. She did all this while playing catcher all 10 games. Bettencourt did not allow a single passed ball and played errorless defense while guiding the Bates pitching staff to a 3.62 ERA. Bates (7-3) is off to the program’s best start through 10 games since 2018.

@batesswimanddive - Max Cory ‘26
Cory broke the NCAA Division III record in the 100-yard freestyle and won the first national championship in Bates swimming and diving history Saturday night at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. Cory raced to the finish in 42.88 seconds in the championship final, breaking the previous D3 record of 42.98 seconds set seven years ago by Emory’s Oliver Smith. Cory got to Saturday’s championship final by swimming the fastest prelims time in the field that morning at 43.05 seconds. Then he torched the competition Saturday night, breaking through after having finished national runner-up in the 50-yard freestyle on Wednesday. His “slower” prelims time in the 100 free still would have won the national title, as runner-up David Bajwa of Calvin College raced to the finish in the championship final in 43.25 seconds. Cory, who is now a 10-time All-American, also helped the Bobcats achieve their best finish ever in a relay at NCAAs, when the 400-yard medley relay recorded the fastest time ever swam by a NESCAC school with their school-record mark of 3:12.09 in the championship final, good for third place. Cory and his relay teammates also achieved All-America honors with a seventh-place showing in the 200-yard medley relay. Overall, the Bates men’s team took 13th place at NCAAs, tallying 112 points. It’s the best finish at the NCAA Championships in the men’s swimming and diving program’s history.
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Max Cory NCAA championship celebration and post-race interview #swimming #d3swim #gobates
Max Cory NCAA championship celebration and post-race interview #swimming #d3swim #gobates
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A historic few days in Greensboro, N.C. for @batesswimanddive! Let’s recap in chronological order:

Wednesday:
⭐️Junior Max Cory finished national runner-up and earned All-America honors in the 50 free with a time of 19.60. He broke his own Bates record of 19.56 in the prelims.
⭐️The men’s 400-yard medley relay team of sophomore Tim Johnson, junior Marrich Somridhivej, first-year Nate Oppenheim, and Cory swam the fastest 400-yard medley relay ever by a NESCAC school with their school-record time of 3:12.09 in the championship final, good for third place. It’s the best relay finish at the NCAA Championships in Bates swimming history. Cory’s morning split of 42.12 seconds is believed to be the fastest 100-yard freestyle split in NCAA Division III history. They earned All-America honors.

Friday:
⭐️The Bates 200-yard medley relay team of Johnson, Somridhivej, Oppenheim, and Cory swam to seventh place to earn All-America honors, with a time of 1:27.83.
⭐️Somridhivej grabbed fifth place and All-America honors in the 100 breast with a blazing fast time of 53.97 seconds at night, breaking his own school record in the event, and also breaking his own school record in the 50 breast thanks to his opening split of 24.97 seconds.
⭐️Sophomore Sarah Palmer broke her own school record in the 100 breast in the morning prelim, racing to the finish in 1:02.50. Then she won the consolation final in 1:02.73 at night, taking ninth place overall and earning All-America honors.

Saturday:
⭐️Cory broke the NCAA Division III record in the 100 free and won the first national championship in Bates swimming and diving history. Cory raced to the finish in 42.88 seconds in the championship final, breaking the previous D3 record of 42.98, seconds set seven years ago.
⭐️Johnson placed 12th overall in the 200 back by taking fourth in the consolation final with a time of 1:47.60 earning him All-America honors.
⭐️Palmer broke her own program record in the 200 breast with her time of 2:16.41 in the consolation final, good for 10th place overall and All-America honors.

The men’s team took 13th place at NCAAs, their best finish ever. #GoBates #d3swim 
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National Champion! Bates College's Max Cory breaks the NCAA D3 record in the 100-yard freestyle!
National Champion! Bates College's Max Cory breaks the NCAA D3 record in the 100-yard freestyle!
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