Becky Woods

HEAD COACH NORDIC SKIING
Becky Woods

A two-time EISA Coach of the Year, Becky Woods '89 has been the head Nordic skiing coach at Bates since 1994. A native of Auburn, Maine, she has coached four All-America winners, including Sylvan Ellefson '09, who was fourth in the 10K freestyle at the 2008 NCAA Championships.

During her collegiate career at Bates, she was a two-time captain, participated in three NCAA Championships and was a member of the All-East team. Woods received the Auburn-Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame President's Award in 1996 and has served on the NCAA skiing rules comittee since 1998.

 

Email: rwoods@bates.edu

Office Phone: 207.786.6339

Martin Benes

ASSISTANT COACH NORDIC SKIING
Martin Benes

Martin Benes '07 returns to Bates, where he was a four-year member of the team and served as co-captain his senior year. After departing Bates with a B.A. in Classical and Medieval Studies, he returned to his home club in California where he coached junior skiers at the regional and national levels.

Last winter Martin returned to New England as an assistant with the Dartmouth College Ski Team. He returned to California this past summer to continue working with the juniors he has coached through two Junior Nationals.

Martin is glad to rejoin the Bates team and is looking forward to working with a talented group of athletes this winter. Off the trails, Martin will be helping out Coach Flynn on the links as the Golf team assistant.

Email: mbenes@bates.edu

Office Phone: 207.755.5954

Bob Flynn

ASSISTANT COACH NORDIC SKIING
Bob Flynn

Coach Flynn posesses a impressive history in the Bates Athletics department through his continuous, untiring involvement for more than 40 years.

He was head skiing coach at Bates from 1968 to 1990 and was instrumental in the program's move to Division I competition in 1972, and in bringing the 1976 NCAA Skiing Championships to Bates. Flynn was also head baseball coach from 1991 to 1999. He is a member of the Lewiston-Auburn Sports Hall of Fame, the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame and the Maine Ski Hall of Fame.

In addition to Skiing and Baseball, in 2008 Flynn also returned to the helm as the Head Coach of Men's and Women's Golf, a position he held previously from 1990 to 1998.

Email: rflynn@bates.edu

Office Phone: 207.786.6441

 

 

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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Being a Kid Again

Theme parks suck. They are overly crowded, filled with junk, and in the end, pretty trashy. But damnit they are fun. On our off day of work and training, Sylvan and I took a day trip to Six Flags (Great Escape) in Lake George, NY with a whole crew of friends. The original plan was to go with a group from work, but when we learned that more people= a cheaper ticket, we recruited most everyone from Keene that had the day off of work. This included Scotty McClelland, Tommy Biesemeyer, Marlijne Cook, and our housemate Paul Smith (who makes his own work schedule).
The last time I went to a theme park was for my brother's 10th birthday party, so I didn't remember much except that they are fun, and you can spend a lot of money in a short amount of time. That last theme park was, in the grand scheme of theme parks, pretty awful considering it was Aquaboggin water park in Saco, ME. The Great Escape was a little better, but according to everyone else, still pretty awful. I didn't notice as I was amused by the rollercoasters and waterslides all day.
Being a kid again felt way too good, but after some bike intervals today and with work tonight, I have (kind of) snapped out of the trance. It was a perfect day off of training and work, but I can honestly say that it will probably be another ten years before I brave another theme park.

3 Comments:

Anonymous Sammy B said...

Harry who is that next to you on the right?

June 19, 2008 9:58 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

don't trash aquaboggin EVER again!!

June 19, 2008 2:23 PM  
Anonymous hova said...

sammy b, that is thomas biesemeyer, he is an alpiner from burke.

June 19, 2008 6:05 PM  

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