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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BATES NORDIC BLOG

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

I'm Ready for Spring Break???

No...temperature wise, YES, but Jamaica is in the back of my head. I have come to realize that not being able to race because of weather is frustrating. You have to go through all the pre-race stuff day after day not knowing when there is going to be an actual race. Eating good meals, your superstitious pre-race habits, packing like you are going out for a 20 day ice trek, and then traveling to the venue so your adrenaline can build while the butterflies in your stomache continue fluttering. However, I have come to terms with the weather, its a good test of character.

"Don't knock the weather. If it didn't change once and awhile, nine out of tem people couldn't start a conversation."

I'm excited to come back and be with my friends, my team. And RACE!!! Camp has started for the rest of the team and can't wait to get back and join them. It sounds like tomorrow will not get above -10 F, but I am 89% sure they will send it and run a qualifyer and that is it. Then they will base all of the teams off of a 3.5 minute sprint and a cold freestyle race.

See you soon. And thanks for all the support.

-Sylv G.E.

posted by Bates Nordic at 11:27 PM

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