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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Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Gallivanting in Europe




So as many of you know I left mid semester for Berlin. You know because I said bye many more times than was necessary, but I am glad I had the chance to do so. I am currently sitting in my room in Berlin, a little homesick, but eating up the experience none the less. It’s become apparent that skiing plays a more important roll in my life than I previously would have admitted. Anyways, enough of the nostalgia; you know it is not my style. I write because I want to fill you in on some of the things I have done. Although it may be difficult to find roller skis, weight rooms, mountains, snow and basically anything that has to do with skiing in Berlin, I have had the opportunity to visit a couple of places that are a little better suited for our sport. Two weeks ago I traveled to Switzerland with my Aunt. I ended up in a place called Interlocken. It is the site of the first Alpine World Championship (1922). This place is gorgeous. It is also the host to the most memorable day I have had in Europe so far. It began in a Valley around 2000 ft in elevation. By the end of the day, however, I ended up hiking up to 10,000 ft (some cable car assistance) and back. Needless to say the sights were breathtaking. The very next weekend I found myself in Stockholm. (For those skeptics I actually do go to class.) It just so happened that the Stockholm marathon was being held that weekend. Unfortunately I was not able to register, but I threw on the old running shoes anyways and ran along for the last half. Running the Swedish cobble stones was hard on the old legs, but they persevered. That is all for now… stay tuned for further European escapades. Signed,D masta flex

P.S. The pics were taken within six hours of eachother.

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