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The women's ice hockey team advanced to the ECAC playoffs, losing in the first round to Brown University, 9-1. Forward Barb Gordon '97 (Glendale, Calif.), who finished her career as Colby's all-time points leader with 110 goals and 112 assists, had her No. 24 jersey retired in a postseason ceremony. Forward Meaghan Sittler '98 (East Amherst, N.Y.) was named to the first team All-ECAC for the second consecutive year. . . . The women's nordic ski team finished eighth overall and the men's team was ninth at the EISA Championships. . . . The alpine ski team finished ninth overall at the EISA Championships. Brian Hanseth '00 (Lake Oswego, Ore.) became the first-ever Colby skier to qualify in the downhill and super-G for the U.S. National Alpine Championships. The women's team finished eighth overall at the Eastern Alpine Collegiate Championships. . . . The women's swim team placed eighth in a 32-team field at the New England Championships. Morgan Filler '97 (North Potomac, Md.) earned All-New England honors and a trip to the nationals for her third-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle. . . . The men's swim team finished eighth out of a field of 26 at the New England Championships. Peter Bowden '98 (Guilderland, N.Y.) won the 100-yard backstroke title in a time of 53.47, and Geoff Herrick '98 (Topsfield, Mass.) claimed the 200-yard butterfly title in a time of 1:53.65. They are the first men's swimmers from Colby since 1975 to win events at the New England's. Head Coach Sura DuBow '92 was voted Men's Swimming Coach of the Year by the 26 coaches of the New England Division II and III swim teams. She is the first woman to win the honor since the league began the annual vote in 1979. . . . The women's track and field team boasted two All-Americans in Kara Patterson '97 (Falmouth, Maine) and Cindy Pomerleau '97 (Bowdoinham, Maine). Patterson finished sixth at the NCAA Championships in the 5,000 meters with a time of 17:33, and Pomerleau was sixth with a personal-best throw of 42 feet, 11 inches. Earlier in the season, Pomerleau broke the ECAC pentathlon scoring record with 3,336 points, and Patterson became the first Colby athlete to win an event at the Open New England Championships, clocking a 17:39 finish in the 5,000 meters. . . . The men's track and field team placed 13th at the New England Division III Championships. Adam Westaway '00 (Andover, Mass.), who finished second in the triple jump with a mark of 44 feet, 4 inches, and Emmanuel Thomann '00 (Prospect Harbor, Maine), who ran a 50.64 in the 400 meters to take second place, won All-New England honors. . . . The women's squash team finished its season with a No. 14 ranking in the country. Sonia Totten '98 (Tokyo, Japan), Sarah Molly '97 (Jakarta, Indonesia), Laura Pitarys '00 (Weston, Mass.) and Lindsay Hayes '99 (Darien, Conn.) qualified for nationals.