GORHAM — The Bowdoin College men’s track and field team placed second at the Maine State Indoor Track & Field Championship Saturday night at the University of Southern Maine.

The Polar Bears scored 139 points to place behind Bates (207), and ahead of Southern Maine (123), Colby (59) and St. Joseph’s (24).

Bowdoin junior Coby Horowitz won a pair of events, the 1,000-meter run (2:30.01) and one-mile run (4:11.46). As a result, he earned the Jim Wescott Award as the Most Valuable Track Athlete at the Championship.

Samuel Seekins set a meet record for Bowdoin in capturing the 5,000 in a time of 14:45.00.

Other impressive finishes for Bowdoin included Kyle LeBlanc placing second in the 55 (6.62), Sam Chick taking second in the 600 (1:22.97) and Nicholas Saba finishing as the runner-up in the 3,000 (8:49.92). Eddy Page was second in the pole vault (13-06) for Bowdoin.

The Polar Bears will return to action next weekend with competition at the Valentine’s Day Classic hosted by Boston University.

Women’s track

The Polar Bears won the 2013 Maine State Intercollegiate Indoor Track & Field Championship Friday evening at Farley Field House.

The Polar Bears claimed their fifth consecutive state crown by totaling 203.60 points, edging Bates (185.60) and Colby (183.80). Southern Maine finished with 110 points, followed by St. Joseph’s (15) and Husson (3).

Bowdoin boasted five individual winners en route to the title. Samantha Copland broke her own Bowdoin record with a time of 8.06 in the 60-meter dash. Michele Kaufman won the state title in the 60 hurdles with a time of 9.20.

The Polar Bears had an exceptional showing in the field events, taking a quartet of firstplace showings. Erin Silva won the pole vault with a height of 11-01, Katharine Krupp won the triple jump with a distance of 135-02, former Mt. Ararat High School standout Randi London claimed the shot put with a throw of 38-07.75 and Katherine Harmon took the weight throw with a toss of 46-06.

The Polar Bear men and women both earned victories Saturday in a head-to-head meet against visiting Colby.

The women defeated the Mules by a score of 198-95, while the men compiled a 211-83 victory.

On the women’s side Katherine Foley took the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:33.19) and 500 free (5:12.86). Bridget Killian won the 200 (1:55.44), Teri Faller took the 100 backstroke (1:01.00) and 200 backstroke (2:15.13), and Maeve O’Leary won the 100 breaststroke (1:09.58) and 200 breaststroke (2:32.88). Also, the 50 free went to Kaley Kokomoor (25.24), as well the 100 free (55.01), and Lela Garner finished first in the 200 IM with a time of 2:14.38.

For the men, Linc Rhodes took the 1,000 free (10:30.20)., Peter Deardorff won the 200 free (1:45.41), while Basyl Stuyvesant took the 100 back (52.75) and 200 back (1:56.75). John Lagasse was victorious in the 100 breast, with Chris Granata taking the win in the 200 butterfly (1:56.18), JR Chansakul the 200 breaststroke (2:12.66), William Shi the 50 free (21.84), Kevin Koh with a 51.86 in the 100 fly and Ryan Kulesza touched first in the 200 IM (1:58.09). Bowdoin took home both relays on the men’s and women’s sides. The entry in the 200 free relay of Killian, Garner, Foley, Kokomoor finished first on the women’s side (1:41.18), and Rhodes, Googins, Koh, Shi was victorious in 1:28.01.

In diving, Sage Mikami and Tom Kramer each took first in both the one and three-meter events. Mikami scored 218.10 points in the one-meter and 212.85 in the three-meter. Kramer totaled 272.54 points in the onemeter competition and 277.05 in the three-meter dive.

Bowdoin will travel to Waterville the upcoming Saturday for the Maine Event at Colby College.