Bates College student Keira January participates Friday in the annual Puddle Jump on the Lewiston campus. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Bates College students Alex Platt, left, and Peter Dunbar jump into Lake Andrews on Friday at the Lewiston campus. Students jumped through a hole cut in the ice by the Bates Outing Club. The Puddle Jump is an annual tradition at Bates. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Bates College first year students Emmy Comrack, left, and Maya Judge approach the edge of the hole in Lake Andrews on Friday for the Puddle Jump on the Lewiston campus. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Two Bates College students prepare Friday to jump into Lake Andrews for the annual Puddle Jump on the Lewiston campus. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Bates College student Liv Meyers reacts Friday after climbing out of Lake Andrews during the Puddle Jump on the Lewiston campus. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Members of the Bates Outing Club use ice axes Friday to remove blocks of foot-thick ice during the Puddle Jump at Lake Andrews on the Lewiston campus. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Members of the Bates College Outing Club and Bates College security force gather Friday around Lake Andrews for the annual Puddle Jump at the campus in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Bates College students Liv Meyers, left, Emily Tamkin, center, and Chloe Arons jump Friday into Lake Andrews during the annual Puddle Jump at the Lewiston campus. The Bates Outing Club cut the hole in the ice. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Bates College first year student Sean Fitzgerald reacts Friday after climbing out of Lake Andrews during the Puddle Jump on the Lewiston campus. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Bates College student Molly Furman laughs Friday with fellow students after jumping into Lake Andrews during the annual Puddle Jump on the Lewiston campus. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Bates College first year students Emmy Comrack, left, and Maya Judge react Friday after climbing out of Lake Andrews during the Puddle Jump on the Lewiston campus. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Bates College students Brendan Fitzgerald, right, and J’von Ortiz-Cedeno react Friday to the cold water of Lake Andrews during the annual Puddle Jump on the Lewiston campus. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Bates College senior Laura Baginski reacts Friday after climbing out of Lake Andrews during the annual Puddle Jump on the Lewiston campus. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Bates College students sing Friday while warming up next to the bonfire during the Puddle Jump on the Lewiston campus. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

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