Trinity Women's Defends New England Championship Crown This Weekend
Hartford, Conn., April 30, 2009 - The Trinity College men's and women's rowing teams, which have a combined varsity-eight record of 23-2 this spring, will each be competing in the New England Rowing Championships Saturday on the familiar waters of Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass. The New England Rowing Championships is a regional championship regatta for qualifying colleges in the six New England states. The fours and eights will all race on May 2, as the event has changed from a two-day affair to a Saturday-only Championship likely to last from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The Trinity men are the four-time defending New England champions while the Trinity women are defending a title which they have held in three of the last six seasons.
The Bantam men's varsity eight crew, in its final season under Head Coach Larry Gluckman (6th Season), are 11-1 this spring and have appeared in the USRowing National Top 20 Poll for all divisions. Gluckman has been responsible for the vast and rapid ascension of Trinity's men's crew program to elite status, having guided the varsity eight to a 42-4 record in dual races during his tenure. Trinity has captured two Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) National Invitational gold medals, three gold medals at the Head of the Charles Regatta, and the last four New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Championship crowns with Coach Gluckman at the helm. The Joy of Sculling Collegiate Coach of the Year in 2006 and 2007, Gluckman gained international renown for the College when his varsity eight crew won the Temple Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta in 2005 and earned a silver medal in the same event last summer.
The Bantam women, coached by 2008 Joy of Sculling Collegiate Coach of the Year Wesley Ng (3rd Season), are 12-1 this spring and ranked No. 3 in the nation according to (CRCA) Division III Poll. Trinity won the New England Championships last spring and has been selected to the NCAA Division III National Championship Regatta the last six seasons. Trinity first varsity eight won the grand final at the NCAA Regatta last spring and the Jefferies Cup Open+ Championship title at the Henley Women's Regatta last June.
Most recently, the Trinity College men's varsity eight crew finished first in a three-boat against Bowdoin and Wesleyan on Lake Quinsigamond to close the 2009 dual season on April 25. The Bantam eight finished more than 10 seconds ahead of second-place Wesleyan at 6:21.80 and well before Bowdoin. Trinity also won its second varsity eight, third varsity eight, and novice four races that afternoon, while the varsity four finished third in its race at 7:51.9.
The Trinity College women's varsity eight crew finished first in a four-boat race of NESCAC teams last Saturday on Lake Quinsigamond to close the 2009 dual season. The Bantam eight finished 13.6 seconds ahead of second-place Wesleyan, ranked No. 9 in the nation, and well before fellow league rivals Connecticut College and Bowdoin. In fours, Trinity's varsity finished second behind Bowdoin and ahead of Clark and Connecticut College, while the Bantam second varsity eight won its race against Wesleyan.
The men's first varsity eight boat included senior co-captain Eli Roxby (Paoli, Pa.), seniors Brian deRegt (Rowayton, Conn.), Tom Keller (Perrysburg, Ohio), and Alec Phillips (Essex, Mass.), senior coxswain Klee Aiken (Chicago, Ill.), juniors Ryan Flynn (Southborough, Mass.), Joe Malarney (Andover, Mass.), and Peter Smith (Atlanta, Ga.), and sophomore Will Kelly (New Canaan, Conn.).
The women's varsity eight boat will include senior tri-captains Natalie Jones (Haverford, Pa.), Ashley Swiggert (Basking Ridge, N.J.), and Amory Minot (Chestnut Hill, Mass.), senior Eveline Case (New Canaan, Conn.), juniors Ardath Dixon (Manchester, Mass.) and Eleanor Wierzbowski (Walpole, N.H.), junior coxswain Stephanie Apstein (Waban, Mass.), and sophomore Jamie Callahan (North Andover, Mass.).
