Men’s rowing

The Trinity College men’s rowing team, coached by Kevin MacDermott, won gold medals in the second- varsity eight and novice eight grand finals and a bronze in the first-varsity eight grand final at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) National Invitational Regatta on Lake Quinsigamond in May. The Bantams took first place in the event’s Overall Points Trophy Standings. Trinity’s second varsity posted a time of 6:04.358, which was 2.16 seconds faster than second-place Bucknell in the grand final. The Bantam novice eight finished .82 seconds faster than second-place Williams in its grand final, while the Bantam varsity eight posted the fastest time of any boat in the preliminary heats (5:57.536), but just over two seconds behind Bates and just under five seconds later than Williams in the grand final at 6:00.977. Trinity’s third-varsity eight crew was fourth, with a time 6:17.415. In the Overall Points Standings, Trinity edged Williams by one with 73 points. In the Men’s and Women’s Combined Overall Points Standings, Trinity totaled 125 points, which was good enough for second place and 24 behind the first-place Ephs.

Women’s rowing

The Trinity College women’s rowing team finished fifth in the NCAA Division III Championship Regatta on New Jersey’s Lake Mercer in late May. Trinity used strong performances in both repechage races to put its first- and second-varsity eight crews in the grand finals and finished sixth and fourth, respectively, in those races. The Bantams, coached by Wesley Ng, had finished fifth in the varsity-eight grand final at the ECAC National Invitational Regatta on Lake Quinsigamond earlier that month to qualify for the NCAA Regatta for the 10th straight season. The Bantam second- and third-varsity eight crews each recorded third-place ECAC fi nishes, while the squad tied with New Hampshire for fifth place in the Overall Points Trophy Standings, and the Bantams took second in the Men’s and Women’s Overall Points Trophy Standings.

Graves ’07 named to 2012 U.S. Olympic Team

Peter Graves ’07, former captain of the men’s rowing team and the College’s 2007 Senior Male Athlete of the Year (George Sheldon McCook Trophy), was selected by USRowing to represent the United States in the quadruple sculls at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England. His father, Harry, older brother Tom, and younger brother John all rowed for Trinity. John also played soccer for Trinity, where he was the recipient of the prestigious George Sheldon McCook Award in 2010.