Individual Awards

It's really odd to recognize individuals within a rowing shell - team results are what really matters but nevertheless Trinity earned a fair share of recognition for performance in the classroom and on the water this year. Here is a quick list:

NESCAC All-Sportsmanship Team: Stephanie Apstein '10 (Captain)
NESCAC All-Academic Team: Jamie Callahan '11, Brianna Dix '11, Sarah Keller '11, Hannah Smith '10, and Tracey Suter '11
NESCAC All-Conference First Team: Deede Dixon '10, Robin Neschke '13, Sarah Keller '11
NESCAC All-Conference Second Team: Ellie Wierzbowski '10 (Captain), Courteney Coyne '10


National Invitational Rowing Championships Stewards All-Academic Team: Jamie Callahan '11, Sarah Keller '11, Kate Pool '11, Tracey Suter '11, Sophie Hollingsworth '12, Hannah Smith '10

CRCA All-Academic Awards: Sarah Keller '11, Kate Pool '12, Hannah Smith '10, Tracey Suter '11
CRCA First Team All-American: Deede Dixon '10

Season Complete - Boats back on the rack

My updates from the NCAA were clearly not up to par as we were continuing to try and make improvements all the way up to the warm up for the grand and petite final. It was one heck of season for its myriad challenges, successes, failures, and learning opportunities and it certainly taught me a ton as a coach. This year's varsity squad had 4 freshman, 3 sophomores, 6 juniors, and 5 seniors and they all made huge strides as we changed the guard so-to-speak.

To recap, there were seven teams invited to compete for the NCAA team championship: Bates, Trinity, Williams, and Wellesley from New England; Ithaca and St. Lawrence from the New York region, and the University of Puget Sound from the Pacific region. William Smith and Mary Washington were the two at-large varsity eights invited to compete. Given our results during the season and our progress post-ECACs the goal on Friday was to make the Grand Final with the 1V and the Petite Final with the 2V. After racing in the morning heats where only the heat winner advanced directly to the final both boats were faced with the prospect of racing through the qualifiers in the afternoon. The 2V sat 5th for the majority of the petite qualifier while the 1V was passed for qualifying at the 1500m mark. Both crews roared back with really inspired technical rowing in the 2nd 1000m and were able to secure positions in both the grand and petite finals making it likely that we could earn a 4th place NCAA team trophy. Looking back at the New Englands where the 1V was 6th in the grand final and the 2V 5th it was really exciting to see Friday's racing when I really saw the grit and determination of our squad come out. Split times for the 2V race can be found here and for the 1V race here.

Saturday we raced after the 1V semifinals and the 2V spent themselves early in an attempt to gain valuable team points and rowed a courageous race eventually finishing 6th - three hard races in two days took its toll and that's something we can address for next season. The 1V, a very young crew found the early going of the grand final pretty hot and sat in 5th place going through the 1000m and made a huge mid-course to move up to 4th position. By finishing 4th in the grand final it tied us with Ithaca for the 3rd place team trophy - the tie was broken by the higher finish of our varsity boat thus earning the squad a 3rd place NCAA trophy and 6th team trophy in a row.

More to come on individual awards, our new captain, and summer plans.