Sports Highlights
Men’s Rowing Wins California Cup at San
Diego Crew Classic
The men’s first varsity eight crew finished
first with a time of 5:58.00 in the grand final of the California Cup
in the San Diego Classic on Sunday, April 3. The Bantam women’s first
varsity eight won the petite final of the California Cup in the
Classic as well with a time of 7:11.70.
The Trinity men led from beginning to end in the 2,000-meter race,
after qualifying for the grand final with the best time (6:12.30) of
18 crews in the preliminary heats on Saturday. The women jumped four
places from fifth to first over the last 1,500-meters of their
2,000-meter course to take the petite final. The Bantams just missed
qualifying for the grand final, recording Saturday’s seventh-best time
of 7:07.25.
The Bantam men's crew also won the Men's Open 8 Race Grand Final,
finishing more than 10 seconds ahead of a pair of club teams with a
time of 6:09.67 in its second race of the day on Sunday. Trinity had
qualified for that race with a first-place time of 6:06.2 in its
second race on Saturday.
Grand Final Results
1. Trinity 5:58.00
2. Minnesota 6:03.16
3. Gonzaga 6:09.47
4. Colorado 6:11.50
5. Southern California 6:13.27
6. California 6:13.43
Women's Rowing
The women's varsity eight crew finished
first in its April 9 race, defeating the top-ranked Smith College
Pioneers by over 3 seconds. Despite rowing under their fourth coach in
four years, the Bantams have made the NCAA Division III National
Championships and should be ranked No. 1 in the nation this week.
Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team is off to a 7-3
start and ranked No. 16 in the nation. Senior co-captain Beatrice
Gratry ’05 recently became the College's all-time leading scorer and
all-time leader in career goals. She has 212 goals and 51 assists for
a total of 263 points during her outstanding career. Gratry was
selected as the NESCAC and the ECAC Division III Player of the Week
for her outstanding performance during Trinity's 4-0 record in Florida
earlier this spring.
Baseball
The baseball team is off to an 18-2 start
and Head Coach Bill Decker earned his 300th career victory during the
team's best-ever, 11-1 Florida trip. Decker, in his 15th season, has a
career mark of 313-153 at Trinity. Senior co-captain Jeffrey Natale
was recently selected as the NESCAC and the ECAC Division III Player
of the Week after going 10-for-18 (.556) at the plate with nine runs,
eight RBI, three doubles, and two home runs. Natale also walked three
times and was hit by three pitches to record a .667 on-base
percentage.
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