Trinity College Wins 2010 ECAC Rowing Trophy

CAPE COD, Mass. - Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Commissioner Rudy Keeling announced today that Trinity College has earned the 2010 ECAC Rowing Trophy. Trinity previously won the award in 2006, and is the only Division III school to capture the award in its nine-year history.

The ECAC Rowing Trophy is given annually to the ECAC college or university men’s and women’s rowing programs that best demonstrate the core values of the ECAC (tradition, diversity, and service). The award is based on the total overall performance of the team’s varsity, second varsity, and novice eights at the National Invitational Rowing Championships (NIRC), Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges (EARC) Sprints and Eastern Association of Women’s Rowing Colleges (EAWRC) Sprints, including men’s heavyweight and lightweight entries, and women’s open weight entries.

The Bantams will receive the trophy on Tuesday, September 28, at the ECAC Honors Banquet presented by Jostens. The luncheon will be held at The Resort and Conference Center at Hyannis, Massachusetts during the 2010 ECAC Fall Convention and Trade Show. Previous recipients include Harvard University/Radcliffe College (2002, 2004), Princeton University (2003, 2005), Trinity College (2006) and Brown University (2007, 2008, 2009).

Trinity captured its third ECAC National Invitational Rowing Championships overall points standings trophy on Sunday, May 9 at Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Massachusetts. On the men’s side, Trinity’s varsity eight earned a silver medal. Its second varsity eight and novice eight crews struck gold.

The Bantams received a strong performance from their women’s crews as well. The Trinity varsity eight earned a bronze medal, while the novice eight earned a silver, and the second varsity eight finished fourth.

About the ECAC^®
The ECAC is the nation's largest athletic and the only multi-divisional conference in the country with more than 300 Divisions I, II, and III colleges and universities.  The ECAC stretches from Maine to North Carolina and westerly to Illinois. Established in 1938, the ECAC, a non-profit service organization, sponsors nearly 100 championships in 37 men’s and women’s sports and assigns more than 4,400 officials in 12 sports.  The ECAC also administers nine affiliate sports organizations and six playing leagues, and through the public relations arm of the conference, more than 2,000 student-athletes are recognized annually.  Finally, the ECAC serves as the primary conference for select members in the sports of men’s and women’s ice hockey and men’s lacrosse.