Celestin Establishes New 200 Fly Record

First Year Nick Celestin

In just the second meet of the season Nick Celestin is already the fastest 200 flyer in Trinity history. His personal best time of 1:55.86 breaks the previous record of 1:57.23 set by junior co-captain Mark Yanagisawa just last season. Congrats Nick! We can't wait to see what he'll do once he's shaved and tapered.

Bantams Open with a Big Slpash

Audrey Butler wins the 100 breast.

The Bantams began the season on the men's side with a meet against the University of Rhode Island, while the women squared off against Mount Holyoke. Both teams had some incredible swims with just two weeks of training under their belts.

Junior Max Ma and first-year Nick Celestin led the way for the men's team. Ma and Celestin each won three individual events to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a season-opening 131-66 victory over the University of Rhode Island Ram Club.

Ma won the 100 IM with a time of 56.07, a personal best time, and the second fastest time in Trinity history. He went on to win the 100 freestyle in 50.49, also a personal best, and he finished the meet off by taking first in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:02.90. In Celestin's debut meet for the Bantam's he took first place in the 200 freestyle with a personal best time of 1:49.39. He also won the 100 butterfly with a time of 53.09. Celestin continued his winning ways by taking the 100 backstroke with a time of 55.52.  Bantam junior co-captain Mark Yanagisawa won both the 1,000 freestyle in 11:01.05 and the 500 freestyle at 5:21.24. The men's team dominated as they won every single individual event.

On the women's side the Bantam's kept it close to the finish, but the visiting Mount Holyoke College Lyons edged Trinity, 120-114. Trinity senior Shelby Friel won the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:02.75 and teamed with senior co-captain Carleigh Haron and rookies Katie Barlok and Jess Rudman to win the 400 freestyle relay at 3:48.64.  Bantam senior Emily Jensen won the 100 free at 56.85 and sophomore Audrey Butler took first in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:11.94.  Junior diver Emily Johnson won both the 1-Meter 206.34 and 3-meter 186.37 events for Trinity.

Both teams will return to action this Sunday as they square off against NESCAC foe, Bates University.

Bantams Complete 7th Annual Ted Mullin Hour of Power

Final leg of the 60 minute sprint relay. PERFECT!!

Last night our team (missing a few to injury / illness), participated in the 7th Annual Ted Mullin Hour of Power.  Ted was a swimmer at Carleton College, who lost his battle with sarcoma.  The Hour of Power was Ted's favorite set at practices.  It is a grueling 60 minutes of all out sprinting relay-style, with the goal of keeping all lanes within a body length of one another throughout the entire hour.  This requires not only the physical commitment to the task, but also teamwork as swimmers rotate through the various lanes to catch lanes up to the others should they fall behind.  As a tribute to Ted, his family and teammates at Carleton created the Hour of Power event to include as many other teams across the country as they could, while his family started the Ted Mullin Fund for sarcoma research.  Now, over 160 college, high school, club, and masters teams across the country participate on the same day and at the same time (regardless of time zone) as a way for the swimming community to come together and promote awareness for and raise funds toward cancer research.

The Bantams did a great job in coordinating, with first years to seniors helping to organize and rotate swimmers throughout the hour.  It's safe to say that everyone was exhausted, but the smiling faces tell the story.  Our team was happy to participate in such a great event.  These are the times that make me most proud to be coaching such a wonderful group of athletes.  GO BANTAMS!!!

And on the alumni front, our very own Carol Ann Goldberg '80, has now involved her Masters team!  Carol checks in below:

"On behalf of the AQUA Masters swim team at Asphalt Green in New York City and the coaches of our Masters and Age Group teams (Glenn Mills, Rachel Stratton-Mills, Kelly Peloquin, Jamie Manser, David Rodriguez, Brad Green and Jonas Altman-Kuroski who all swam this evening!)  we are thrilled to report that we "Left it in the Pool" from 7:52 to 8:52 PM!!  

We had the honor of having Evan Mullin and some of the TED REPS (Jeanne Loftus, Katie Magoon, Chelsea Heneghan and Carmen Mandac) with us swimming as well!  Evan gave a beautiful speech to our team before we started, telling us of the amazing grants received by the fund and details of the research at U Chicago. 

Many of us on the team have had family members touched by cancer, or are themselves cancer survivors, so it was great for us all to swim in their memories/honor with the hope of a cure just down the lane ...

All the best and "see" you all next year!

Carol Ann Goldberg - Trinity Class of 1980

Agua Masters - "Noon" - Lane #2"

Swim Across America Great Success

Last Saturday, July 14th, four members of the Bantam Swimming & Diving Alumni family carried on the tradition of swimming in the annual ocean-mile swim off of Nantasket Beach in Hull, MA for Swim Across America.  This SAA event benefits the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.  Each participant raises funds for cancer research, treatment, and support for survivors and their families.  The Nantasket Beach event raised a little over $60,000 and was a great success.  With donations still coming in, our Bantams have raised approximately $3,000 for the cause!!  Fantastic!  You make us proud!


Participants this year are pictured below:

Mike Haynes P'11, Brooke Haynes '11, Crosby Bain '11, Emma Goehring '08 

Mike Haynes P'11, Brooke Haynes '11

Emma Goehring '08, Crosby Bain '11

Despite 62 degree water temp., Mike Haynes is still smiling!

Click here for more about Swim Across America

Dr. Morrison Awarded Educational Grant

Congratulations to our Team Faculty Liaison, Dr. Janet Morrison, for securing a grant from Applied Separations. The company awarded the Spe-ed SFE Prime Educational Grant to Dr. Morrison for her commitment to teaching Supercritical Fluids. Dr. Morrison said in accepting this award and grant, "The generous donation of the Spe-ed SFE Prime system to Trinity College will enable our students to explore and experience firsthand the benefits of supercritical fluids as green alternatives to conventional solvents for extraction." We are so appreciative of your continued commitment to our students, Dr. Morrison!

Bantams Spend Summer Abroad: Lexi Moroney: In Her Own Words

Lexi Moroney '15, At the Fountain of the Naiads in Rome

A few weeks after school got out I went to Rome, Italy with a Trinity summer study away program. While I was in Rome I studied art conservation. The course entailed going to famous museums and meeting with professional art conservators to hear about their experiences with their work. I really enjoyed the course and all the opportunities it provided me. I was only in Rome for three weeks and I felt that the trip flew by. I really tried to take advantage of my location and see all of the monuments, fountains, churches and museums that I could. My favorite site that I visited in Rome was St. Peter’s underground tomb, underneath St. Peter’s Basilica. It was an amazing place to visit and be able to walk through the original structure. The first weekend in Italy a group of us from the program went to Florence. I found it to be a very different city from Rome, in the sense that it was smaller and more centralized. While I was in Florence I went to go see Michelangelo’s David. This was a beautiful statue to see in person and really took over the space with its grandeur. In addition, every restaurant and café we ate at had such delicious food and had a wonderful environment to enjoy it in. Some of my most memorable memories from the trip are the experiences I shared with the other students on the program while in Rome. 

Senior Swimmers Graduate

At the 186th Commencement the Trinity College Swim Team said farewell to this years group of senior swimmers and wished them well as they head into the next exciting chapter of their lives. Pictured right are Senior men's and women's captains Jenna Carroll and Brian Castelluccio. Brian ended his stellar four year swimming and academic career by being recognized as one of 17 Trinity College Optimi, meaning he earned an A- or better in all courses required for his degree. 

Carroll ended her accomplished swimming and academic career by being honored with the Robert R. Bartlett Award for excellence in Athletics and Service to the Community. 

Brian will begin working towards his graduate degree at the University of Connecticut and Jenna has already begun work at a prestigious New York Law Firm. We wish all our Trinity Seniors the best of luck and know they will find success in whatever the future holds from them.