Megan Chiu & Alex Zhang Work On Humanitarian Free and Open Software Project

Alex Zhang '14

Megan Chiu '14

Congratulations go out once again to Alex Zhang '14 and our very own Megan Chiu '14. Please see the attached article (and video) about how Megan Chiu ’14 and Alex Zhang ’14 spent their summers at Trinity working on the Humanitarian Free and Open Software (HFOSS) project, programming developing mobile applications to help non-profit organizations supply food and water to those in need in Haiti.

https://twebmail.trincoll.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=d0e9cea4f11c44b2a7b2a45cb66a249d&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.trincoll.edu%2fNewsEvents%2fNewsArticles%2fPages%2fHFossHaiti.aspx

Alex Zhang Named Dean's Scholar

Congratulations to Alex Zhang ‘14, who has become a Deans’ Scholar for the Class of 2014! “Deans’ Scholars are the 25 full-time first-year students with the highest grade point averages at the end of the spring semester. Membership in the company of Deans’ Scholars is intended both to recognize outstanding academic achievement and to encourage continued academic excellence. Students remain Deans’ Scholars through the end of their sophomore year.” Way to go Alex!

Trinity Swimming & Diving Welcomes Newest Bantams

The Trinity College swimming and diving team welcomed the class of 2015 to campus this past week. 

The men’s team adds Sam Ruddock III (Cleveland, OH), a sprint/mid-distance freestyler who should make an immediate impact with incoming times of 21.90, 47.70 and 1:44.38 in the 50, 100 and 200 Free. Alex Kurose (East Greenwich, RI) will add depth in the sprint freestyle events as well as the butterfly sprints and has potential to push our sprint free relays to new heights with top incoming times of 22.97 and 49.83 in the 50 & 100 Free. Isak Kurbasic (Lousiville, KY) should excel in the 100 fly with an incoming time of 54.30 and should add depth in the breast stroke events with times of 29.98, 1:03.32, and 2:24.08 in the 50, 100, & 200 distances. Rounding out the men’s Freshmen class is Ryan McConnell (Merion Station, PA) a distance freestyler who will push our ever improving distance group to even greater heights with incoming times of 5:03.45, 10:18.12, and 17:51.00 in the 500, 1000, and 1650 Free distances.                                               

The Bantam women welcome Audrey Butler, who will be competing for a NESCAC championship title in her rookie season as her incoming 50 breast time of 30.63 puts her 5th among returning NESCAC swimmers and only .48 seconds off of last years top finisher. Butler should also be strong in the 100 breast as her time of 1:07.68 puts her 9th among returning NESCAC swimmers. Butler will also be an asset on the medley and sprint freestyle relays. Danielle Carp (Wenham, MA) will be very strong in the 100 and 200 Fly with times of 1:01.25 and 2:22.15 respectively and should be a strong force in our mid-distance freestyle groups as well. Lexi Moroney (Manchester, MA) is a sprint freestyler who should help push our sprint group and sprint relays to the next level in the NESCAC as she boasts times of 25.4 in the 50, 55.7 in the 100 and 2:02 in the 200. Rounding out this years group of first year women is Megan Darnley holds the 1 meter diving record at her high school. Megan will bring much needed depth to our women’s diving team and will have the opportunity to learn from the best female diver Trinity has had in junior Emily Johnson.                                          

Rounding out the newbies is first year Assistant Coach, Justin Anderson, who joins Trinity after a year assisting at his alma mater the University of Mary Washington. It’s an exciting time here at Trinity as we are looking to have another record breaking season and looking to bring in our best recruiting class yet.

Bantams Raise Nearly 10K For Swim Across America

In what has become an annual tradition for the Trinity Bantams the team once again participated in Swim Across America. On July 16, the Trinity College Bantam swimming and diving family participated in a one-mile, open-water swim off of Nantasket Beach in Hull, Mass.  The Trinity team participants raised $9,925 for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and the total for all teams that participated in the Boston event was $87,280.  Mike Lenihan '07 was responsible for getting Trinity and ultimately the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) involved in the annual event.  Trinity swimming and diving has raised more than $50,000 in six years for this cause.  

Below is a list of the participants from the Trinity swimming and diving program:

Katie Adams '14
Crosby Bain '11
Megan Chiu '14
Emma Goehring '08
Brooke Haynes '11
Mike Haynes   P'11
Mike Lenihan '07
Kristen Noone  M'07
Sarah Weitzman '12
Joanna Wycech '14
Mark Yanagisawa '14

For more information on Trinity’s efforts in Swim Across America, visit:
http://www.swimacrossamerica.org/site/TR?team_id=1288&fr_id=1251&pg=team

Trinity Swimmers Compete In Half Iron Man

Adam Eramo

http://athletics.trincoll.edu/sports/mswimdive/2010-11/releases/Men-s_Swimming_and_Diving_51011

Half Ironman San Juan information

Bassman Half Ironman information

Justin Anderson Hired As Assistant Coach

Justin Anderson has been hired as the Assistant Coach for the Trinity College Women's and Men's Swimming & Diving Teams. Anderson comes to the Bantams from his Alma Mater, The University of Mary Washington where he was the Assistant Coach for both the Men's and Women's swimming teams. Anderson also swam for the Eagles from 2006-2010.

As a swimmer for the Eagles, Anderson was one of the most decorated athletes in UMW history. During his career he held Top 10 All-Time times in the 8 diffrent events, and held school records in the 400 and 800 Free Relays as well as the 400 Medley relay and owned the fastest 100 Freestyle Relay split in school history. Anderson earned NCAA qualifying times three times throughout his career and was a 22-Time All Capital Athletic Conference Performer, as well as a Two-Time Academic All-American.

Following his senior season Anderson's teammates honored him with the team's Most Valuable Swimmer Award as well as the Team's Eagle Award, for the swimmer who most embodies all the ideals of what it means to be an Eagle swimmer. Anderson was further honored by the school's Athletic Department when he was selected as The University's Male Scholar Athlete of the Year. He later went on to be named the Capital Athletic Conference Male Scholar Athlete of the Year after finishing his academic career with B.A. in English and a 3.68 Cumulative GPA.

After graduation Anderson headed up to Maine on June 4, 2010 and thru hiked all 2,179.1 miles of the Appalachian Trail to Georgia, finishing this feat November 21, 2010. Upon finishing Anderson was hired as the Assistant Coach at his Alma Mater. As the Assistant Coach Anderson helped lead both teams to Capital Athletic Conference Championship Titles, the men's 17th, and the women's 21st in the conferences 21 year history. He also coached five women and four men to NCAA qualifying times, getting two male swimmers to the National Championship Meet in Tennessee. Both swimmers earned All-American status and finished Top 10 at Nationals. Anderson also assisted in recruiting UMW's first ever US Open qualifying swimmer.

"There's no place I'd rather be. I'm excited about the opportunity to work with and learn from Coach Noone and to be a part of the Bantam Swimming & Diving tradition. The NESCAC is the best swimming conference in the country and we're lucky to be a part of it. I'm thrilled to build upon the many successes the team has ready had, both academically and athletically. I can't wait to help the Bantams achieve even more and move to the next level in both the conference and at the national level." Anderson stated.

Tinity Men's Swimming & Diving Sets 13 Records In 2010-2011

http://athletics.trincoll.edu/sports/mswimdive/2010-11/releases/Men-s_Swimming_and_Diving_41011