row2k news Trinity Women's Rowing Hires Ng as New Coach
August 14, 2006
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Hartford, Conn., Aug. 14, 2006 - Trinity College has hired Wesley Ng (Toronto, Ontario) as head coach of the Bantam women's rowing team. Ng has spent the last two seasons as the assistant coach and head novice coach for the Trinity men's rowing team. He replaces Marina Traub, who resigned this spring for personal reasons.
The Trinity women's rowing team finished the 2006 season with a 9-1 record and finished second in both the New England Division III Championships and the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Championships, and fourth in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) National Invitational Regatta. The Bantams qualified for their fourth straight NCAA Division III National Championship Regatta, finishing fourth in the grand final and third in the Overall Points Standings. Trinity has been to the last four NCAA Division III Championship Regatta, winning the Varsity Eight National Championship title in 2005, and capturing two New England crowns (2003 & 2005), two NESCAC crowns (2004 & 2005), and the 2005 ECAC National Invitational title in the process.
Ng graduated from Yale with a bachelor's degree in history and is currently a master's degree in public policy studies at Trinity. As a collegian, Ng helped Yale win three Eastern Sprints Championships and the IRA National Championship title in 2002.
"Trinity has been so successful in the past four years with four straight trips to the NCAA Division III Championships and two third-place finishes as a team. I feel very lucky to get the opportunity to coach scholar-athletes who have demonstrated their dedication in the classroom as well as on the water," states Ng. "Their impressive team GPA and academic contributions as well as their rowing performance suggest the team is poised for future success. I'm really looking forward to facing the new challenge of racing in the NESCAC, which I consider the most competitive Division III rowing league in the nation."
In his two years at Trinity, Ng's first and second novice crews at Trinity posted a 19-0 record with New England and ECAC National Invitational Championship titles in both 2005 and 2006. Prior to Trinity, Ng coached the freshman lightweight men's crews and assisted with the women's crew teams at Yale University over two seasons.
"Wesley Ng's rowing career as a competitor at Yale and as a coach has been characterized by success. A mature and committed coach, Ng has proven himself more than ready to oversee his own varsity rowing program", says Trinity Athletic Director Richard Hazelton. "We are delighted to hire as the head coach of one the College's most successful varsity programs, and our women's crews will benefit greatly from his knowledge and skills."
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