Three Former Trinity Rowers to Represent United States at World Championships
Courtesy Trinity Sports Information
WEST WINDSOR, N.J. - Three former members of the Trinity College men's rowing team have been selected to the 2009 United States National Men's Rowing Team that will compete in the World Championships in Poznan, Poland from August 23-30. Peter ('07) and Tom Graves ('05) will make up both halves of the US double sculls pair, while Brian DeRegt ('09) will row as a member of the US lightweight men's four crew without coxswain.
The Graves brothers won the senior double at the US World Rowing Championship trials on Mercer Lake over top crews from the United States Training Center. Their time of 6:17 was one of the fastest times for double sculls in several years in the United States.
A third Graves brother, John, who will be Trinity's men's soccer and men's rowing captain for the Bantams in his senior year in 2009-10, recently returned from the Czech Republic competing for Team USA in the U23 World Championships with DeRegt, fellow Bantam alum Eli Roxby '09, and current Trinity team members Nate Kelly '11, and Will Kelly '11. DeRegt also competed in the World Cup in Switzerland in July.
John Graves and Roxby represented the USA in the Under-23 World Championships in the men's pair without coxswain category, after winning the U-23 trial with a time of 7:29.4. Nate Kelly rowed with his partner Sebastian Kirwan, from Columbia University, in the men's double category, after winning the U-23 trial in a time of 7:03.4. Will Kelly represented his country in the men's lightweight quadruple sculls category. He was the bow man for the crew which won the event with a time of 6:44.9 at the trials.
Recently retired Trinity Head Men's Rowing Coach Larry Gluckman coached Graves and Roxby in the pairs and will assist with other Team USA crews at the World Championships. In addition, Peter Graves coached the winning crew in the junior men's double category at the Junior World Championship Trials. That crew, from Long Beach, Calif., will represent America in the Junior World Championships in Brive-La-Gaillarde, France.
