Daily News | Penn women’s rowing finishes sixth in NCAA Championships
PENNSAUKEN, N.J. – Standing in the shade by the side of the Cooper River, a chisel couldn’t wipe the smile off Wesley Ng’s face on Sunday. The Penn women’s rowing coach has had the best 10 days of his life. He became a father for the first time when his son was born recently, and his Quakers added to that by making Penn rowing history in finishing sixth at the NCAA Rowing Championships.
The Quakers’ first varsity eight wrapped up the afternoon by finishing fifth in 6 minutes, 23.86 seconds, just 6.7 seconds behind first-place Stanford. Penn beat out two-time defending national champion Texas by almost five seconds.
“Our program is different than other programs, and when people see it, we want a daily experience for people who love all aspects of the sport,” Ng said. “It’s sports science, the psychology, the team fun and getting into the entire experience of it. Rowing is a sport that’s awesome, but it’s a lot more awesome when you’re going fast and winning.”
Konopka, an Episcopal Academy graduate, would get up around 5:45 a.m. to get on the team bus and spend 90 minutes on the water. A two-year starter, who’s been on the team since her freshman year, has witnessed the growth of the Penn program first hand.
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