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Posts from March 2019

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When Saturday conditions in New England forced a the Duplin Team Race off the water on Saturday, it left the already-traveling USF Bulls women's squad with an open Saturday. It didn't matter to the USF ladies who just came to Massachusetts to sail fast, so with quick work and some cross conference correspondence, the Bulls found an open berth at the Central Series Two regatta hosted by Mass Maritime in chilly Onset Bay. Starting the regatta with a bullet and never looking back, USF's Katie Bornarth and Rachel Yannelli earned this week's SAISA Women's Sailors of the Week honors, and helped their team earn the regatta win out of territory. 

*** Foster and De Havenon are NEISA Women’s Sailors of the Week ***

*** Harding and Agell are NEISA Coed Sailors of the Week ***

Brown University won the Duplin Women's Team Race at Tufts University in Larks on Mystic Lake. Like most New England regattas, the Duplin was a one day event. Brown went 10-0 after a full 8-team round robin and a top-4 round robin. Brown likely would have been most people’s betting favorite as their top team race team features Hannah Steadman and Ragna Agerup- two of the best women’s sailors in the nation. However, Brown’s undefeated effort showed their depth as it featured none of the aforementioned women.

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***Baird and Nicolosi are the NEISA Coed Sailors of the Week***

***Nordstrom, Clulo and Mollerus are the NEISA Women’s Sailors of the Week***

Ploch, Genet, McKissick-Hawley, and Johnson Named SAISA Sailors of the Week

Despite chilly conditions in much of the country during week 7, team racing is heating up across the ICSA including the Graham Hall at Navy, and the Southern New England Team Race regatta. In women's fleet racing, the St. Mary's Spring Women's regatta was top interconference billing, however both this week's women's and co-ed SOTW honors were earned at the two conference regattas held in Atlanta and Gainesville. 

***Shanahan and Reynolds are the NEISA Coed Sailors of the Week***

***Klingler and Woods are the NEISA Women’s Sailors of the Week***

The Graham Hall is the largest team race on the College Sailing spring schedule. Showcasing 16 teams, this year’s edition ended with 122 races sailed. The accomplished Race Committee at Navy completed a full 16 team round robin and tie-break sail offs between the second and third finishing teams as well as between the tenth and eleventh finishing teams. Ian Burman, Head Coach at the Naval Academy had the following to say of the now iconic event:

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The charges brought forth Tuesday are troubling for all of us in College Sailing. Currently available public information indicates that no other Stanford coaches, Stanford athletes, or any other College Sailing programs, were involved.

The Intercollegiate Sailing Association strives to provide fair, affordable, competitive opportunities for undergraduates in a non-scholarship, coeducational, and student-centered environment. College Sailing characterizes the values that most universities hope to provide for all their student-athletes, whether varsity, club or recreational.

The ICSA Executive Committee has removed John Vandemoer from all Standing, and ad hoc Committee positions within the Intercollegiate Sailing Association. At this time, no further action will be taken.  
 

The 2019 Spring Sailing Season is slowly heating up, both figuratively and literally. Light air in MAISA limited racing at the Navy Spring Women’s, the John Jackson and the St. Mary’s Team Race- the three premiere regattas last weekend. 

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Garcia Bringas, Carrasco, Toppa, Carrington, and the College of Charleston Offshore Squad Claim Sailors of the Week Honors