March 30, 2008

The Georgetown Sailing Team competed in three events last weekend. The Hoyas finished in sixth place of 20 schools at the Truxton Umsted Regatta at Navy. Georgetown also finished fourth of 14 teams at the St. Mary's Women's Regatta while Georgetown concluded the MAISA Team Race Challenge @ Washington College in fourth place of eight schools.

Chris Behm, Carly Chamberlain and Sprague Brodie finished second with 125 points in the Truxton Umsted Regatta A division.

Truxton Umsted Regatta @ Navy
A div. - 2nd with 125 points, Chris Behm /Carly Chamberlain, Sprague Brodie
B div. - 7th with 164 points, Zack Kavanaugh / Alex Taylor (races 1-12) Evan Aras / Carly Chamberlain (races 13-18)
C div. - with 131 points, Charlie Buckingham

Overall (Top 10 of 20)
1. St. Mary's - 301
2. Boston College - 360
3. Yale - 391
4. Hobart/William Smith - 409
5. Brown - 409
6.* Georgetown - 420
7. NY Maritime - 460
8. Charleston - 501
9. Harvard - 517
10. Tufts - 528

The Hoyas started off strong at the Trux regatta and were able to hold on to third place going into the second day of competition. Sunday brought higher winds and exposed some problems for the Hoyas who are not as deep as some of the other top teams and had to sail with some very light combinations. The A div. team of Chris Behm and crews Carly Chamberlain (races 1-10) and Sprague Brodie (races 11-18) were winning going into Sunday.

A few bad races to start the day had them playing catch-up but a strong last four races let them surpass Boston College and Harvard to finish 2nd in the A grouping.

St. Mary's Women's Regatta
A div 8th with 106 points - Blaire Herron / Leigh Fogwell, Brooke Crawford
B div. 2nd with 68 points - Emily Babbitt / Caila Johnson

The fourth-ranked Hoyas had another strong showing. In the past, the Hoyas were paced by the A div team of Blaire Herron and Leigh Fogwell. However Herron and Fogwell struggled a bit in A but still, sailed a great event.

The B division team of Emily Babbitt and Caila Johnson sailed their best regatta all year to finish 2nd in B and only 8 points out of 1st. If both divisions can sail their best on the same weekend the Hoyas will have a great chance at winning a national championship.

Overall: (top 10 of 14)

A B TOT
1. St. Mary's - A 62, B 92 - Total 154
2. Yale - A 97, B 60 - Total 157
3. College of Charleston - A 90, B 79 - Total 169
4. Georgetown - A 106, B 68 - Total 174
5. Harvard - A 80, B 105 - Total 185
6. Tufts - A 72, B 117 - Total 189
7. Boston College - A 121, B 83 - Total 204
8. Navy - A 84, B 137 - Total 221
9. Old Dominion - A 119, B 108 - Total 227
10. Dartmouth - A 105, B 122 - Total 227

MAISA Team Race Challenge @ Washington College
Michael Campbell / Jamie Loeks
Hugh McBride / Leah Volk
Scott Furnary / Ginger Cutler
Dan Oricchio

A young group of Hoyas battled against some top teams from other conference schools and were able top finish 4th overall at the MAISA Team Race Challenge at Washington College.

The Team Race challenge is the last chance qualifier for the MAISA Team Race Championship. The Hoyas had already qualified for the event while Kings Point and Washington College had not. The Hoyas lost some close races to the top teams and showed some great improvement over the course of the event.

Overall (top 5 of 8)
1.Washington College, 13-2
2. St. Mary's, 12-3
3. Kings Point, 10-5
4. Georgetown, 6-9
5. Navy, 4-8