October 29, 2004

WASHINGTON, D.C.? Apart from the ICSA Men's Singlehanded championship, the Georgetown Sailing Team competed in five other regattas over the weekend of October 23-24. The team competed in the ICSA Women?s Singlehanded National Championship, the MAISA Freshman Championship, the MAISA Sloop Championship, the KP Dinghy, and the Stu Nelson Women?s Regatta. 

At the ICSA Women?s Singlehanded National Championship held in Wayzata, Mn., Georgetown?s Cordo Carraher (Oxford, Md./ St. Andrew's School) finished 10^th with 152 points.

At the MAISA Freshman Championship held at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Georgetown placed first with 93 points. The Hoya Freshmen dominated this event from start to finish showing that Georgetown has the best recruiting class in MAISA once again.  Both the A and B division teams finished first. Chris Behm (Hampton, Va./ Hampton Roads Academy) and Blaire Herron (Coronado, Calif./Coronado High School) sailed in the A division and finished with 53 points winning by 15 points and winning 9 of the 15 races. Zach Kavanaugh (Dartmouth, Mass./Dartmouth High School) and Leigh Fogwell (Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich High School) sailed in the B division and finished with 40 points, winning their division by 30 points. With the spectacular finish, the team qualified for the Atlantic Coast Freshman championship, held at Navy on November 6-7.

MAISA Freshman Championship @ Cornell

A div. 1st w/ 53 points Chris Behm / Blaire Herron

B div. 1st w/ 40 points Zack Kavanaugh / Leigh Fogwell

Overall

1. Georgetown               93

2. HWS                       153

3. Navy                       154

4. KP                          192

5. St. Mary's                193

6. Columbia                  208

7. Washington College  224

8. Fordham                  271

9. NY Maritime            279

10. Queen's                 285

11. ODU                     287

12. Cornell                  288

13. Ocean County       340

14. Stevens                  448

15. Webb                    484

16. Skidmore               544

At the MAISA Sloop Championship held at Navy, the Georgetown team, skippered by Ed duMoulin (Larchmont, N.Y./ Mamaroneck) and crewed by Steve Streit (Stanford, Conn./ Greenwich), Seamus Kraft (Marblehead, Mass./ Marblehead), and Barbara Hall (Marion, Mass./ Tabor Academy), placed sixth of 10 teams. Despite good races, the team hadn?t sailed a J24 before the Regatta, hurting their overall finish.

MAISA Sloop Championship @ Navy

Georgetown Team:

Skipper- Ed duMoulin

Crew - Steve Streit, Seamus Kraft, Barbara Hall

Overall

1. Kings Point                 32

2. Navy                          34

3. ODU                         34

4. Hobart                      42

5. St. Mary                    49

6. Georgetown              50

7. NY Maritime             54

8. Cornell                      62

9. Wash. College           67

10. Loyola                     71

 

Georgetown also placed sixth at the KP Dinghy Open held at Kings Point. The A division team of Kyle Bergeron (Wellesley, Mass./ Belmont Hill) and Kelly Lanzara (Great Falls, Va./ Bishop O'Connell) placed fourth with 68 points while the B division team of Dan Esdorn (Rye, N.Y./ Rye High School) and Libby Perkowski (New York, N.Y./ Phillips Academy) placed fifth with 79 points.

KP Dinghy Open @ Kings Point

A div. 4th w/ 68 points Kyle Bergeron / Kelly Lanzara

B div. 5th w/ 79 points Dan Esdorn / Libby Perkowski

Overall

1. NAVY                                             115

 2. U/ PENN                                        121

 3. OCEAN COUNTY                        121

 4. KINGS POINT WHITE                 129

 5. KINGS POINT BLUE                   129

 6. GEORGETOWN                           147

 7. HOBART/WILLIAM SMITH        169

 8. QUEENS                                        214

 9. CORNELL                                      245

10. VIRGINIA TECH                          282

11. NY MARITIME                            296

12. MARYLAND                                 314

13. ARMY                                            325

14. WEBB                                            334

 

At the Stu Nelson Women?s Regatta held at Connecticut College, the Hoyas struggled against the other teams, placing 15^th. With the starting skippers at other meets, this meet provided experience for Caroline LaMotte (Oxford, Md./ The Hotchkiss School), Megan Melican (Ann Arbor, Mich./ The Hotchkiss School), Jess Stewart (Toms River, N.J./ Toms River South), and Katherine Wade (Pensacola, Fl./ Pensacola).

Stu Nelson Women's @ Connecticut College

A div. 14th w/ 173 points Caroline LaMotte / Megan Melican

B div. 15th w/ 174 points Jess Stewart / Katherine Wade

 

1. Boston College          162

2. Dartmouth                 168

3. Conn College            169

4. Yale                          182

5. Navy                        185

6. St Mary's                 190

7. Boston University     232

8. South Florida           265

9. Vermont                  268

10. Coast Guard          271

11. Brown                   271

12. Tufts                      273

13. Harvard                 281

14. Bowdoin                346

15. Georgetown           347

This weekend, October 30-31 the Hoyas will be competing in one event.