March 4, 2008

Washington, D.C. - The Georgetown University Sailing Team competed in three events last weekend. The Hoyas competed in the Fifth Annual John Jackson Memorial Team Race Regatta on Sunday, March 2. The first women's regatta was held at the College of Charleston and the No. 1 FJ's Conference Championship South Qualifier at Old Dominion University was held.

The John Jackson Regatta is named after John T. Jackson Georgetown, '03, who was a member of the Hoya sailing team. John passed away in a tragic accident in Chicago the summer after he graduated.

One round robin was completed on Sunday featuring the top four teams from the qualifying rounds at Navy and Georgetown. Racing started out with a light and shifty WNW wind which ended up shifting to the East and filling in to about 5-8 mph. Competitors raced in 18 FJ's with full colored sails and six 420's. Thanks to the umpiring crew of Jeff Borland, Christine Accettella, Dave Pyron, Matt Jones, Andrew Cole for volunteering their time, helping to make sure the racing was both fun and fair.

On Saturday eight colleges competed at Georgetown and eight at Navy. The top four schools from each venue competed in the Finals at Georgetown on Sunday while the bottom four schools competed at Navy.

Georgetown sailors that participated in the John Jackson Regatta ...
Zack Kavanaugh / Alex Taylor
Charlie Buckingham / Ashely Phillips
Nik Holtan / Carly Chamberlain
Evan Aras / Sprague Brodie, Caila Johnson

Overall Results after one round robin (28 races)
1. Yale, 7-0
2. St. Mary's, 6-1
3. Georgetown, 4-3
4. Charleston, 3-4
5. Roger Williams, 3-4
6. Brown, 2-5
7. Navy, 2-5
8. SUNY Maritime, 1-6

In the first Georgetown women's regatta of the season at the College of Charleston in 420's, the fourth-ranked Hoyas bested a field that included the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 5 teams in the country.

Charleston Spring Women's Regatta
A division - Blaire Herron / Leigh Fogwell - 1st place with 46 pts.
B division - Emily Babbitt / Jamie Loeks - 5th place with 76 pts.

Overall (Top 10)
1. Georgetown, 122
2. St. Mary's, 129
3. Charleston, 137
4. Yale, 149
5. Old Dominion, 156
6. Boston College, 157
7. MIT, 192
8. Connecticut, 195
9. Coast Guard, 195
10. South Florida, 208

In the first qualifier for the MAISA Conference Championship, the Hoyas earned a second place finish to at Old Dominion University. By virtue of finishing second the Hoyas qualifiy for the conference championship later this spring. Only six races were sailed due to a combination of too much wind on Saturday and too little wind on Sunday.

South Qualifier No. 1 at Old Dominion University
A division - Chris Behm / Brooke Crawford - 2nd with 13 pts.
B division - . Marco Teixidor/ Andi Bailey - 2nd with 16 pts.

Overall (top 5 of 16)
1. St. Mary's College, 24
2. Georgetown, 29
3. Old Dominion, 53
4. Navy, 66
5. Washington College, 70