WASHINGTON – Four members of the Georgetown University sailing team have earned bids to compete in the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association's 2022 College Sailing Fall National Championships the organization announced earlier this week. The Open and Women's Singlehanded National Championships will be held in Norfolk, Virginia on November 5-6, 2022. The College Sailing Open Match Race National Championship will be held in San Diego, California on November 12-13, 2022.
Women's Singlehanded Selections
- Piper Holthus and Alexa Shea both received an at-large bid to the championships after finishing third and fifth, respectively at the MAISA Singlehanded Conference Championship (Faye Bennet).
- It marked Holthus' second time at this event, and she improved on last year's fourth-place performance.
- Shea had put together a career day in her first collegiate event, improving in every race, and finishing the event with a string of top-three finishes in a row.
Open Singlehanded Selection
- Benjamin Smith earned an at-large berth after a seventh-place finish at the 2022 Carl Van Duane MAISA Singlehanded Championship.
- Smith won the US U21 Championship this past summer in San Diego, California.
Open Match Race Selection
- Jeffrey Petersen was selected after winning the MAISA Conference Championship.
- At that event, Petersen was the skipper with crew Joseph Coyne, Eva Fortunato and Scott Mais.
- In the opening round robin, the Hoyas went 6-1 with a late loss to the home team.
- In the semifinals the Hoyas drew the No. 3 seed Hobart and William Smith Colleges as their opponent. Two quick victories in the best-of-three series put the Hoyas in the finals versus Kings Point.
- The Blue & Gray trailed in the first race, but came back on the final leg to squeeze out a win and go up 1-0. In the second race, the Hoyas led comfortably throughout and took the win and the championship.
- This past summer, Petersen and Mais won the U23 World Championship in Pornichet, France defeating Sweden in the final round to take home the title.
About the Selections
- The National Championship Selection Committees are charged with selecting the most competitive field of at-large candidates for the National Championships.
- To be eligible, candidates must have competed in a corresponding Conference Championship in any ICSA conference.
- Criteria for selection at the Open Singlehanded and Women's Singlehanded include performances at ICSA Single and Doublehanded regattas throughout each candidate's ICSA career.
- This method is the same for the Match Race selection process, where performances in Match Race and Doublehanded ICSA regattas throughout each candidate's career are considered.
Up Next
- This weekend, the Hoyas will travel to the US Coast Guard Academy to compete for the Coed ACC Finals.
