ICSA Semi-Final Dinghy Championship at USC in FJs
| Sat 26-Apr-2008 | 09:00-16:30 |
| Sun 27-Apr-2008 | 09:00-16:30 |
Results
The MIT Varsity Sailing team finished a solid 5th on the Semi-Finals, and QUALIFIED FOR THE FINALS for the first time since 2003. Go Beavers!
MIT Press-Release
The MIT sailing team has qualified for the Inter-collegiate Sailing Association (ISCA) Gill Coed Dinghy National Championship in Newport, R.I. on June 2-4. For the first time since 2003, the Engineers earned a berth by placing a solid fifth place out of 18 teams at the ISCA Western Semifinal hosted by the University of Southern California this past weekend.
Leading the Engineers were B-Division skipper Brooks Reed and crew Ellie Hass, who finished third in their circuit. Senior co-captains Jack Field and Julie Arsenault battled a difficult fleet to finish ninth in A-Division, with Josh Leighton and Karlen Ruleman subbing for two races.
"This wasn't just an accomplishment for the six sailors who sailed at Long Beach, this was an accomplishment for the entire team," said MIT coach Matt Lindblad.
Pictures
Pictures of the regatta were taken by GTS Photos:
April 27, 2008 – Long Beach, CA - The sailors at the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) National Championship, Western Semi-Final had another great day of racing. The University of Southern California and the US Sailing Center – Long Beach hosted the event that was sailed next to the South Wing of the Belmont Pier in Long Beach, California. A total of 18 teams from around the country were in attendance, of which the top nine finishers move forward to the Finals to be held in Newport, RI in early June. After a brief delay, racing got underway in 5kts of offshore breeze. After the first two races the offshore breeze died and the sea breeze filled for the remainder of the day.
Georgetown continued to sail well and won the event by 15 points. Chris Behm and Carly Chamberlain won A-Division while their counterparts Charlie Buckingham and Alex Taylor finished second in B-Division. Head coach Mike Callahan said, ”USC ran a great event. The conditions favored our strengths and we had great weather reports which made us very comfortable going on the water.”
Meanwhile, the competition in the middle of the fleet was very close as the teams were fighting to finish in the top nine and move forward to the finals to be held in Newport, RI in early June. Going into the final two races there was twenty point spread between NY Maritime in eighth and Hawaii in tenth place.
In the end, South Florida moved into eighth and NY Maritime held onto ninth. NY Maritime Coach Blaine Pedlow says, “We really looked at this event in terms of wins and losses. A top ten finish was a win and our goal was to have more wins than losses. Our B-Division had a great set in the middle of the day with two firsts which really gave us a boost.”
Georgetown, Yale, Charleston, Brown, MIT, Roger Williams, Kings Point, South Florida and NY Maritime all qualified for the finals. Despite being the local team, USC had a rough day of sailing and dropped from eighth to eleventh and missed qualifying for the finals by eighteen points.
ICSA President, Mitch Brindley said, “the event was a great success with a variety of conditions. I was really happy to see the event be so close with many teams fighting for their spot at the finals. The final regatta in Newport, RI should be exciting to watch.”
The regatta was sailed in Collegiate Flying Juniors, a 14 ft. two person boat, by mostly coed teams. For more information, results and regular updates go to: www.collegesailing.org .
FINAL RESULTS
Temperatures well into the 80's. Varying winds from every direction 4 to 12
knots. Lots of good racing and very tight results in the lower qualifying
spots.
Boats: CFJ
ICSA National Western Semi-Final
USC - US Sailing Center, Long Beach
April 26-27, 2008
FINAL RESULTS
A division = 14 Races
B division = 14 Races
A B TOT
1. Georgetown 51 61 112
2. Yale 72 60 132
3. Brown 101 77 178
4. College of Charlesto 86 98 184
5. MIT 120 80 200
6. Roger Williams 95 107 202
7. USMMA - Kings Point 99 127 226
8. South Florida 116 121 237
9. NY Maritime 148 92 240
10. Hawaii 130 128 258
11. USC 107 160 267
12. Old Dominion 139 147 286
13. Western Washington 168 168 336
14. Texas 148 222 370
15. Minnesota 194 180 374
16. Northwestern 215 164 379
17. Notre Dame 216 185 401
18. Texas A&M Galv 195 221 416
A division = 14 Races
TOT
1. Georgetown 51 C Behm 08
C Chamberlain 09
2. Yale 72 Z Brown 08
G Becton 0
3. College of Charlesto 86 C Lash 08
B Hass 09
4. Roger Williams 95 A Goetting 08
K hall 09
5. USMMA - Kings Point 99 C Alexander 08
S Mack 10, E Lowe 10
6. Brown 101 C Enright 08
Malay Khamsyvorawng 09
7. USC 107 C Vetter 10
C Tatchell 10
8. South Florida 116 M Hall 10
S Reynolds 11
9. MIT 120 J Field 08 1-2/5-14,J Leighton 10 3-4
J Arsenault 08 1-2/5-14,K Ruleman 09 3-4
10. Hawaii 130 M Scott 09 1-4,M Spector 08 5-10
J Mcloughlin 10 1-4/9-10,B Mabardy 09 5-8/11-14
11. Old Dominion 139 K Rogachenko 10
A Ayres 09
12. Texas 148 M Hulings 08
N Kirkham 09
13. NY Maritime 148 T Hawkins 09
L Wasson 11
14. Western Washington 168 M Jackson 09
K Bury 09
15. Minnesota 194 J Haverstock 08 1-4/11-14
K Hockin 10,N Horland 10 5-10
16. Texas A&M Galv 195 C Barbour 10
M Schmidt 09
17. Northwestern 215 J Costakis 09
E Miller 08
18. Notre Dame 216 T Roy 08
C Yamertino 11
B division = 14 Races
TOT
1. Yale 60 T Barrows 10
A Coplin 08
2. Georgetown 61 C Buckingham 11
A Taylor 10
3. Brown 77 A Perry 08 1-7/9-14
M Mahler Haug 09,M Tombari 08, 8
4. MIT 80 B Reed 09
E Hass 10
5. NY Maritime 92 D Hesse 09
D Gamache 09
6. College of Charlesto 98 N Martin 10 1-6/9-14,S Barbano 08 7-8
M Riddle 08
7. Roger Williams 107 M Duggan 09
S Mease 09
8. South Florida 121 T King 09
E Foy 08
9. USMMA - Kings Point 127 J Givens 08
A Montague 10
10. Hawaii 128 A Meade 09
P Magasin 08
11. Old Dominion 147 M Brown 09 1-12,M Collins 08 13-14
J Finney 09
12. USC 160 C Vlahakis 09 1-10,P Degannes 11-14
A Brock 11 1-6/9,N Rastello 7-8/10-14
13. Northwestern 164 E Defeo 11
A Snyder 10 1-7/9-14, T Lorenzi 09 8
14. Western Washington 168 R Yerxa 11
M Abston 10
15. Minnesota 180 D Elsmo 08
A Kramer 10 1-12,K Hockin 10 13-14
16. Notre Dame 185 J Dailey 08 1-12,C May 08 13-14
A Donahue 10 1-12,P Cordes 13-14
17. Texas A&M Galv 221 M Dominguez 09 1-2/5-6/9-10/13-14,C Macon 10 3-4/7-8/11-12
C Macon 10 1-2/5-6/9-10/13-14,M Domingeuz 09 3-4/7-8/11-12
18. Texas 222 C Dearing 09
B Marger 09 1-12,N Kirkham 09 13-14
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 TOT
1 Georgetown A 5 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 17 5 2 9 3 1 51
B 2 1 1 3 1 1 11 3 12 8 8 4 1 5 61
7 9 12 16 19 21 33 37 66 79 89 102 106 112 112
2 Yale A 2 7 1 8 1 2 3 5 6 4 8 12 7 6 72
B 1 4 10 1 5 4 2 1 1 DSQ 3 3 5 1 60
3 14 25 34 40 46 51 57 64 87 98 113 125 132 132
3 Brown A 4 4 16 13 10 3 5 9 3 2 7 5 5 15 101
B 3 9 6 12 3 3 12 5 3 4 9 2 4 2 77
7 20 42 67 80 86 103 117 123 129 145 152 161 178 178
4 College of Charlesto A 1 3 5 2 3 4 4 3 11 16 3 8 10 13 86
B 10 6 7 4 7 7 1 15 5 3 7 9 6 11 98
11 20 32 38 48 59 64 82 98 117 127 144 160 184 184
5 MIT A 12 11 11 7 11 5 8 6 13 3 6 14 6 7 120
B 4 5 5 9 2 2 5 7 2 6 6 13 8 6 80
16 32 48 64 77 84 97 110 125 134 146 173 187 200 200
6 Roger Williams A 9 2 7 12 7 7 6 10 4 10 4 6 2 9 95
B 15 3 2 10 DSQ 5 6 4 9 13 10 5 3 3 107
24 29 38 60 86 98 110 124 137 160 174 185 190 202 202
7 USMMA - Kings Point A 16 5 4 3 9 14 2 2 8 12 1 13 8 2 99
B 7 2 3 8 8 13 3 6 16 10 17 6 16 12 127
23 30 37 48 65 92 97 105 129 151 169 188 212 226 226
8 South Florida A 13 8 8 4 8 13 7 4 7 9 13 7 4 11 116
B 5 11 18 7 10 10 9 8 4 12 4 14 2 7 121
18 37 63 74 92 115 131 143 154 175 192 213 219 237 237
9 NY Maritime A 6 16 6 OCS 5 16 14 12 5 8 9 16 12 4 148
B 6 12 9 2 4 8 8 11 8 2 1 1 7 13 92
12 40 55 76 85 109 131 154 167 177 187 204 223 240 240
10 Hawaii A 18 10 13 9 12 6 10 16 2 13 10 2 1 8 130
B 11 7 8 13 11 6 13 2 13 5 2 12 17 8 128
29 46 67 89 112 124 147 165 180 198 210 224 242 258 258
11 USC A 7 6 3 5 4 8 12 14 1 1 12 18 11 5 107
B 9 8 15 5 12 15 7 13 10 15 12 7 13 RAF 160
16 30 48 58 74 97 116 143 154 170 194 219 243 267 267
12 Old Dominion A 3 18 12 6 6 9 9 7 12 6 15 10 16 10 139
B 14 10 11 18 6 11 4 DSQ 7 1 5 17 14 10 147
17 45 68 92 104 124 137 163 182 189 209 236 266 286 286
13 Western Washington A 8 12 17 10 15 15 13 11 18 14 5 1 13 16 168
B 8 15 12 6 9 14 14 9 14 7 16 11 18 15 168
16 43 72 88 112 141 168 188 220 241 262 274 305 336 336
14 Texas A 11 13 9 DSQ 13 11 11 8 9 15 14 3 9 3 148
B 17 16 17 14 17 18 18 12 17 14 18 18 10 16 222
28 57 83 116 146 175 204 224 250 279 311 332 351 370 370
15 Minnesota A 15 17 10 14 18 10 15 18 15 18 11 4 15 14 194
B 13 14 16 16 13 17 10 10 6 16 15 15 15 4 180
28 59 85 115 146 173 198 226 247 281 307 326 356 374 374
16 Northwestern A 17 14 14 11 14 18 17 17 14 11 18 15 17 18 215
B 16 17 4 11 14 12 15 14 11 9 13 10 9 9 164
33 64 82 104 132 162 194 225 250 270 301 326 352 379 379
17 Notre Dame A 14 9 18 OCS 17 17 18 15 10 17 16 11 18 17 216
B 12 13 14 15 15 9 17 16 15 11 14 8 12 14 185
26 48 80 114 146 172 207 238 263 291 321 340 370 401 401
18 Texas A&M Galv A 10 15 15 15 16 12 16 13 16 7 17 17 14 12 195
B 18 18 13 17 16 16 16 17 18 17 11 16 11 17 221
28 61 89 121 153 181 213 243 277 301 329 362 387 416 416
WINNING TEAM : Georgetown
C Behm 08
C Chamberlain 09
C Buckingham 11
A Taylor 10
Saturday Announcement
Sunny skies and warm weather greeted the sailors at the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) National Championship, Western Semi-Final. The University of Southern California and the US Sailing Center – Long Beach are hosting this event being sailed next to the South Wing of the Belmont Pier in Long Beach, California. A total of 18 teams from around the country are in attendance, of which the top nine finishers will move forward to the Finals to be held in Newport, RI in early June. After a brief delay, racing got underway in 5kts of breeze which continued to build throughout the afternoon.
Georgetown has gotten off to a quick start and is leading the regatta after 12 races. Chris Behm and Carly Chamberlain are winning A-Division while their counterparts Charlie Buckingham and Alex Taylor are winning B-Division. According to Georgetown Head Coach Mike Callahan, “Some of the keys to our success have been that the conditions have been very similar to what we sail in at Georgetown and we have not had any major errors such as an over early. We did have to spin a 720 degree penalty, but we were able to fight back to a good score in that race.”
Just behind are Yale 2nd, College of Charleston 3rd, and MIT 4th. Host USC has dropped back from 4th earlier in the day to 8th. “We are still qualifying and there is a small spread in points just ahead of us creating opportunity to move up but we need to get more consistent finished in single digits. There are still a lot of races scheduled, and anything can happen” said USC Head Coach, Mike Segerblom.
ICSA President, Mitch Brindley said, “The conditions have been very challenging. It has not been straightforward sailing because the breeze has been much more shifty and changing more often that what was many expected. It has been great to see a lot of close sailing with many teams still fighting for their spot in the top nine which will advance to the Finals. There have been plenty of surprises on the Eastern Semi-Final too with Vermont and U. Penn leading. It is really up to the sailors this year as they must qualify for the Finals to be hosted in Newport, RI.”
Racing is schedule to begin at 10:30 A.M. Sunday. Viewing is great from the South Wing of the Belmont Pier. The races will continue throughout the day and conclude at approximately 4:00 P.M. The regatta is being sailed in Collegiate Flying Juniors, a 14 ft. two person boat, by mostly coed teams. For more information, results and regular updates go to: www.collegesailing.org.
For details about this event, see http://sailing.mit.edu/Team/sched.php
Organizers
Questions about this event should be directed to the organizer(s): Matthew Lindblad
