This weeks ICSA / US Sailing Sailors of the week are Medora Sletten
Graduating Senior University of St. Thomas Hometown: Bismarck, ND This week’s female college sailor of the week is Medora Sletten from the University of St. Thomas. Last weekend at University of Minnesota’s Gopher Invite Medora placed 1st in the last 2 races to finish 2nd in A’s and 3rdoverall. Medora is a versatile sailor as a skipper, women’s skipper, and crew, taking on whatever role is asked of her. She has been recognized as an MCSA All Conference Crew the past 2 years. Medora has also led the University of St Thomas to increase their competitive performance greatly over the past few years. The Tommies qualified for Semi-finals the past two years, have placed well in many MCSA events, and look forward to the continued improvement of their program. James Dirkes Junior: University of Colorado Boulder Hometown: Irvine, CA This week’s male college sailor of the week is James Dirkes from the University of Colorado at Boulder. James has shown outstanding leadership in his founding of the club team at University of Colorado Boulder. Boulder is not known as a sailing hot spot and despite little to no resources James has created a strong and thriving team that has traveled throughout the SEISA Conference and has even traveled out to PCCSC to compete at St. Francis YC. Through James's leadership the UCB team is now up and running with boats, a new venue Union Reservoir in Longwood, CO and a travel team. James acts as sailor, coach and even his own sports information officer sending out weekly updates to team supporters. His commitment to college sailing is admirable but James and his Boulder Sailing Club are also promoting the sport of sailing in general. The mission statement of the Boulder Sailing Club reads “We aim to bring sailing to the community of Boulder, promote renewable, clean alternative energy sources, and catalyzing societal awareness of environmental issues and acknowledgement of our collective responsibility to work towards sustainable solutions”. James’ leadership is a true example of how the efforts of one person can get a school involved in college sailing and in turn help grow the sport of sailing in the community. ________________________________________________ icsa mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=icsa Unsubscribe: Send a blank email to [email protected]
