Kings Point was excited to play host to the 2010 Match Racing National Championship. This was the first match race championship for college sailing in the US and ten teams and great conditions made this event one to remember.
On Friday sailors completed a boat draw and sailed a brief practice session before beginning the first stage of competition. Group A and B sailed a complete round robin to determine the top two teams that would advance to the Gold Round; the bottom six teams would sail in the repechage. St. Mary’s was undefeated through Group A and was joined by College of Charleston; Group B advanced Tulane and Kings Point. Boston College, Brown, Washington, Wisconsin, Cal Maritime and Minnesota would have to earn their berth in the quarterfinals through the repechage. The repechage and gold rounds finished on Saturday at noon; the two bottom teams (CMA and Minnesota) were eliminated and sailed a knockout round to determine 9th and 10th place. Using the rankings from the gold and repechage, the knockout quarterfinals began with team 1 vs team 8, 2 vs 7, etc. Kings Point earned the three seed and would face a rebounding Boston College in the quarters, Brown would race Charleston in the 4 va 5 match. St. Mary’s and Tulane would face Wisconsin and Washington, respectively. Quarterfinals: #1 SMC def #8 Wisconsin #2 Tulane def #7 Washington #6 Boston College def #3 Kings Point #5 Brown University def #4 Charleston (3 races) Quartfinals Consolation: #9 Cal Maritime def #10 Minnesota (3 races) The semifinals began in a 16 knot westerly with the starting line right off of the Kings Point pier. Boston College defeated Tulane in two races, coming from behind in the final race to take the win. Brown handed St. Mary’s their first defeat of the regatta, but St. Mary’s rebounded with a win in the second flight. With the sun setting, the final race of the semifinals would have to be sailed on Sunday morning. With BC awaiting their challenger for the Championship, Brown and St. Mary’s squared off one final time on Sunday morning. In a 10-knot northeasterly, St. Mary’s was able to lead at the start and controlled Brown around the course, holding on for the win and advancing to the Championship round. Brown would race Tulane for third. Tulane won the first race handily, but Brown rebounded in the second race and evened the first-to-two points knockout petit finals. In the final race for third, Tulane led until the final run, where Brown was able to gybe above Tulane in a left shift and get over the top of the Green Wave’s luff. As the teams raced to the finish, Tulane attempted to gybe and hold Brown out of the finish, but was flagged for not allowing Brown room. The Brown Bears would take the win and finish third. In the first to three point Championship round, St. Mary’s was able to start the first race with a slim lead. Boston College showed great speed and was able to gain and force St. Mary’s into the left corner. When they tacked to the mark, BC led SMC into the weather mark and fought off SMC’s advances on the run; BC held on for the win. In race two, BC won the start and led wire to wire. In what could end up the final race, St. Mary’s controlled the start and rounded the weather mark ahead of BC. St. Mary’s held their lead until the final beat, where BC was able to get to the right of them and pass. Boston College held off St. Mary’s on the run and sailed to the victory. Congratulations to Boston College for winning the inaugural ICSA Match Racing National Championship! Many thanks are due to the following people: - Bill Hardesty, Isao Toyama, Tod Reynolds and the Chicago Match Race Center - Dawn Riley and Oakcliff Sailing Center - Outstanding PRO Sue Miller from Manhasset Bay YC - Chief Umpire Bruce Cook and his umpire team of Chris Petracco, Charlie Arms, Don Becker, Hans Graf, Christine Accetella, Sandy Grosvenor, John Pratt, Don Mackowiecki and Greg Kiely - Glennon Stratton from GTS Photos - The Kings Point Midshipmen for volunteering to run this event on their Fall Break! Photos are available here: http://collegematchrace.com/collegematchrace/MEDIA/ Final Results: 1. Boston College Eagles 2. St. Mary’s Seahawks 3. Brown Bears 4. Tulane Green Wave 5. College of Charleston Cougars 6. Kings Point Mariners 7. Washington Huskies 8. Wisconsin Badgers 9. Cal Maritime Keelhaulers 10. Minnesota Golden Gophers RP Info (in alphabetical order): *Boston College* Skipper Taylor Canfield 2011 St. Thomas, USVI ISVTC2 Crew Daniel Boomstine 2011 Erie, PA USADB126 Tyler Sinks 2011 San Diego, CA USATS117 Briana Provancha 2011 San Diego, CA USABP9 Ryan Mullins 2013 East Greenwich, RI USARM131 *Brown * Skipper Mark Towill 2011 Kaneohe, HI USAMT20 Crew Thomas Fink 2013 Miami, FL USATF21 Ashley Noble 2013 Marblehead, MA USAAN24 Elizabeth Barry 2011 Riverside, CT USAEB76 Tyler Rice 2014 St. Thomas, USVI ISVTR1 *California Maritime * Skipper Dillon Lancaster 2014 Rancho Palos Verdes, CA USADL57 Crew Scott Doyle 2014 Hermosa Beach, CA USASD61 Jessica Schember 2012 Green Valley Lake, CA USAJS269 Andrew Lamb 2014 Long Beach, CA USAAL59 *College of Charleston * Skipper Jackson Benvenutti 2011 Bay St. Louis, MS USAJB103 Crew Cole Allsop 2011 Annapolis, MD USACA46 Zeke Horowitz 2012 Sarasota, FL USAZH3 Sarah Somes 2013 Grosse Pointe Park, MI USASS144 *Kings Point * Skipper Chris Herring 2012 Poquoson, VA USAGH45 Crew Evan Siepert 2013 Portland, ME Misty Harris 2012 Seattle, WA Joe Hoffman 2011 Seattle, WA *St. Mary’s * Skipper Michael Menninger 2011 Newport Beach, CA USAMM207 Crew Kayla McComb 2013 Newport Beach, CA John Wallace 2014 St. Petersburg, FL Ben Lezin 2013 Santa Cruz, CA *Tulane * Skipper Patrick Ryan 2011 New Orleans, LA Crew Mary Duncan 2011 Chicago, IL USAMD90 Mike Schmitt 2011 Winnetka, IL USAMS186 Andrew Eyring 2011 Annapolis, MD USAAE18 *Minnesota * Skipper Matthew Thompson 2011 Excelsior, MN USAMT29 Crew Allison Prange 2011 Nashotah, WI USAAP66 Braden Solum 2012 Deerhaven, MN USABS113 Kirstin Wilson 2012 Fargo, ND USAKW51 *Washington * Skipper Glenn Stellmacher Crew Hannah Darrin Katie Schmidt Thomas Stewart *Wisconsin * Skipper Phil Morley 2012 Neenah, WI USAPM113 Crew Jeremy McMahon 2014 Milwaukee, WI USAJM255 Eric Tobias 2013 Racine, WI USAET21 Ulrika Grufman 2014 Gothenburg, Sweden SWEUG1 ________________________________________________ icsa mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=icsa Unsubscribe: Send a blank email to [email protected]
