NEWPORT, R.I. (May 27, 2019) – Racing was completed today in the LaserPerformance Team Race National Championship in Newport Harbor out of host site Sail Newport Sailing Center in Fort Adams State Park. This is the second of three, spring college sailing national championships hosted by Brown University with the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) also supported by Harvard University. The top sixteen collegiate team racing teams in the nation competed for the national title and the Walter C. Wood Trophy and Yale University won the title.
 
Racing started on time this morning in a nice northerly breeze. The wind started to get light for the last few races of the day as a southerly sea breeze was working its way in.
 
Principal Race Officer Kyle Assad kept the course running well all three days of the event. Along with the regatta chairs Justin Assad (Dartmouth College head coach) and Mike O’Connor (Harvard University head coach) and the team of umpires – it was a great regatta with top-level team racing.

Going into the final four Yale was already the winner after yesterdays racing concluded, but the three other teams each had a chance to take second place given the right circumstances. Each race was challenging and there were many races that were not determined until right at the finish line.
 
Yale had two loses today, but that did not affect their podium finish. This is the fifth time in the last seven years that Yale has won the Walter Cromwell Wood Bowl – the previous two years College of Charleston won it.
 
“It was good conditions today and fair racing,” says Bill Healy, associate head coach for Yale. “We sailed the same group we ended with yesterday looking to go undefeated today, but it was tough racing. The group of racers is so strong and every mistake is amplified.”

“This regatta was incredible and sailing late yesterday paid off – getting races off quickly this morning did also as the breeze died down right after we finished the final four,” says Healy.
 
Sailing for Yale is: Shawn Harvey ’21, Graceann Nicolosi ’20, Nicholas Baird ’19, Kira Woods ’19, Nicolas Hernandez ’19, Sonia Lingos-Utley ’21, Claudia Loiacono ’21, Christine Klingler ’20 and Sam Tobin ’22.
 
Georgetown came out strong on the water this morning and won all three of their races, finishing in second place overall.

“We had all good racing this morning with no mistakes,” says Mike Callahan, head coach for Georgetown. “It felt more like our bread and butter conditions – similar to what we practice in on the Potomac River.”
 
“We finished the regatta strong and I am really proud of the team,” says Callahan.
 
Sailing for Georgetown is: Andy Reiter ’19, Haley Shea ’19, Sean Segerblom ’20, Rebecca Fung ’19, William Logue ’20, Caroline Teare ’21, Claire Mohun ’19, Noah Kelleher ’19, Jack Hogan ’21, Marley Mais ’21, Andrew Person ’21 and Lucy Beimfohr ’21.

Stanford finished in third place after a hard fought regatta. They lost two races this morning, but stayed ahead of Dartmouth to come in third place overall.
 
“We had a photo finish against Georgetown that ended with a tough loss,” says Clinton Hayes, interim head coach for Stanford. “In the Yale race we had an unfortunate foul on the first beat and never recovered. It was nice to get a decisive win against Dartmouth to be on the podium.”

“Overall we were really fast but had a few too many fouls and a couple small mistakes to keep us out of contention for second,” says Hayes.

Sailing for Stanford is: Jacob Rosenberg ’20, Meg Gerli ’19, Jack Parkin ’21, Camille White ’22, Romain Screve ’21, Madeline Bubb ’20, Kathryn Booker ’19, Taylor Kirkpatrick ’20, Sammy Pickell ’22 and Matthew Hogan ’21.
 
Dartmouth also lost two races this morning and had one win against Yale. They finished in fourth place overall.
 
Sailing for Dartmouth is: Christopher Williford ’19, Rebecca McElvain ’19, Jack McGraw ’20, Paige Clarke ’20, Timothy Greenhouse ’21, Eloise Burn ’21, Mary Amis ’19, Aisling Sullivan ’22, Alyssa Berger ’19, Max Clapp ’21 and Carlota Hopkins Guerra ’22.

Racing continues tomorrow at 10 a.m. in the Gill College Sailing Coed National Championship at Sail Newport in Newport, R.I. The event will begin with two days of Semifinals racing followed by two days of Finals racing.

Final Results (wins and losses): 
1. Yale University, 21-4
2. Georgetown University, 20-5
3. Stanford University, 17-8
4. Dartmouth College, 15-10
 
Final Scores, places 5-8, (wins and losses)
5. College of Charleston, 13.5-8
6. U.S. Naval Academy, 12-10
7. Boston College, 12-10           
8. Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 11-11

Final Scores, places 9-16 (wins and losses)
9. Bowdoin College, 6-9
10. University of California at Santa Barbara, 6-9
11. Fordham University, 6-9
12. University of Wisconsin, 4-11
13. Jacksonville University, 3-12
14. Texas A&M University at Galveston, 3-12           
15. University of Washington, 1-14
16. University of Michigan, 1-14

To learn more about the teams competing in all of the events and to follow the racing and results visit the event website: https://2019nationals.collegesailing.org/
 
Dan Egan, of Degan Media, will provide some live coverage during the events, presenting sponsor is US Sailing and supporting sponsor of the live coverage is LaserPerformance, streaming from the event website.
Team Racing: May 28, release of Team Racing video
Coed: May 29, full day coverage; May 30, full day coverage; May 31, full day coverage and awards; June 3, release of Coed recap.

Follow the events via the regatta app from US Sailing, learn how to sign up here: ICSA Nationals App
 
Additional social media updates will be available throughout the events on the regatta website.
 
Rob Migliaccio will be providing photos for these events.
 
Contact: Jennifer Mitchell |Toile à Voile for ICSA | media@collegesailing.org | 970-216-7072 m.

The ICSA sponsors and partners through the 2018-19 season are: LaserPerformance (www.laserperformance.com), title sponsor of “LaserPerformance Men’s and Women’s Singlehanded National Championship”, title sponsor of “LaserPerformance College Sailing Team Race National Championship” and Official Boat Supplier of the ICSA Spring National Championships. Sperry (www.sperry.com), title sponsor of the “Sperry College Sailing Women’s National Championship”. Gill North American (gillna.com), title sponsor of “The Gill College Sailing National Championship”. Quantum Sail Design Group (www.quantumsails.com), official sponsor of the “Quantum Women’s College Sailor of the Year”. Marlow Ropes (www.marlowropes.com), presenting sponsor of the “Marlow Ropes College Sailor of the Year Award” and “Official Rope of College Sailing”. US Sailing (www.ussailing.org), “The Robert H. Hobbs Sportsman of the Year Sponsored by US Sailing” and “The 2019 College Sailing Live Coverage Presented by US Sailing”. Professional Boats (www.professionalboats.com/), official sponsor of the 2019 ICSA Spring National Championships.