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Volume 64, Number 1 March 2010
Commodore: Margaux Stutz
I am incredibly excited to serve as Commodore this year. After being the MCSA Special Interests Chair last year, I am well aware of the ongoing projects, problems and successes of the Conference and look forward to continuing to improve this wonderful organization. I am currently co-captain of my team and am heavily involved in planning 2010 Nationals. I am looking for ways to organize the entire Conference to become involved in the event. One thing I'm working on is a large ICSA alumni regatta and banquet that I hope will serve as a reunion for so many of the sailors that have gone through the program and specifically the MCSA. I also hope to increase our assistance to developing teams by offering more regattas and clinics. I am a junior at the University of Wisconsin majoring in economics with an emphasis on math and finance. I am the Director of the Hoofer Youth Program at UW which teaches over 400 kids to sail, windsurf, kayak, and canoe in a variety of boats each summer. I learned to sail only 2 years before college at the South Shore Yacht Club in Milwaukee. I truly value the opportunities in sailing and leadership the MCSA has given me and I hope to contribute as much back to the Conference as I can.
Sugar Bowl Regatta
Southern Yacht Club, New Orleans, LA
December 30-31, 2009
The first day of racing started off in about 12 knots from the west. The wind varied from 8-14 knots through out the day, and rain came in and out all day. Eight races were completed in each division.
Day two offered very little wind, from 0-5 knots from the west, and racing didn't start until 11:30 as we waited for wind to fill in. Only two races in each division were completed as the wind continued to be very light and fluky throughout the day.
South Alabama and Auburn were No Shows.
A B TOT
1 LSU 35 17 52
2 Tulane 45 29 74
3 Georgia Tech 42 51 93
4 Florida 51 48 99
5 TAMUG 54 47 101
6 Wisconsin 41 66 107
7 Oklahoma State 66 68 134
8 Ohio State 58 83 141
9 Texas 78 73 151
10 Texas A&M 103 92 195
11 Florida Women 96 116 212
12 Oklahoma City 115 103 218
13 Loyola /NO 127 117 244
A Division - 10 races
TOT
1. Louisiana St 35 Julian Richards 12 1-8; James Pottharst 13 9-10/
James Pottharst 13 1-8; Kenneth Taylor 13 9-10
2. Wisconsin 41 Christine Porter 10/Adelaide Davis 13
3. Georgia Tech 42 Clinton Hodges 10/Andrew Battigaglia 12
4. Tulane 45 Chris Burd 10/Mary Duncan 11
5. Florida 51 Daniel Levy 11/Adam Langley 11
6. TAMUG 54 Ben Robbins 12 Luyi Zheng 09
7. Ohio State 58 Anthony Julian 11/
Rachael Yokers 11 1-4; Terry Brayman 13 5-10
8. Oklahoma State 66 Brett Warfield 12/
Nicole Ramondet 13 1-4; Megan White 10 5-10
9. Texas 78 Seth Cunningham 11/Annabelle Galvan 11
10. Florida Women 96 Catie Skipp 13/Katie Finney 12
11. Texas A&M 103 Bob Long 10/Lyndsie Blundell 13
12. Oklahoma City 115 Timothy Harlin 10 1-4,9-10; Peter Harlin 12 5-8/
Peter Harlin 12 1-4,9-10; Timothy Harlin 10 5-8
13. Loyola/NO 127 Kenneth Wink 13/
Jill Tatarksi 13 1-8; Bryn Bachman 10 9-10 (OSU substitute)
B Division -10 races
TOT
1. Louisiana St 17 Michael Levert 12/Will Hadden 12
2. Tulane 29 Schuyler Hemmerdinger 12/Jessie Yoste 11
3. TAMUG 47 Merari Dominguez 09/Stuart Conrad 13
4. Florida 48 Brett Lackey 10/Matt Wilson 11
5. Georgia Tech 51 Max Hardage 10/Jake Rachels 10
6. Wisconsin 66 Patrick McMinn 12/Andrew Kosmoski 10
7. Oklahoma St 68 Michael Gent 12/Carmen Harrison 11
8. Texas 73 Scott Proctor 11 1-8; Pierre Rochard 11 9-10/
Matt Melancan 11
9. Ohio State 83 Gwen Mulvey 12 1-4,9-10; Charles Murman 10 8-8/
Alyssa Singer 11 1-4,9-10; Nick Burke 11 5-8
10. Texas A&M 92 Conner Fullerton 12/
Amanda Quintanilla 11 1-8; Jeff Edwards 11 9-10
11. Oklahoma City 103 Chris Holman 10/
Chad Gatewood 10 1-8; Jose Andrade 10 9-10
12. Florida Women 116 Ashley Arenson 11/Rebecca Skipp 10
13. Loyola/NO 117 William Nunn 11/Jennifer Keller
Mallory Usen: Vice Commodore
I am delighted to take on the position of Vice Commodore for the MCSA this upcoming year. Currently, I am a Junior at Northwestern University in Evanston pursuing a major in Communications Studies, with a minor in the Business Institutions Program and a certificate from Medill in Integrated Marketing Communications.
I began sailing at overnight camp in Wisconsin during my childhood and started racing competitively when I enrolled at Northwestern. I now find myself traveling to regattas on the weekends and practicing on beautiful Lake Michigan during the week – and it’s the best lifestyle in the world. On the Northwestern University Sailing Team (NUST), I am in charge of designing and ordering all of the apparel for members of the team, their families, alumni, and supporters. NUST is a phenomenal organization that has given me a meaning and a family on campus and I look forward to developing this bond with the MCSA as well.
As Vice Commodore of the MCSA, I look forward to working with emerging sailing teams interested in joining the MCSA and maintaining the MCSA’s strong membership. I am a highly accessible, motivated, and passionate person who is ready to dedicate time and energy to the MCSA.
Nelson Roltsch Regatta
Tulane University, New Orleans
February 13-14, 2010
This weekend's regatta was dominated by very light winds out of the north. Saturday was cold with very fluky wind from the northwest. The breeze peeked at 6 knots around 1pm before dying back down to 2-4 knots. 6 races were sailed in each division. Sunday was warmer but again featured wind between 2-6 knots. The wind direction constantly shifted between the northwest and northeast, keeping the Markset very busy and making it difficult to get off races. 3 races were sailed in each division before the cutoff time. Emory and UNT both were not able to make it to the regatta due to the snow, and UVA was a no show.
A B Total
1. Tulane 31 19 50
2. UF 12 40 52
3. Florida Tech 39 34 73
4. UT 50 31 81
5. Notre Dame 58 50 108
6. TAMUG Women 52 65 117
7. USA 36 84 120
8. SMU 91 46 137
9. TAMUG 79 82 161
10. TAMU 107 59 166
11. Purdue 78 108 186
12. Colorado 96 97 193
13. FGCU 91 104 195
A-Division
UF 12 JP Wright '10 All / Catherine Burns '11 All
Tulane 31 Schuyler Hemmerdinger '12 All / Lee Evans '13 All
USA 36 Sarah Tan '12 All / Greg Hickman '11 All
Florida Tech 39 Adam Harris '11 All / Chloe Mallett '12 All
UT 50 Scott Proctor '11 All / Ellen Hayes '11 All
TAMUG Women 52 Laura Stamets '12 All / Kaitlynn Eller '13 All
Notre Dame 58 Tim O'Brien '10 All / Jeff Miller '12 All
Purdue 78 Samuel Todd '12 All / Matt Steiner '12 All
TAMUG 79 Ben Robbins '12 All / Sean Groivolet '13 All
SMU 91 Rachel Ellis '10 1-4,7-9 Spencer Eggers '11 5,6 /
Spencer Eggers '11 1-4,7-9 Rachel Ellis '10 5,6
FGCU 91 Steven Johnston '11 All / Nerissa Erb '10 1-8 John Britton '10 9
Colorado 96 Michael Reams '13 All / Peter Monroe '12 All
TAMU 107 Conner Fullerton '12 1-4,7-9 Kenny Pelton '13 5,6 /
Amanda Quintinilla '11 1-4,7-9 Bob Long '12 5,
B-Division
Tulane 19 Chris Burd '10 All / Mary Duncan '11 All
UT 31 Caitlynn Taylor '11 All / Catherine Galvan '11 All
Florida Tech 34 Peter Sawyer '12 All / Mark Anderson '12 All
UF 40 Danny Levy '11 All / Nicole Crisp '11 All
SMU 46 Ian McKeige '12 AllKatie Rozelle '13 All
Notre Dame 50 Nathaniel Walden '12 All / Natalie Fang '12 All
TAMU 59 Chelsea Berthaseit '12 All / Jenny Bender '13 1-4,7-9
Travis James '13 5,6
TAMUG Women 65 Rebekka Urbina '12 All / Leslie Holt '12 All
TAMUG 82 Stuart Conrad '13 All / Jasmine Baloch '13 All
USA 84 Doug Cayle '12 1,2,5,6 Rick Stewart '12 3,4,7,8,9 /
Rick Stewart '12 1,2,5,6, Doug Cayle '12 3,4,7,8,9
Colorado 97 Alex Demarais '12 All / Annie Edinger '13 1-2
Katie Gleason '13 3-9
FGCU 104 Ryan Silva '14 All / Sarah Heckler '10 All
Purdue 108 Josh Borchrest '10 All / Eduardo Anzueto '11 All
Rachel Barch: Race Chairman
I grew up sailing on my parents' TTens out of Belmont Harbor on Lake Michigan. I sailed Optis out of the Chicago Yacht Club and raced on the CYC race team in high school. I co-founded and was the captain of my high school sailing team at Walter Payton College Prep in downtown Chicago. I also did a bunch of V15 racing this past summer with the CCYC. I am a freshmen at the University of Michigan studying engineering. I am obsessed with the Michigan Sailing Team and the MCSA and am excited to serve on the Board this year!
Frank Mendelblatt Memorial Team Race
U. South Florida
February 12-13, 2010
It started off to a North easterly at around 10 knots that rapidly degraded to about 4 knots. Almost all races to complete the gold round were sailed before the wind died at around 1:00 pm. The race committee waited for about 45 minutes for the breeze to settle from the North West to start the last 4 races.
Big thanks to the USF sailing team for helping run the event and our co-host Eckerd College.
Northwestern was scheduled to participate, but was unable to attend due to failure of transportation due to a snowstorm. They have been excused from a No Show penalty.
Yale 7-0 CofC 6-1 USF 5-2 Salve 3-4 BU 3-4 NAVY 2-5 Eck 1-6 CGA 1-6
Allison Prange: Publicity Secretary
Allison started sailing when she was 6 on Okauchee Lake in Southeastern Wisconsin. Coming from a sailing family, it always seemed like the natural decision to sail. She started in Optis and moved to X boats, sailing in the ILYA. Allison had a laser for a few years, but never got into it seriously. Now, she prefers scow sailing in the summer, particularly C Scows. After deciding to go to school in Minnesota she joined the sailing team the second semester of her freshman year with some persuading from the board. Her first event was the team's Spring Training trip to Annapolis. She was content crewing for the first day or two (despite her clumsiness), but when the coach heard that she had been skipping scows her whole life he got excited and passed her the tiller. That was the first and last time Allison ever crewed in a 420. Her sophomore year she joined the board as Secretary and this year moved to Vice Commodore. Allison is majoring in Architecture focusing on sustainable development with a minor in studio art. She is thrilled to be on the MCSA board and as Publicity Secretary hopes to push the Alumni event at Nationals, team recruiting, and more widespread recognition for the MCSA.
Charleston Spring Intersectional Regatta
College of Charleston
February 20-21, 2010
It was a beautiful weekend in Charleston..
Saturday The course for the first A set was a W 4 with a gate, sailed in a 3-5 knot NNW wind. After a short postponement ashore racing was restarted in a SSE wind @ 5-10 knots. Course 5's and 6's were used. The ebb tide was strong. Four protests were filled resulting in one DSQ and one RAF.
Sunday After a short postponement ashore the southerly filled at about 5-8 knots and racing was started just before noon. The tide was a slack flood when racing began and built to a strong ebb by the end of the day. All races were w4's & w5's as well as one w3 with an offset a gate and pin boat. One protest was filed resulting in a DSQ. THANK YOU Mitch and Alana for hearing protests.
Team A B TOT
1 Georgetown Hoyas 53 34 87
2 Salve Regina Seahawks 72 55 127
3 Charleston Cougars 55 72 127
4 Washington College Shoremen 65 87 152
5 South Florida Bulls 55 121 176
6 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos 89 95 184
7 St. Mary's Seahawks 109 83 192
8 NY Maritime Privateers 89 110 199
9 Rhode Island Rams 115 92 207
10 Navy Midshipmen 79 131 210
11 Old Dominion Monarchs 132 86 218
12 Wisconsin Badgers 121 100 221
13 Eckerd Tritons 163 101 264
14 Providence Friars 154 127 281
15 Clemson Clemson 154 182 336
16 Texas Longhorns 159 184 343
17 Tulane Green Wave 181 183 364
18 Virginia Tech Virginia Tech 212 218 430
A Division Scores
Team Total Sailors
1 Georgetown University 53 Scott Furnary '11 Katherine Canty '12
2 Univ. South Florida 55 Mitchell Hall '10 Margaret Spears '12
3 College of Charleston 55 Mac Mace '13 Corinna DeCollibus '13
4 Washington College 65 Joseph Blouin '10 Matt Lawler '13
5 Salve Regina University 72 Torey Pellegrini '10 Karafaye Buffa '12
6 U. S. Naval Academy 79 Robert Vann '11 Alice Hong '12
7 SUNY Maritime College 89 Shawn Murray '13 William Gallagher '10
8 U. Cal. Santa Barbara 89 Nicholas Kaschak '12 Morgane Renoir '12
9 St. Mary's College 109 Frederick Whitman '11 Abby Rowlands '10
10 Univ. Rhode Island 115 Mike Warren '10 1-6,11-12
Alex Baittinger '10 7-10
Carolyn Chaikin '10 1-6,11-12
Emily Anderson '10 7-10
11 University of Wisconsin 121 Joseph Kutschenreuter '12 1-10
Brendan Boylan '13 11-12
Molly Forbes '12
12 Old Dominion Univ. 132 Katrina Williams '10 1-8 Kevin Shockey '10 9-12
Shannon Wilkins '13
13 Providence College 154 Ian Sutherland '12 Alex Zweig * '13
14 Clemson University 154 Harrison Cabiness '12 Drew Lisicki '12 1-6
Alex Rigsby '12 7-12
15 University of Texas 159 Scott Proctor '11 Ellen Hayes '11
16 Eckerd College 163 Spencer Verney '10 Catherine Hamman '12
17 Tulane University 181 Chris Burd '10 Mary Duncan '11
18 Virginia Tech 212 Matthew Newborn '10 1-8Alexander O'Toole '10 1-8
B Division Scores
Team Total Sailors
1 Georgetown University 34 Chris Barnard '13 Hilary Kenyon '13
2 Salve Regina University 55 Patrick Clancy '10 Lauren Grygiel '10
3 College of Charleston 72 Samuel Stokes '12 Perry Emsiek '12
4 St. Mary's College 83 Mike Kuschner '10 Stefanie Glorioso '
5 Old Dominion Univ. 86 Alan Alkins '10 Dillon Paiva '13
6 Washington College 87 Michael Whitford '12 1-10
Mildred Conroy '12 11-12
Caroline Hill '11 1-10
Matt Lawler '13 11-12
7 Univ. Rhode Island 92 Amy Hawkins '12 Missy Hudspeth '10
8 U. Calif. Santa Barbara 95 Ryan Sullivan '12 Keely Scates '12
9 University of Wisconsin 100 Leif Evensen '11 Carrie Bargren '10
10 Eckerd College 101 Charlote porris * '11 Amy Baxter '13
11 SUNY Maritime College 110 Harry Scott '13 1-6 Tyler Steel '13 7-12
Nicole Kelly '11
12 Univ. South Florida 121 Will Stocke '13 Hillary Noble '10
13 Providence College 127 Mike Bloomstine * '13 Carl Lichtenfels '12
14 U. S. Naval Academy 131 Jason Carminati '12 1-10
Nathaniel Sabatt '11 11-12
Julie DiGiovanni '13
15 Clemson University 182 Jordan Todd '13 1-6 Drew Lisicki '12 7-12
Alex Rigsby '12 1-4 Drew Lisicki '12 5-6
16 Tulane University 183 Schuyler Hemmerdinger '12 Lee Evans '13
17 University of Texas 184 Caitlynn Taylor '11 Catherine Galvan '12
18 Virginia Tech 218 Weston Thayer '12 1-6
Chris Leevorkian * '12 1-6
Membership Changes
Five new schools were admitted to the MCSA
Adrian College, in Adrian, Michigan will be sailing out of the Devel’s Lake Yacht Club. They have two 420’s and plans for growth. The team leader is Bailey Dolson bdolson@adrian.edu
Grinnell College, in Grinnell, Iowa has an expanding number of sailors and 6 Bytes. They sail on Rock Creek Reservoir. The Team Leader is Ben Brewer brewerbe@grinnell.edu
Indiana University, in Bloomington, Indiana is an old member of the MCSA which is coming back to life. The new group of sailors seems to be well organized and is looking forward to competing in the MCSA. They will be sailing on Lake Lemon at the same site as has been used in the past. They have a mix of boats most of which are FJ’s. The Team Leader is: M. Hays Formella mformell@indiana.edu
Robert Morris University of Chicago has decided to become serious about the sport of sailing and has hired a coach and an assistant coach. They will be sailing on Lake Michigan. The Coach is: Nick Jarmuz njarmuz@robertmorris.edu
The University of Akron, in Akron, Ohio has been building slowly and has developed to the point where they want to compete in the MCSA. They have 1 420, and will be sailing on North Reservoir. The Team Leader is: Haley Carman hac8@uakron.edu
Three Schools were advanced in membership status:
Ohio State University: from Provisional to Regular Northern Michigan University: from Associate to Provisional U. Wisconsin - Milwaukee: from Associate to Provisional
One school withdrew from membership in the MCSA:
Owens Community College found itself with a great program, but no student-athletes due to graduation and others who left to get jobs. Should there be interest in the future, this school will be back.
Nathaniel Walden: Special Interests Representative
I was born and raised on Peaks Island, a small island just off the coast of Maine. From an early age sailing has been a large part of my life. My dad was an avid sailor and passed his love of the sport on to me. My father also made projects of rebuilding boats. In addition to yearly maintenance on his International 210, he extensively rebuilt a pair of International 110’s that hadn't seen the water in years. I spent a great deal of time during my early winters with him in his workshop first watching, and then helping him rebuild sailboats.
Once I was old enough I began taking summer sailing lessons at the Trefthen-Evergreen Improvement Association on the island. For the first couple of years I learned in turnabouts, then moved to 420's once I turned 10. When I was 12 I joined the race team and began sailing on the Maine Interclub Race Circuit (MIRC). Over the next several years, I continued sailing in MIRC races during the summer as well as participating in several Junior Olympics. Once I turned 18, I began instructing at T.E.I.A., teaching the beginning Optimist sailors and the 420 Race Team.
In the fall of 2008 I began my education at the University of Notre Dame. My freshmen year I raced in a number of regattas across the Midwest and was also able to travel to Florida to participate in the Sloop Championships. My freshmen year I was also elected to be the Vice-Captain of the team, responsible for helping the Captain run practices. This spring I was elected Captain. I have a busy schedule as a mechanical engineer major which kept me from sailing as much as I would have liked to this Fall, but I'm looking forward to sailing as much as possible this spring!
Tech Score Adopted by ICSA
At the ICSA Winter Meeting the ICSA Board of Directors agreed to adopt the Tech Score scoring program for all ICSA Dinghy events. ICSA President Mitch Brindley indicated that ICSA is still in the process of migrating the scoring program from the MIT server to an ICSA server. As of now the scoring program is at the following website. http://techscore.mit.edu/
Schools hosting regattas should get and practice with this new scoring program well before their event.
MCSA Approves the Creation a Foundation
The MCSA Membership approved the creation of a Foundation to manage its financial reserves. Three trustees will manage the funds of the Foundation. The Foundation will be created as a separate corporation which will seek tax exception status. As the reserves which are in the form of certificates of deposit come due they will be transferred to the Foundation. The earnings from the reserves will be used by the MCSA Board to fund special projects such as but not limited to: travel grants, running clinics, running regattas, equipment, insurance, and hiring consultants or staff.
Will Andreae: Equipment Information Coordinator
I grew up in Darien CT, which is a town on Long Island Sound. I started sailing Optimists when I was seven years old at the town sailing program. When I was twelve I hopped in a 420 which I've been sailing ever since. Later I joined the High School sailing team. During high school we did a lot of team racing.
I didn’t think that I would be sailing in college especially in Southwestern Ohio. I went to a meeting, then to a few regattas, and then the team became a family to me. My passion for sailing was back.
I joined a fraternity at Miami and I play the sax in some jam bands. I’ve been as involved as I can be with the team going to all the regattas. I have also tried to help out wherever a hand is needed. I hope to stay involved with the team and work hard as the new MCSA’s equipment manager. I also plan on working as a sailing instructor in Connecticut this summer as well as racing Sonars. I’m really excited to be staying active on the water.
2009 MCSA All Conference Team and Award Winners
A special thanks to HARKEN for sponsoring the All Conference Team.
Co-ed Skipper
Blake Griffin, University of Michigan
Joe Kutschenreuter, University of Wisconsin
Ryan Lashaway, University of Toledo
Christine Porter, University of Wisconsin
Tod Reynolds, Northwestern University
Matt Thompson, University of Minnesota
Brandon Wilson, University of St. Thomas
Co-ed Skipper Honorable Mention
Nick Hovland, University of Minnesota
Anthony Julian, Ohio State University
Thomas McRitchie, Bowling Green State University
R. Michael Stark, University of Toledo
Women's Skipper
Charlotte Bauer, Wittenberg University
Leah McRitchie, Bowling Green State University
Allison Prange ,University of Minnesota
Natalie Sinn, University of Minnesota
Women's Skipper Honorable Mention
Heidi Rittmeyer, University of Illinois
Megan Six, University of Wisconsin
Crew
Emma Gantzer, University of Minnesota
Lindsey Gates, Western Michigan University
Carrie Bargren, University of Wisconsin
Kelsey Dubois, University of Michigan
Molly Forbes, University of Wisconsin
Maija Mikkila, Northwestern University
Medora Sletten, University of St. Thomas
Catherine Sopher, University of Toledo
Matt Weishan, University of St. Thomas