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September 2006 Tell Tale
Volume 60, Number 4 September 2006
MCSA Dinghy Champs
Wisconsin
April 29, 30, 2006
Saturday's MCSA Dinghy Championship in Madison, WI included 11 teams of pretty sweet sailors from all over the Midwest. Day one saw 5-12 mph winds from the southeast in the morning. In the afternoon, winds increased to 10-15 from the east. Skies were cloudy / rainy and temperatures were in the mid 50s. Eight races were sailed in each division, and one protest was heard and disallowed. Courses were long modified windward/leewards, one time around.
Sunday was also rainy, with winds 15-25 from the southeast. Three more races in each division were sailed today. Racing ended around 1:30 PM. This completed one full rotation. Courses were modified windward/leeward twice around. One protest was heard, and one breakdown was granted.
A B TOT
1 Minnesota 32 32 64
2 Wisconsin 38 27 65
3 Michigan 42 28 70
4 Northwestern 45 37 82
5 Notre Dame 55 50 105
6 Ohio 75 77 152
7 Michigan St. 74 80 154
8 Purdue 63 102 165
9 St Thomas 103 70 173
10 Illinois 97 104 201
11 Iowa 106 120 226
A Division TOT
1. Minnesota 32 Mark Dunsworth '07/ Jenny Wilson '06
2. Wisconsin 38 Scott Eisenhardt '07 1-8, Matt Schmidt
'07 9-11 Anna Bargren '07 1-8, Michele
Lorenz '08 9-11
3. Michigan 42 Christina Falcone '07 1-8, Curt Roselle
07 9-11 / Davis Altshuler '09
4. Northwestern 45 Jack McCallum '06 / Erin Miller '08
1-8 11, Jimmy Costakis '07 9-10
5. Notre Dame 55 John Dailey '08 / Paul Cordes '09 1-8,
Chris May '08 9-11
6. Purdue 63 Carlos Abisambra '06 / Kevin Cotter '07
7. Michigan St. 74 Rob Linden '07 / Lindsey Vickers '08
8. Ohio 75 Steve Bauer '06 / Caroline Sundman '08
9. Illinois 97 Brian Shaw '09 / Katie Anderson '09
10. St Thomas 103 Jake Bowman '06, Jamie Carrell '06 /
Jamie Carrell '06, Jake Bowman '06
11. Iowa 106 Steve Schmid '06 / Lindsey Schneider '06
B Division TOT
1. Wisconsin 27 Rob Pickens '08/ Ben Dickey '08
2. Michigan 28 Dave Ellis '06 / Lisa Vandenbossche '07 1-8,
Caitlin Fortune
3. Minnesota 32 Jessica Haverstock '08 / Dave Elsmo '08
4. Northwestern 37 Chris Stahl '06 / Hui Sin Teo '06 1-8,
Jacqueline Chase '09 9-11
5. Notre Dame 50 Tim Roy '08 1-4 7-11, Jacqueline Chase
'09 5-6 / Kathryn Hoodecheck '06 1-10,
Chris May '08 11
6. St Thomas 70 Danielle Lindeman '06 / Mike Dornik '08,
Sara Daniels '09
7. Ohio 77 Jordan Gourash '09 / Ryanne Gallaghar '09
8. Michigan St. 80 Steve Griffith '08 / Meesh Cosier '07
9. Purdue 102 Eric Yeung '08 1-4 7-11, Sean Kennedy '06
5-6 / Sean Kennedy '06 1-4 7-11, Eric
Yeung '08 5-6
10. Illinois 104 Greg Zimmerman '07 / Marilyn Logan '09
11. Iowa 120 Amy Rohlfing '09, Ben Miller-Todd '09 / Ben
Miller-Todd '09, Amy Rohlfing '09
MCSA Team Race Championship
University of Michigan
May 6-7, 2006
40 races were sailed on Baseline Lake to complete the MCSA Team Race Championship. Winds on Saturday were between 0 and 7 knots and extremely shifty. Sunday had less wind, from 0-5 knots and the same large shifts. 26 races of a 28 race round robin were sailed on Saturday. The round robin was completed on Sunday, and then a top four championship and bottom four consolation round were also completed. All races were sailed in 420s on digital-N courses. The races were judged on the water, which limited hearings to one protest, one redress and one breakdown. Prizes were awarded to the top three schools.
Wins Losses
First Minnesota 8 2
Second Wisconsin 8 2
Third Michigan 7 3
Fourth Northwestern 4 6
Fifth Notre Dame 6 4
Sixth Ohio University 5 5
Eighth Michigan State 0 10
ICSA National Women's Dinghy Championship
(Gerald C. Miller Trophy)
College of Charleston
May 24 - 26, 2006
Wednesday: The first race started at 12:00 PM. Six A Division races and four B Division races were completed in a SSE breeze ranging from 6-10 knots. All enjoyed sunny skies and long races. A few protests were heard resulting in three DSQs.
Thursday: The second day started at 9:45 with the B Division. In all today, 10 B Division races and 8 A Division races were sailed, leaving four races in each division for the final day. Sailors enjoyed warm weather and winds ranging from 8 mph in the morning to 18 mph in the afternoon. Winds came in from the SSW. Racing was stopped around 2:45 for about twenty minutes as a storm cell appeared just northwest of Charleston. The cell continued on a northeasterly track and racing resumed at 3:10. Nine protests were filed resulting in four DSQs.
Friday: The last day started at 9:45 AM in westerly breeze 5-8 mph. After two races were completed in A-Division before the wind died. Races were postponed until 12:00 PM when a nice SW breeze filled in, building to 16-18 mph. All 18 races were completed under sunny skies. Congratulations to the College of Charleston for winning the Women's National Championship. Two protests were filed resulting in one DSQ.
Thanks to all of the CofC sailors and everyone who has helped make this event run smoothly. Special thanks to the judges Mike Miller, John Bowen, Glennin Stratton, George Griswold and Sarah Ashton.
A B TOT
1. Charleston 98 109 207
2. Georgetown 144 105 249
3. St. Mary's 150 108 258
4. Stanford 162 97 259
5. Dartmouth 162 118 280
6. Navy 144 143 287
7. Boston College 139 161 300
8. Harvard 135 169 304
9. South Florida 168 145 313
10. William Smith 121 206 327
11. Tufts 146 195 341
12. Hawaii 186 167 353
13. Yale 219 148 367
14. Old Dominion 194 201 395
15. Texas 179 238 417
16. Wisconsin 265 224 489
17. Michigan 210 291 501
18. Washington 259 256 515
A Division TOT
1. Charleston 98 Alana O'Reilly '06 / Susan Lintern '06
2. William Smith 121 Augusta Nadler '06 / Molly Lawson '06
3. Harvard 135 Sloan Devlin '06 / Christina Dahlman '07
4. Boston College 139 Leigh Kempton '08 / Emily Flint '08
5. Navy 144 Katie Whitman '07 / Andrea White '07, Trisha
Kutkiewicz '09
6. Georgetown 144 Blaire Herron '08 / Carly Chamberlain '09
7. Tufts 146 Kaity Storck '08 / Lyndsey Gibbons-Neff '08
8. St. Mary's 150 Adrienne Patterson '08 / J. Gervais '06/M.
Pumphrey '07, J. Chamberlin '09
9. Stanford 162 Evan Brown '08, Liz Routler '06 / C. Denning
'08, S. Schornect '08, J. Adsen '07
10. Dartmouth 162 Emily East '06 / Kate Hacker '07, Kendall
Reiley '09
11. South Florida 168 Kristen Herman '06 / Jee Lee '06
12. Texas 179 Nataleigh Vann '08 / Kristen Johnston '07
13. Hawaii 186 Tinja Anderson-Mitterling '08 / Cassandra
Harris '07
14. Old Dominion 194 Cara Disanti '07 / Alissa Ayres '09/Jaci
Finney '09, Jenica Ryan '08
15. Michigan 210 Christina Falcone '07 / Meredith Cochran '06
16. Yale 219 Molly Carapiet '06, Jane Macky '09 / Hannah
Oakland '07, Molly Carapiet '06
17. Washington 259 Hayley Siegenthaler '07 / Lysondra Ludwig
'06, Emily Schneider '08
18. Wisconsin 265 Patti Schmidt '08 / Beccah Steffensen '07,
Brianne Zechlinski '08
B Division TOT
1. Stanford 97 Taylor Grimes '09 / Becca Levin '08,
Mariana Beardsouth '08
2. Georgetown 105 Derby Anderston '06 / Jackie Schmitz '06
3. St. Mary's 108 Katie Smith '06 / K. Reynolds '06, H.
Wiech '07, M. Pumphrey '07
4. Charleston 109 Andrea Savage '09, Megan Riddle '08 /
Danielle Neri '08, Julia Southworth '08
5. Dartmouth 118 Adele Wilhelm '08 / Betsy Bryant '08, Laura
Sheinkopf '07
6. Navy 143 Charlotte Hill '08 / Maggie Reynolds '08,
Andrea White '07
7. South Florida 145 Abby Ethington '06 / Ashley Wierzbicki '06
8. Yale 148 Emily Hill '07 / Meghan Pearl '06, Kendra
Emhiser '07
9. Boston College 161 Maura Winston '06, Martha Pitt '09 / L.
Gillooly '09/L. McManus '06, L. Beck '09
10. Hawaii 167 Shandy Buckley '08 / Crystal Bronte '07
11. Harvard 169 Roberta Steele '09 / Emily Simon
'07/Cassandra Niemi '07
12. Tufts 195 Gretchen Curtis '07, Emily Randall '07 / Jen
Giroux '07, Meredith Ginley '08
13. Old Dominion 201 Mo Castruccio '06 / Elyssa Albert '09
14. William Smith 206 Kate Brush '07 / Kate Wilson '08, Mandi
Markee '07
15. Wisconsin 224 Liz Prange '07 / Kelsey Cramer '07
16. Texas 238 Laura Donnolley '08 / Veronica Parker '08
17. Washington 256 Michelle Stitzer '08 / Molly Acheson '08
18. Michigan 291 Maria Falcone '09 / Caitlin Fortune '08
ICSA/Layline Team Race National Championship
(Walter C. Wood Trophy)
College of Charleston
May 28-30, 2006
With Sunny Skies and winds averaging 10 mph NNE the races started smoothly around 10:00 AM. Group A completed racing around 1:15 PM with winds at 16-18 mph ESE. There was a sail-off between South Florida and USC. South Florida was victorious to earn a spot in the gold round. Group B racing began around 1:30 PM with winds E 16-18 mph. The Championship Round kicked off today around 3:00 PM in 14-16 mph E wind with nice shifts. After 17 races action was called for the day. The remaining races will be sailed tomorrow morning. Once the first round-robin of the Championship Round is completed, the Consolation Round will be sailed. Following the Consolation Round another round-robin of the top eight will be sailed to determine the final four. The completion of Championship Round began at 9:30 AM to 4-6 mph wind coming from the NNE. Clear Skies with expected high around 90F. The final race in the gold round was finished around 10:30 AM with breezes from the NNE at 2-4 mph.
Consolation Round began around 11:30 AM with a slight breeze averaging 4 mph from the NNE. Racing was suspended at 1:00 PM due to lack of wind. Racing resumed around 1:30 with a WSW at 7-10 mph. The Consolation Round produced some very close and exciting races. The Consolation Round ended around 3:40 PM. The second round of the Championship fleet started at 4:00 PM with an average wind speed of 9 mph out of the ESE. Racing was suspended after 13 races at 5:45 PM and resume Tuesday morning. There were many close matches in the afternoon's racing.
Racing picked back up Tuesday at 9:30 AM. Very cooperative breezes have allowed for some great racing in a 6-10 mph northerly. The USS Yorktown Aircraft Carrier has provided the best vantage point today with races being sailed close to the Ravanel Bridge. The Championship round ended around noon and the sailors went to the docks to regroup for the final four round. A ESE sea breeze switched on during the time at the dock which made for exciting spectating on the outer wall of Patriots Point Marina with the windward mark, offset, and finish line a stone throw away. Final Four consisted of Georgetown, Tufts, Hobart/ Wm Smith and South Florida.
Races set to begin at 1:00 PM. Races were sailed in ESE breeze from 10-14 mph. Racing ended around 2:20 PM with Georgetown winning the 2006 ICSA/Layline Team Race Championship. Tufts finished second, Hobart/ Wm Smith third and South Florida fourth. All of the races were close with an exciting final race that determined the overall champion, Georgetown.
Initial Round (Top 8 move on to Championship Rounds, the rest to Consolation)
(Group A) Wins Losses Position
Harvard 5 1 2
Tufts 4 2 3
South Florida 3 3 4*
USC 3 3 5*
Wisconsin 1 5 6
Texas A&M Galv. 0 6 7
(Group B) Wins Losses Position
Georgetown 6 0 1
Yale 5 1 2
St. Mary's 4 2 3
Stanford 3 3 4
U/Washington 2 4 5
Minnesota 1 5 6
Michigan 0 6 7
*USF advanced to the championship round in a sail-off
Championship Round Results:
Position Championship
Round #1 Wins Losses Round #2 Wins Losses
1 Georgetown 6 1 5 2
2 Tufts 4 3 5 2
3 Hobart/ Wm Smith 5 2 3 4
4 South Florida 3 4 5 2
5 Harvard 6 1 2 5
6 St. Mary's 2 5 5 2
7 Yale 2 5 2 5
8 Stanford 0 7 1 6
Consolation Round Results:
Final Four Results
Position Wins Losses
(Results from Championship Rounds 1 and 2 carry over to overall results)
1 USC 5 0
2 Texas A&M Galv. 4 1
Final Four Wins Losses
3 U/Washington 3 2
4 Minnesota 1 4
5 Michigan 1 4
6 Wisconsin 1 4
Georgetown 2 1
Tufts 2 1
Hobart/W Smith 1 2
USF 1 2
Final Standings
Place Team Wins Losses
1 Georgetown 13 4
2 Tufts 11 6
3 Hobart/ W Smith 9 8
4 South Florida 9 8
5 Harvard 8 6
6 St. Mary's 7 7
7 Yale 4 10
8 Stanford 1 13
9 USC 5 0
10 Texas A&M Galv. 4 1
11 U/Washington 3 2
12 Michigan 1 4
13 Wisconsin 1 4
14 Minnesota 1 4
ICSA/Gill National Coed Dinghy Championship
(Henry A. Morse Trophy)
College of Charleston
5/31- 6/2
Day 1: The Coed Dinghy Championship started around 12:00 PM with winds ESE around 14 mph. The first two sets were sailed up river due to an easterly breeze and were gold cups. The boats recalled after the second B-Division races due to a developing weather system off the coast. The foul weather did not materialize and boats were sent back out around 3:00 PM. The wind was 15 mph SSE. The rotation back at dock pretty quickly. A-Division should start by about 5:20 PM. Racing took place nearer to the observation barge making viewing easier on the fans. Racing finished at 6:18 PM with an average wind speed of 12 mph SSE. The final races of the day had a southeasterly breeze and were gold and olympic cups. The smaller amount of races than planned, set up for more races on the second day.
A B TOT
1. Charleston 116 82 198
2. Georgetown 83 121 204
3. Harvard 98 147 245
4. Tufts 119 131 250
5. Dartmouth 100 164 264
6. St. Mary's 123 144 267
7. Boston College 137 159 296
8. Brown 171 133 304
9. South Florida 145 165 310
10. Hobart/Wm Smith 175 169 344
11. Stanford 174 173 347
12. Southern California 187 173 360
13. South Alabama 209 152 361
14. Kings Point 249 204 453
15. NY Maritime 211 242 453
16. Washington 276 195 471
17. Minnesota 253 251 504
18. Wisconsin 254 280 534
A Division TOT
1. Georgetown 83 Andrew Campbell '06 All / Caroline LaMotte
'07 1-16, C. Chamberlain '09 17-18
2. Harvard 98 Clay Johnson '07 All/ Emily Simon '07 All
3. Dartmouth 100 Erik Storck '07 All/ K. Loufek '07 1-2, 5-16,
J. Attridge '07 3-4,17-18
4. Charleston 116 Jamie kimball '06 All/Britney Haas '09 All
5. Tufts 119 Dave Siegal '06 1-6/A.Martin '07 1-2,5-16,
Bryan Prior '06 3-4,17-18
6. St. Mary's 123 Justin Law '07 All/ Hilary Wiech '07 All
7. Boston College 137 Adam Roberts '09/ A. Whitehead '07 1,2,5-16,
Alden Reid '08 3,4,17-18
8. South Florida 145 Kevin Reali '06 All/ A.Rey. '06 1-8,13-16,
J.L. '06 9-12, T.K. '09 17-18
9. Brown 171 C. Enright '07 1-10,15-18, M. Amarante '08
11-14/ Arlene Chung '06 1-10,15-18,
M. Tombari '08 11-14
10. Stanford 174 Brian Haines '07 All / Kelly McKenna '09
1-2,5-16, B. Levin '07 3-4,17-18
11. Hobart/W Smith 175 Brian Clancy '07 All / Mandi Markee '07 1-2,
5-18, James Landi '08 3-4
12. S. California 187 Greg Helias '08 1-10,13-18, P. Shinn '09
11-12 / M. R. '07 1-10,13-16,
V.DeCollibus '07 11-12,17-18
13. South Alabama 209 Karl Kleinschrodt '06 All / Kate Brobston '08
1-4, D.C. Furey '08 15-18
14. NY Maritime 211 Todd Hawkins '09 All / Jill Decker '07 1-2,
5-18, Mark Hammond '08 3-4
15. Kings Point 249 G.Mergen. '06 1-4,7-10,13-18, J.G. '08
5-6,11-12 / Tim Cain '06 1-8,13-18,
R. Grandstaff '08 9-12
16. Minnesota 253 Mark Dunsworth '06 All / Jenny Wilson '06 All
17. Wisconsin 254 Matt Schmidt '07 1-4,17-18, S.Eisenhardt '07
5-16 / M. Lorenze '08 1-4, 17-18
A.Bargren '07 5-16
18. Washington 276 B.Fahey '06 1-6, A.Jones '06 7-12, J.Kelch
'07 13-18 / N.Hubbard'09 1-6, E.Wilson'07
7-16, A.Jones'06 17-18
B Division TOT
1. Charleston 82 Russ O'Reilly '07 All / Megan Riddle '08
1-16, Susan Lintern '06 17-18
2. Georgetown 121 Chris Behm '08 All / Nick Deane '06 All
3. Tufts 131 Zander Kirkland '06 1-10, Jeff Cruise '06
11-18 / K.G. '08 1-10, C.R. '08 11-16/K.S.
'08 17-18
4. Brown 133 Richard Hale '06 All / Monica Stein '07 1-16,
Jennifer Bauer '06 17-18
5. St. Mary's 144 John Loe '08 All / Maggie Lumkes '08 1-2,
13-18, M. Nordham '08 3-12
6. Harvard 147 Vincent Porter '06 1-12,15-18, K.Kovacs '08
13-14 / R.S. '06 1-12,15-16, E.D. '08
13-14/J.G. '09 17-18
7. South Alabama 152 Paul Kleinschrodt '08 All/Ashley Hall '08 All
8. Boston College 159 Reed Johnson '08 All / Julie Howe '08 1-6,
Andrew Schneider '09 17-18
9. Dartmouth 164 Ben Sampson '08 1-12, Todd Whitehead 13-18 /
C. D. '06 1-12, L. S. '07 13-16, A. G. '08 17-18
10. South Florida 165 Jesse Combs '07 1-16, Andrew Blom '06 17-18 /
Tim King '09 1-16, /Liz Foy '08 17-18
11. Hobart/W Smith 169 Trevor Moore '07 All/ Augusta Nadler '06/
1-16, Zach Goldman '06 17-18
12. S. California 173 Alex Bernal '07 All / L. G. '07 1-12, 15-16,
B. Palmer '06 13-14, 17-18
13. Stanford 173 Edward Conrad '08 1-8, Emery Wager '07 9-18 /
Anna Vu '06 1-8, Taylor Grimes '07 9-18
14. Washington 195 P. Stewart '08 1-2,13-18, Athol King '07 3-12
/ Ellie Wilson '07 1-4/Nick Hubbard '09 5-18
15. Kings Point 204 Chris Alexander '08 All / R.G '08 1-2, G.F.
'06 3-16, Tim Cain '08 17-18
16. NY Maritime 242 Dan Hesse '09 All / Danielle Gamache '09
1-16, Mark Hammond '08 17-18
17. Minnesota 251 Jessica Haverstock '08 1-16, Dave Elsmo '08
17-18 / Dave Elsmo '08 1-16, Jessica
Haverstock '08 17-18
18. Wisconsin 280 Rob Pickens '08 All / Ben Dickey '08 All
2006 Ronstan All-America Team Women's All-American Year School Mascot Name Hometown Senior Georgetown Hoyas Derby Anderson Annapolis, MD Senior Yale Elis Molly Carapiet Belvedere, CA Senior Harvard Crimson Sloan Devlin Mystic, CT Sophomore Navy MidshipmenCharlotte Hill Miami, FL Junior Yale Elis Emily Hill Miami, FL Senior Charleston Cougars Alana O'Reilly Charleston, SC Sophomore St. Mary's Seahawks Adrienne Patterson Newport B., CA Junior Navy Midshipmen Katie Whitman Folly Beach,SC Women's Honorable Mention Year School Mascot Name Hometown Sophomore Hawaii Rainbows Tinja Anderson-Mitterling Coronado, CA Sophomore Stanford Cardinal Evan Brown Tampa, FL Senior Dartmouth Big Green Emily East Fairhope, AL Sophomore Georgetown Hoyas Blaire Herron Coronado, CA Freshman Charleston Cougars Andrea Savage Grosse Point, MI Sophomore Tufts Jumbos Kaitlin Storck Huntington, NY Coed All-American Year School Mascot Name Hometown Sophomore Georgetown Hoyas Chris Behm Hampton, VA Senior Georgetown Hoyas Andrew Campbell San Diego, CA Junior Harvard Crimson Clay Johnson Toms River, NJ Junior St. Mary's Seahawks Justin Law Newport B., CA Junior Hobart/WmSmith Statesmen Trevor Moore N. Pomfret, VT Junior Charleston Cougars Russell O'Reilly Charleston, SC Senior Harvard Crimson Vincent Porter Winnetka, IL Senior S. Florida Bulls Kevin Reali St. Petersburg, FL Freshman Boston Col. Eagles Adam Roberts San Diego, CA Senior Tufts Jumbos Dave Siegal Dartmouth, MA Junior Dartmouth Big Green Erik Storck Huntington, NY Junior UC/Irvine Anteaters Frank Tybor Coronado, CA Coed Honorable Mention Year School Mascot Name Hometown Sophomore Yale Elis Zachary Brown San Diego, CA Junior Brown Bears Charles Enright Bristol, RI Junior Hobart/WmSmith Statesmen Brian Clancy Scituate, MA Junior S. Florida Bulls Jesse Combs Key West, FL Senior Brown Bears Rip Hale Annapolis, MD Junior USC Trojans Greg Helias Los Angeles, CA Sophomore Boston Col. Eagles Reed Johnson Toms River, NJ Senior Charleston Cougars Jamie Kimball Grand Rapids, MI Senior Tufts Jumbos Zander Kirkland Bermuda Sophomore Harvard Crimson Kyle Kovacs Brant Beach, NJ Sophomore St. Mary's Seahawks John Loe New Orleans, LA Crew All-American Year School Mascot Name Hometown Senior Brown Bears Arlene Chung Murrysville, PA Sophomore Harvard Crimson Christina Dahlman Chevy Chase, MD Senior Georgetown Hoyas Nick Deane Junior Georgetown Hoyas Caroline LaMotte Oxford, MD Senior Hobart/WmSmith Statesmen Molly Lawson Duxbury, MA Junior Stanford Cardinal Becca Levin New Haven, CT Senior Charleston Cougars usan Lintern Kirtland Hills, OH Junior Dartmouth Big Green Killarney Loufek Costa Mesa, CA Junior UC/Irvine Anteaters Whitney Loufek Costa Mesa, CA Junior Tufts Jumbos Anna Martin Kittery Point, ME Senior Hobart/WmSmith Herons Augusta Nadler Marion, MA Junior Yale Elis Hannah Oakland Charlottesville, VA Senior S. Florida Bulls Ashley Reynolds St. Petersburg, FL Junior USC Trojans Melanie Roberts San Diego, CA Senior Harvard Crimson Ruth Schlitz Woods Hole, MA Junior Harvard Crimson Emily Simon Oak Brook, IL Junior Navy Midshipmen Andrea White Diamondhead, MS Junior Boston Col. Eagles Alyson Whitehead Huntington, NY Junior St. Mary's Seahawks Hilary Wiech St. Michaels, MD Senior Minnesota Golden Gophers Jennifer Wilson Fargo, ND
Jenny Wilson, University of Minnesota, All America Crew
2006 ICSA Hall of Fame Inductees
The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) recently acknowledged the contributions of four individuals to the sport of college sailing by inducting them into the ICSA Hall of Fame. Karl Kleinschrodt (Mobile, Ala.) received the Jim Rousmaniere Student Leadership Award; Lawrence A. White (Niantic, Conn.) was presented with the Lifetime Service Award; and Brad Churchill (Boston, Mass.) and Ken Legler (Redding, Mass.) were recognized for their professional contributions as coaches. Churchill and Legler are recipients of the Graham Hall Award, which was re-dedicated to honor the recently deceased Hall whose coaching career had spanned four decades - including stints at the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and SUNY Maritime. Hall coached teams and individuals to ICSA national titles, national and world championship titles, as well as a number of Olympic and America's Cup campaigns. In 1969 Hall was one of the inaugural inductees into the ICSA Hall of Fame. He died in the fall of 2005, less than a year after being diagnosed with skin cancer.
The ICSA Hall of Fame was established in 1969 to acknowledge the competitive achievements of undergraduates as well as the service contributions of individuals whose efforts helped in the establishment, growth, and development of college sailing. In recognition of their significant service to the organization, the names of these inductees will be added to the permanent ICSA Hall of Fame display located in the Robert Crown Sailing Center at the U.S. Naval Academy (Annapolis, Md.).
Lifetime Service Award - Larry White
Presented annually to an individual who has rendered exceptional service to the sport of inter-collegiate sailing and who has passed his/her 60th birthday, ICSA recognized Larry White (Niantic, Conn.) with its 2006 Lifetime Service Award. White's service to the organization began while he was an MIT undergrad in 1943 and continued while he attended the US Coast Guard Academy where he was captain of the sailing team. After graduating in 1951 he then spent four years at sea before returning to the Academy as an instructor and coach of the sailing team. He continued to be involved with college sailing through participation on a number of committees before his military career took him away from college sailing until his retirement from the service in 1979.
Beginning in 1980, White was back to college sailing, judging at events regularly. In 1986 he accepted the charge to revive the Afterguard - inter-collegiate sailing's alumni association. White organized members of the Afterguard to aid in the development of college sailing through hands-on involvement and also directed an annual contribution to ICSA from membership dues and fundraising efforts. That same year, he was also lured back to the Academy with the task of reinvigorating that sailing program, which, despite a new facility, had declined. For the next five years his efforts in recruiting and developing sailors, hiring coaches and acquiring new equipment made the Academy into a premier site for college regattas. White then turned his attention to high school sailing, which became another beneficiary of his expertise. From 1989 to 2005 he served as President of the Interscholastic Yacht Racing Association, now known as the Interscholastic Sailing Association, leading that organization through a period of dramatic growth and extending his efforts to coordinate the scheduling of high school and college championships.
White was previously inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1980 for meritorious service.
<b>Graham Hall Coaching Award - Brad Churchill<b>
Brad Churchill (Boston, Mass.) was recognized by ICSA with the Graham Hall Coaching Award in celebration of his 21 years as Boston University's sailing coach. Under Churchill's guidance, the BU teams have won several NEISA (New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association) championships, the 1997 ICSA Sloop Championship and the 1999 ICSA Dinghy Championship. When not coaching, Churchill handles the boat and facility maintenance, teaches sailing, and runs BU's recreational sailing program, all the while making the facility and boats available to local high school programs. Active on the administrative end of NEISA, Churchill was Graduate Secretary from 1998-2004 and was awarded its Rob Mac Arthur? Award in 2005 for distinguished service.
One of eight children, Churchill grew up in Lexington, Mass. Following in his father's footsteps, he learned to sail through Boston's Community Boating and made the one-hour "T" ride for seven years just to spend every summer day there. Upon graduating from Westfield State in 1980, he accepted a summer job running Community Boating's junior sailing program and that turned into a full-time job which lasted five years. When the coaching position at BU became available in 1985, Churchill made the move there and for much of his tenure BU has been ranked in the top-20 nationally. He is very proud that sailors he coached have gone on to have their own notable college sailing coaching careers - including Mike O'Connor at Harvard, John Mollicone and Dan Rabin at Brown, Brian Stanford at Dartmouth, Jeff Bresnahan at Connecticut and Stan Schreyer at BU.
"ICSA is a fantastic organization and the member's hearts are really into the organization," said Churchill. "Long before I got involved with ICSA there were great people who cared about the sport, and I learned by the example of Stu Nelson, Hatch Brown and Mike Horn. The effort goes beyond your job when you care about the sport - beyond just your team - you work to improve the quality for all participants, and I'm proud and honored to be recognized for doing something I love."
Graham Hall Coaching Award - Ken Legler
Ken Legler (Redding, Mass.) was honored by ICSA with the Graham Hall Coaching Award in recognition of his extraordinary devotion to college sailing. Legler was a protégé of Hall's and had his first coaching job under him at the U.S. Naval Academy. Ironically, like Hall, Legler also has had to battle cancer. He finished treatment in May for throat cancer and has now recovered well enough to get back out on the water.
The committee that determines the honorees for the Graham Hall Coaching Award wanted Legler to be its first honoree. Previously, coaches were recognized and inducted into the ICSA Hall of Fame in the category of Outstanding Service/Professional. "Although Legler had already received that recognition, it was his accomplishments this year in spite of being ill that ICSA wanted to recognize, and that we felt was a testament to his persistence," said ICSA President Mitch Brindley. "The success of the Tufts team this year was tremendous, especially considering the turmoil they were in with Legler in and out of the hospital." During the college national championships this spring, Tufts held the lead in the ICSA/Layline National Team Race Championship until the last half of the last leg of the last race, ultimately finishing second to Georgetown.
Legler was previously recognized by ICSA in 2002 for Outstanding Service/Professional recognizing his work as the Schedule Coordinator for NEISA; participation on Sailing World's college ranking panel; and his regular "Coaching Tips" contributions to the ICSA membership list. In 1977, as a senior at the University of Rhode Island, Legler was named an All-American after he led the Rams to claim the ICSA North American Dinghy and Team Race Championships. During his two-year coaching stint at Kings Point, his athletes won the ICSA dinghy and singlehanded nationals. Since 1980 Legler has been the head sailing coach at Tufts and under his direction, Tufts has won eight ICSA National Women's Dinghy Championships, five National Team Race Championships, three Coed Dinghy Championships and three National Singlehanded titles.
Jim Rousmaniere Student Leadership Award - Karl Kleinschrodt
A University of South Alabama (USA) graduating senior Karl Kleinschrodt (Mobile, Ala.) has been recognized with the ICSA Student Leadership Award for 2006. Kleinschrodt comes from a sailing family and learned the ropes through the junior program at Buccaneer Yacht Club (BYC). He competed on the Opti circuit with his brother, and raced with the Southern Yacht Club (New Orleans) program.
As a freshman at USA, Kleinschrodt started the sailing team with three skippers and four crew using 25-year old 420s borrowed from BYC. When Hurricane Katrina hit last year, a 15' storm surge wiped out the student-built USA sailing site. While their fleet of FJs was intact and they were back out practicing four days after the storm, the USA sailors needed to replace gear that had been lost or destroyed. As a result they only made four regattas during the fall semester. With lots of fundraising, and incredible support from the BYC membership, half of whom had suffered damage to their own homes, the USA sailing team was able to make it to 10 regattas this spring and as a result competed for the first time at Nationals - in the ICSA/Gill National Coed Dinghy Championship.
"It's a great honor and nice to receive recognition," said Kleinschrodt who currently manages the family cabinetry business, and would ultimately like to coach sailing while remaining on the Gulf Coast. "It's more of an award for USA though-since nothing falls into place without a dedicated team."
ICSA AWARDS
Everett B. Morris Trophy - Andrew Campbell of Georgetown
The Morris Trophy is awarded annually to the College Sailor of the Year. The trophy is named in memory of a distinguished journalist who spent more than 30 years, most of them with the New York Herald Tribune, as a yachting writer and editor. He was also actively involved in sailing programs and activities including service as president of the Junior Sailing Association of Long Island Sound. Mr. Morris died February 14, 1967 at the age of 67.
Robert H. Hobbs Sportsmanship Award - Alex Jones of the University of Washington
The Hobbs Trophy is awarded annually to the Sportsman of the Year. The trophy honors Robert Hobbs (MIT '64), past Executive Vice President of ICSA, past President of US SAILING (1992-1994), and former chair of the US SAILING Olympic Committee. .
Leonard M. Fowle Trophy - Georgetown University
The Fowle Trophy honors the late Graduate Secretary of the New England district and Executive Vice President of ICYRA. Len served in both posts until his death in 1973, and his devotion to college sailing is without match. College sailing today had its very beginnings in the organizational ability and personal drive of this one man. The Fowle Trophy is awarded based on the best overall performance which includes the six North American Championships: Men's Singlehandeds, Women's Singlehandeds, Sloops, Women's Dinghies, Team Race, and Coed Dinghies.
Quantum Women's Sailor of the Year - Alana O'Reily of the College of Charleston
This award is presented by Quantum Sails to the best Women Sailor in College sailing. The All American Selection Committee in making the award uses a formula based on performance in Women's ICSA intersectionals and championships as a guide.
Inviting In
I hope that everyone had a perfect summer and is getting geared up for a fantastic fall sailing season. I know that trying to stay in touch over the summer is very difficult and losing track of new members is an easy thing to do. Well, remember that your team will only grow proportionally to the amount of work that you are willing to put forth.
Social events are always a hit whether they are sailing related or not. Building a community of people that team members are proud to identify with is huge. The more that people feel welcomed into a community, the more likely that they are going to be willing to stay and put forth effort into making that community better. As a part of the weekly meetings of my team, we elected an officer as a social chair. The social chair is in charge of weekly (or in some cases biweekly) activities form ultimate Frisbee in the park to a designated movie night at the theaters following sailing. This helps incorporate the new members into a functioning community and helps that community to grow.
This concept of community carries over into the MCSA. There are new prospective member schools that will be sailing in a handful of the regattas held this fall. We all know what it was like as the new person sailing or the freshman on the team who knew nobody. Lets all make a concerted effort this season to welcome the new members into the MCSA and demonstrate what a community of sailors should be . Good Luck this season! Ben Miller-Todd, Vice Commodore
Reminders for a smooth fall season...
* Every sailor and coach MUST register for the fall 2006 season. If you are already registered you must indicate eligibility for this season.
http://www.collegesailing.org/directory/individual/
You also need to update your Team's contact info through the ICSA team database. http://www.collegesailing.org/teams.asp
* Any team wishing to advance their membership status must complete and submit the form immediately. The board will be meeting September 9th at Fall Fury and will be processing membership applications then.
* The MCSA Executive Board meets twice a semester and all meeting are open meetings which mean any sailor can attend. Exact time and location will be announced soon.
Everyone will have many chances this fall to improve your sailing skills and to build your team. Capitalize on these moments! Let's have a great fall season and as always feel free to contact me with thoughts, ideas, feedback, or great sailing stories.
Jenn Hockema, Graduate Secretary jkhockema@gmail.com
Be Prepared
Welcome back! I hope everyone had a great summer and got a chance to get outside and do some sailing. I am looking forward to a great fall season for the MCSA.
One of the key components for every team as we enter the fall season is to be prepared in every aspect. Whether it's traveling to an intersectional or running a "learn to sail program", without enough preparation, things are bound to go wrong. I want to write briefly about some ways to prepare your team for a great fall season.
First off, recruiting and getting new members is key for the survival of your team. It is important to attend whatever type of student organization expo your school offers. It always helps to have a person solely in charge of this project. Bring something eye catching so that people will take a minute to stop and listen to what you have to say. For example, ours is always outside so we bring a boat. Get emails and phone numbers of interested kids and make sure to stay in contact about your first meeting.
Have a designated meeting place where prospective members can all go for you to explain the team to them as a whole group. Hand out flyers or post them around your school to spread interest and remind kids of when the info meeting is.
Have an agenda of what you want to talk to the new recruits about at the first meeting. There is nothing worse than a person who sounds like they aren't organized and well informed trying to get you to join a club. Have old members introduce themselves to make the meeting more personal.
When your first practice rolls around, be sure that someone has checked all the boats since packing them up at the end of the summer. Our team has an equipment manager whose only job is to keep our team's stuff all in working condition. Check shrouds, sails, lines, pins, ring dings, all the usual things that sometimes seem to go missing over the summer. If you have a crash boat, do some engine tune up and have gas.
For your first regatta, have all of your release forms. If it is an intersectional, be sure that you have your pinnies ready in time. Make sure to check with the host school to be sure you have housing and know when report time is.
For people that have been doing college sailing for several years, these may all seem like simple things to do. But I know from personal experience that every year we go over all of these things and inevitably in our pre-season meetings, we are able to catch something before it turns into a problem.
I wish everyone the best in your fall recruitment and hope to see you all soon out on the water. And remember, be prepared!
Jocelyn Pollack, Commodore MCSA