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Volume 62, Number 3 May 2008

Wisconsin Qualifies for ICSA Championship

With a ninth place finish in the ICSA Eastern Semi final, Wisconsin qualified for the ICSA Championship proving that it deserves to be ranked as one of the nation’s top 18 teams. Senior’s Rob Pickens and Patti Schmidt lead the Badgers to a convincing finish over many previously ranked teams with the help of outstanding crew work by Kelsey Kramer, and Christine Porter in A Division and Beccah Steffensen in B Division. While Pickens finished 12th in A Division he won race 7 A and was improving as the regatta progressed. Patti Schmidt sailed to a convincing 7th place finish in B Division.

ICSA National Championship Eastern Semifinal

Hobart and William Smith
April 26-27, 2008

Saturday's conditions began with a steady South breeze at 10 to 14 knots. The sun cast its warmth down for 6 races in A division and 4 in B division until scattered thunderstorms brought a halt to our day at around 2:30. There was 1 protest, 1 rule 42 infringement and 1 breakdown filed, which where handled by our wonderful judges George Griswold, Doc Sullivan, and JB Turney. All courses were Windward, Leeward Gate, Windward, finish to Leeward courses on our calm Seneca Lake.

Sunday's conditions provided for 2 races in A Division and 4 in B Division. With a lighter breeze from the South, 3.5 to 6 knots of breeze was noted. The southerly held out until about 1:00 and hinted a North Westerly at about 3:00, but remained only a hint. The same courses were sailed. Thank you to our judges, Jeff Sullivan, our PRO and all of the Hobart and William Smith sailors who helped with race committee! Congratulations to all the teams and to the top 9 teams who qualify for the ICSA Nationals to be held in Newport, RI

                                  A    B  TOT
 1. Boston College               42   27   69
 2. St. Mary's                   59   23   82
 3. Vermont                      36   55   91
 4. Conn College                 59   38   97
 5. U/Penn                       54   46  100
 6. Stanford                     77   30  107
 7. Harvard                      39   73  112
 8. HWS                          51   75  126
 9. Wisconsin                    81   63  144
10. Washington College           61   89  150
11. Eckerd                       78   79  157
12. Tufts                        89   70  159
13. Florida                      82   97  179
14. South Alabama                58  124  182
15. U/Washington                126  108  234
16. Michigan                    125  110  235
17. Florida Atlantic            112  127  239
18. UC/San Diego                140  134  274

A Division                TOT
        12. Wisconsin      81  Rob Pickens ’08 / Kelsey  Kramer ‘08 1, 2, 7-8,
                                        Christine Porter ‘/11 3-6
        16. Michigan      125  Scott Pfeffer ’09 / Maria Falcone ‘09
B Division                TOT
         7. Wisconsin      63  Patti Schmidt ‘08/ Beccah Steffensen ‘08
        15. Michigan      110  Blake Griffin ’11 /Kelsey Dubois ‘11

MCSA Team Race Championship

Sheridan Shores Yacht Club
April 5-6

Team Race Qualifiers were sailed in moderate to breezy southwest winds on Saturday, temperatures were in the 60's and 40 races were sailed. On Sunday the first round robin was finished in moderate southeast winds and a double final round robin and single consolation round robin were sailed in increasing southwest winds. Temperatures were in the low 60's. Congratulations to Wisconsin and ND for qualifying for the ICSA National Championship.

Final Four:
Wisconsin        14-1
Notre Dame       12-3
Northwestern     11-4
Michigan          6-9

Other schools    (consolation):
Minnesota         6-3 (2-1)
Michigan State    3-6 (3-0)
Miami             3-6 (1-2)
St, Thomas        2-7 (0-3)
Ohio State        2-7
Owens             0-9

Miami University
Ryan Zupon, Spencer Simms. John Plominski
Liz Manley, Katrina Barnes, Alexandra Guezennec

Michigan State University
Steve Griffith, Casey Ray, Craig Vigrass
Pete Peterson, Elise Miller, Emma Distel

Northwestern
Tod Reynolds, Jimmy Costakis, Eric Defeo
Erin Miller, Amanda Snyder, Grace Heckmann

Ohio State University
Conor Hawkins, Joseph Groszek, John Bennett
Bryn Bachman, Eric Boyden, Lauren Berk, Neal Gordan

Owens
Scott Marriott, Dave Weihs, Kevin Bradley
Jamie Turney, Michelle Eishen

University of Michigan
Scott Pfeffer, Adam Cove, Blake Griffin, Dan Morris,
Maria Falcone, Karly Pfeffer, Kelsey Dubois, Amy Leder

University of Minnesota
Jessica Haverstock, Dave Elsmo, Nick Hovland
Carolyn Vanous, Amberose Kramer, Kate Hockin
Allison Prange

University of Notre Dame
Tim Roy, John Dailey, Chris May
Ali Donahue, Caroline Yamartino, Paul Cordes

University of St. Thomas
Medora Sletten, Charlie Igo, Warren Gall
Matt Weisher, Rachel Piotraschke, Annie Leomporra,
Karen Hansen

University of Wisconsin
Rob Pickens, Patti Schmidt, Patrick Richards
Matt Kirley, Kelsey Kramer, Beccah Steffensen
Carrie Bargren

MCSA CO-ED DINGHY CHAMPIONSHIP

Columbia Yacht Club
April 12-13, 2008

The University of Minnesota did a fine job in moving this event from their home sailing waters on Lake Minnetonka which had three feet of ice to the Columbia Yacht Club in Chicago on short notice. The weather in Chicago on Saturday was sailable with temperatures in the middle 30’s and wind from the northeast in the 10-20 range. PRO Ben Bergen was able to get off 8 races in A Division and 6 in B Division. Sunday the wind continued to build from 25 with some gusts recorded at 40 mph. With the temperature being in the high 20’s racing was postponed until Noon when it was decided that conditions would not be improving. The scores were readjusted to the point where each Division had sailed 6 races and the Trophies were awarded.

Thanks to the Columbia Yacht Club for supporting the event. Others who assisted on the Race Committee were Evan Quasney, Cappy Capper. The Judges were: Alan Teske, Dennis Bartley, and Don Glazell.

 1      Wisconsin               13      13       26
 2      Minnesota               15      29       44
 3      Michigan                23      22       45
 4      Notre dame              21      32       53
 5      Northwestern            24      39       63
 6      Miami                   49      21       70
 7      Toledo                  45      27       72
 8      St. Thomas              48      43       91
 9      Michigan State          54      51      105
10      Univ. of Chicago        47      63      110
11      Ohio State              67      56      123
12      Iowa                    64      67      131

A Division              Total
 1.     Wisconsin       13      Rob Pickens ’08 / Pat Richards ‘10
 2.     Minnesota       15      Jessica Haverstock ’08  / Kate Hockin ‘10
 3.     Notre Dame      21      Tim Roy ’08 / Caroline Yamartino ‘11
 4.     Michigan        23      Scott Pfeffer ’09  / Maria Falcone ‘09
 5.     Northwestern    24      Jimmy Coskki ’09 / Erin Miller ‘08
 6.     Toledo          45      Mike Stark ’10 / Tory Bishop ‘08
 7.     Univ of Chicago 47      Christopher Allen ’09 / Josephine Cool ‘11
 8.     St. Thomas      48      Brandon Wilson ’10 / Matt Weishean ‘11
 9.     Miami           49      Ryan Zupon ’10 / Christian Pillat ‘11
10.     Michigan State  54      Caiti Dust ’10 / Pete Peterson ‘11
11.     Iowa            64      Amy Rohlfing ’09 / Mary Wagner ‘08
12.     Ohio State      67      John Bennett / Kyle Stokes

B Division              Total
 1.     Wisconsin       13      Patti Schmidt ’08 / Becccah Steffensen ‘08
 2.     Miami           21      Spencer Simms ’09 / Katrina Barnes ‘09
 3.     Michigan        22      Blake Griffin ’11 / Kelsey Dubois ‘11
 4.     Toledo          27      Ryan Lashaway ’10 / Sarah Trace ‘10
 5.     Minnesota       29      Dave Elsmo ’08 / Amberose Kramer ‘10
 6.     Notre Dame      32      Chris May ’08 / Ali Donahue     ‘10
 7.     Northwestern    39      Todd Reynolds ’11 / Amanda Snyder ‘10
 8.     St. Thomas      43      Medora Sletten ’10 / Rachel Piotraske ‘09
 9.     Michigan State  51      Keith Kroening ‘10 / Jovan Gonczar ‘10
10.     Ohio State      56      Joseph Groszer ’08 / Charles Murman
11.     Univ of Chicago 63      Colin Tuffy ’09 / Allie Wiell ‘11
12.     Iowa            67      Maria Argueta ’10 / Chris Jones ‘08

Buckeye Intersectional

Ohio State University
4/19-20/08

Saturday morning started off with a light breeze that increased into the afternoon and brought heavy rains. 10 races were completed.

There was little wind Sunday morning and 2 slow races were completed. Trophies were awarded to top three schools and to the top three teams in both A and B divisions.

                                A     B   TOT
 1. Northwestern                14    29   43
 2. Christopher Newport         22    24   46
 3. Providence                  38    13   51
 4. Michigan State              35    32   67
 5. John Carroll                48    28   76
 6. U Florida                   40    37   77
 7. Owens                       25    54   79
 8. Ohio State Scarlet          46    45   91
 9. Ohio U                      31    70  101
10. Miami                       45    63  108
11. Ohio State Gray             48    71  119
12. Wittenberg                  69    52  121
13. Michigan                    70    66  136
14. Washington U                98    61  159
15. Denison                     84    76  160
16. Bowling Green               92    97  189
17. Kenyon                      92   105  197

A Division                  TOT
  1. Northwestern           14  Eric Defeo ‘11 / Amanda Synder ‘10
  2. Christopher Newport    22  Matt Lythgoe ‘08 / Lynn B  ‘11
  3. Owens                  25  Kevin Bradley  1,2,5,6/Jason Hubbard  9,10
                                  Mandy Sundling - 1,2,9
  4. Ohio U                 31  Jordan Gourash ‘09’ / Ryanne Gallagher ‘09
  5. Michigan State         35  Casey Ray ‘09 / Elise Miller ‘09
  6. Providence             38  Marisa Woods ‘11/ Mary Cullen ‘10
  7. U Florida              40  Daniel Webernditer ‘09 /  Duke Ahruns ‘08
  8. Miami                  45  Ryan Zyeon ’10 / Chris Koch ‘11
  9. Ohio State Scarlet     46  Conor Hawkins ‘08 / Bryn Bachman ‘09
10. Ohio State Gray         48  Lauren Berk ‘11 / Emma Wis ‘08
11. John Carroll            48  Chris Simon ‘10 / Miquel Lopez ‘11
12. Wittenberg              69  Cartlin Kyle ‘11 / Charlotte Bauer ‘0 1,2,
                                  Matt Evenpreis ‘10 3,4,5,6
13. Michigan                70  John Johnston ‘10 / Mike Texter ‘10
14. Denison                 84  Blair Cathcan ’10 Rachel Goldhamer ‘11,
                                  Will Curto ‘11
15. Kenyon                  92  Grant Sunderland ’10 1-4/Phil Edmunds‘09 4
                                  Mike Schnapp ‘08 - 1-4, Ed Righter ‘09 4
16. Bowling Green           92  John Carter ‘09 / Christine Weaver ‘10
17. Washington  U           98  Trisha Wolf ‘09 /  Kris Meden ‘08

B Division                 TOT
 1. Providence              13  Patrick Boomer ’09 / Megan Kelley ‘10
 2. Christopher Newport     24  Taylor Gray ‘10 / Amy Polhemus ‘10
 3. John Carroll            28  Pat Bloomstine ‘09 / Mike Westerkamp ‘08
 4. Northwestern            29  Liz Hines ‘09 / Teressa Fox ‘09
 5. Michigan State          32  Steve Griffith ‘09 / Lindsey Vickers ‘08
 6. U Florida               37  Danny Levy ‘11 / Ashley Arenson ‘11
 7. Ohio State Scarlet      45  Joey Groszek ‘09 / Eric Boyden ‘09
 8. Wittenberg              52  Russ Cotner ‘09 1,2, Dave Weible‘09 3,4 /
                                  Matt Mcdonald ‘09
 9. Owens                   54  Scott Marriot  3,4 11,12, Ben Mercer
                                  David Weihls  3,4 11,12 ,Jaimie Turney
10. Washington U            61  Ariel Shapiro ’11 / Leah Fricker ‘11
11. Miami                   63  Ben Schip ‘11 / Nolan Mann ‘11
12. Michigan                66  Matt Sinclair ‘08 / Amy Leder ‘11
13. Ohio U                  70  Mac Fredrickson / Ben Conner
14. Ohio State Gray         71  Megan Kyser ‘10 / Mike Miller 08
15. Denison                 76  Tom Ryan ‘09/ He Minsh  ‘11
16. Bowling Green           97  Jerannee Carabello ‘09 / Joe Gibson ‘09
17. Kenyon                 105  Edward Reghter ‘09  7- /
                                  Phil Edmunds ‘09 , Riley Roche ‘11

WET YOUR WILLIE

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
APRIL 19-20, 2008

Saturday Morning started off dead with no wind and cloudy skies. Races were postponed until noon at which point some nice breeze between 8-12 mph moved in. A rotation got in two races, but as the B division was sent out fog moved in heavily to the point nobody could see the windward and leward marks simultaneously. Racing was postponed until 2pm at which point the fog had gotten worse and racing was called for the day.

Sunday was blessed with beautiful weather in the morning as winds between 5-10 mph made racing smooth. Windward-leward races were changed to twice-arounds as the wind continued to build to between 12-15 mph. After mid-morning however, the wind died during the last rotation and made for some interesting racing as northeastern swells rocked boats around. One protest and two requests for redress were filled. The protest resulting in both boats being disqualified because damage and injury occurred and both requests for redress were denied.


 1 Wisconsin 2          16      17       33
 2 Wisconsin 1          25      12       37
 3 Michigan 1           19      22       41
 4 Notre Dame 1         21      30       51
 5 Northwestern 1       28      29       57
 6 Notre Dame 2         41      33       74
 7 U Chicago            34      52       86
 8 Northwestern 3       58      38       96
 9 Milwaukee            39      81      120
10 Northwestern 2       66      59      125
11 Michigan 2           65      61      126
12 Great Lakes          74      61      135
13 Iowa                 70      66      136
14 Carlteon             88      79      167
15 Illinois             83      94      177
16 Michigan Tech        95      84      179

A Division              TOT
 1. Wisconsin 2         16  Leif Evensen '11 / Allie Valentor '10
 2. Michigan 1          19  Christina Baker '10  / Dave Coviak '08
 3. Notre Dame 1        21  Jaci Chase '09 Caroline Yamartim '11
 4. Wisconsin 1         25  Bob Stelte '09 Margaux Stutz '11
 5. Northwestern 1      28  Andrew Wien '10 Meredith Laitos '09
 6. U Chicago           34  Chris Allen '09 /  Justin Ascheneber '11
 7. Milwaukee           39  Josh Bowens  Rubin '08 Geet Sharman '10  1,4,
                              Jordan Shackland '11  5,6
 8. Notre Dame 2        41  Tim O'Brien '10 /  Kristen Rhoa '11  1,2,5,6,
                              Lauren Szotko '11  3,4
 9. Northwestern 3      58  Joe Teno '10  1,2, Brett Herda '11  3,4,5,6 /
                              Kathrine Densmore '11
10. Michigan 2          65  Mike Hamel '11 / Mackenzie Fankell '09
11. Northwestern 2      66  Christine Heckmann'08 1,2,5,6/Andrew Prince 3,4/
                              Shannon Oliver‘10 1,2/Olivia Green'10 3-6
12. Iowa                70  Amy Rohlfing '09 / Mary Wagner '08
13. Great Lakes         83  Sean Wilson '10 /  Andrew Werner '10
15. Carleton            88  George Kennedy '10 /  Robert Kennedy '09
16. Michigan Tech       95  Heather Robertson '09 Matt Purres '11 1,
                              Doug Rombach '11 3,4,5,6

 B Division             TOT
 1. Wisconsin 1         12  Brent Chinnock '10  /  Drew Kosmoski '10
 2. Wisconsin 2         17  Joanna Clark '11 Kristina Schaldach '11
 3. Michigan 1          22  Kelsey Dubois '11 Karly Pfeffer '11
 4. Northwestern 1      29  Cliff Harding '08 Maija Mikkila '10
 5. Notre Dame 1        30  Joe Peris '09  / Jessica Hedrich '09
 6. Notre Dame 2        33  Paul Cordes '09 / Kevin Vega '10
 7. Northwestern 3      38  Mike Jung '09 1,2,3,4, Justin Cohler '11 5,6 /
                              Heather Knowlton '11
 8. U Chicago           52  Otto Hansen '09 Amanda Markey '08
 9. Northwestern 2      59  Tamu Christ'10 1,2,5,6, Eric Michele'11 3,4/
                              Bryan Stenson '10
10. Great Lakes         61  Sean Liljegren '10 / Chelsea Greenwell '10
11. Michigan 2          61  Dominic Piro '09 / Meaghan Maraffino '11
12. Iowa                66  Maria Argueta '10 / Chris Jones '08
13. Carleton            79  Brian Goff '08  / James Jackson '11
14. Milwaukee           81  Victoria Livingston'11 / Jordan Shackleford'09
15. Michigan Tech       84  Jake Mohan '11 /  Matt Purres '11
16. Illinois            94  Jaime Gay'11 Marilyn Logan'09,Christine Paks'10

ICSA National Western Semi-Final

USC - US Sailing Center, Long Beach

April 26-27, 2008

Saturday: Temperatures well into the 80's. Varying winds from every direction 4 to 12 knots. Lots of good racing and very tight results in the lower qualifying spots. 14 races were sailed in each Division.

There was no wind on Sunday. Boats: CFJ

                                  A    B   TOT
 1. Georgetown                   51   61  112
 2. Yale                         72   60  132
 3. Brown                       101   77  178
 4. College of Charleston        86   98  184
 5. MIT                         120   80  200
 6. Roger Williams               99  127  226
 8. South Florida               116  121  237
 9. NY Maritime                 148   92  240
10. Hawaii                      130  128  258
11. USC                         107  160  267
12. Old Dominion                139  147  286
13. Western. Washington         168  168  336
14. Texas                       148  222  370
15. Minnesota                   194  180  374
16. Northwestern                215  164  379
17. Notre Dame                  216  185  401
18. Texas A&M Galv              195  221  416

A Division                 TOT
        15. Minnesota      194  J Haverstock 08 1-4/11-14,
                                K Hockin 10, N Horland 10 5-10
        17. Northwestern   215  J Costakis 09 / E Miller 08
        18. Notre Dame     216  T Roy 08 / C Yamertino 11

B Division                 TOT
        13. Northwestern   164  E Defeo 11/A Snyder 10 1-7/9-14,T Lorenzi 09 8
        15. Minnesota      180  D Elsmo 08/A Kramer 10 1-12,K Hockin 10 13-14
        16. Notre Dame     185  J Dailey 08 1-12,C May 08 13-14 /
                                    A Donahue 10 1-12,P Cordes 13-14

Intrepid Trophy

U. S. Naval Academy
April 19-20, 2008

Saturday: PRO Taran Teague and her race committee team were able to complete 7 flights sailing aboard the Academy’s fleet of Colgate 26s, in light southeasterly breeze on the Severn River just off the Academy seawall. Chief Umpire Angelo Buscemi pulled together a total of 10 umpires from around the country to make the on-water calls. When the dust settled, Navy was on top with 6 wins and 1 loss while St, Mary’s, KP, Washington College, SUNY and Maine are in a 5 way tie for second each with 5 wins and 2 losses.

Sunday: For the third year straight, the Intrepid Trophy Regatta came down to a tie breaker among the top 4 teams. Maine Maritime, SUNY, KP and Navy each finished the round with 9 wins and 2 losses apiece. The tie was broken first by determining who among the top 4 had more wins against those teams. Both Maine and SUNY had 2 wins while KP and Navy had only one. Maine had beaten SUNY which allowed them to stake claim to the overall title. SUNY wound up second while KP by virtue of beating Navy took third with Navy in fourth.

All of the competitors displayed excellent keelboat skills and most teams had their match race moves in order as well.

The Intrepid Trophy Regatta is applying to ISAF to be recognized as a Grade 3 match race event for this year and the future so competing skippers will ultimately earn ISAF match race ranking.

                                Wins    Losses
 1. Maine Maritime              9       2
 2. New York Maritime           9       2
 3. US Merchant Marine          9       2
 4. US Naval Academy            9       2
 5. Washington College          8       3
 6. St. Mary’s College          6       5
 7. US Coast Guard              6       5
 8. University of Michigan      4       7
 9. Northeastern University     3       8
10. UMASS Boston                2       9
11. Miami University            1       10
12. Webb Institute              0       11

Last edited on May 4, 2008 6:27 pm
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