United States Coast Guard Academy - Department of Athletics

New London, CT--(2/23/09)--The Coast Guard Academy Sailing Team finished 9th out of 18 teams this past weekend at the College of Charleston Spring Intersectional hosted by the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC. Having not been able to practice before the regatta due to cold New England weather, the Bears were happy to find themselves right in the middle of the fleet at the end of the weekend. Sam Ingham ’11 and Cezar Gomez ’10 finished 12th in A-Division with 114 points. In B-Division, Jon Duffett ’11, Jenn Hom ’09, and Chris Grabe ’10 finished 8th, with 104 points.

The Women’s Sailing Team also got off to a great start, finishing 2nd out of 9 teams at the University of South Florida (USF) Women’s Intersectional hosted by USF in St. Petersburg, FL. The sailors were treated to beautiful Florida sailing conditions which allowed for 18 races to be completed in both divisions. Sailing for the Bears in A-Division were Krysta Rohde ’11 and Kirstin Haas ’10 who finished 3rd in their division with 72 points. Jenn Proctor ’11 and Margaret Woodbridge ’10 sailed finished 3rd in B-Division with 61 points. This was a very good early season performance by the Lady Bears who hope to continue their success from the fall season - when they were ranked as high as 12th in the country - into the spring.

CGA (in orange boats) has a great start in the last race versus MIT (in black).

New London, CT--(10/12/08)--The Coast Guard Academy Intercollegiate Sailing Team won the silver fleet and finished 7th overall at the Hap Moore Trophy Team Race hosted by CGA this past weekend. 11 teams from both NEISA and MAISA traveled to New London to compete in this team race intersectional. Sailors were treated to beautiful weather and great seabreeze both afternoons which allowed for 80 races to be completed throughout the weekend.

When the first round robin was completed, the teams were divided into Gold and Silver divisions. After losing some very close races in the opening round robin, Coast Guard found themselves in the Silver division. The Bears sailed well versus the rest of the field in the silver division and it came down to the last race with MIT to decide who would finish first. The last race was a battle all the way around the racecourse but Coast Guard was just able to squeeze out the win. Sailing for the Bears were Sam Ingham '11, Ian Oviatt '10, Jon Duffett '11, Kirstin Haas '10, Jenn Hom '09, and Tanya Cuprak '11.

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