United States Coast Guard Academy - Department of Athletics - Intercollegiate Sailing

Boston, MA--(5/2/10)--Coast Guard finished the season on a high note this past weekend, winning the George Morris Intersectional hosted by Boston University. Racing near the top of the fleet was very tight all weekend, with several lead changes. Going into the final two races of the regatta, Coast Guard found themselves six points behind the home team, Boston University. In the A-Division race, Sam Ingham ’11 and Amanda Hamlet ’12 were able to put three points on BU, which left the Bears closer to the win but still three points back. Ian Oviatt ’10 and Tanya Cuprak ’11 rose to the challenge in B-Division, finishing 2nd in the race with BU in 6th. Coast Guard won the regatta with a point to spare.

Ingham and Hamlet won A-Division by ten points, finishing with 26 points in nine races, with three race wins and only one race outside of the top four. Oviatt and Cuprak were third in B-Division with 41 points, one race win, and several top five finishes. The team combined for 67 points. Boston University was second with 68 points and Roger Williams was third with 75 points.

Coast Guard also wrapped up a season long bid to win the Southern Series this past weekend, with a third place out of nine teams at Southern Series 7, hosted by Salve Regina. Going into the weekend, the scores were very tight between several teams. A strong performance from the Bears in the last event sealed the deal for the season long series win. In a combined division format, Will Cotta ’11 and Kristen Holloway ’12 finished 3rd with 45 points. Tom Chronert ’13 and Matt Stroebel ’12 finished 7th with 70 points.