Bronx, NY– The Washington College sailing team finished second in the Stony Brook Team 2v2 Race. The Shoremen and Shorewomen finished 18-2 on the day and ended in second place overall.
Stony Brook 2v2 Race
Saturday, March 7:
Day started with a 10:30 Report Time. As the fog burned off, teams hit water, for a 11:15 first start. Great breeze from the south filled the course with the race course right of the Fordham University Waterfront Center Pier. Some of the best spectating in college sailing. Races lasted 7-10 minutes. Stony Brook Athletes did a fantastic job running and scoring the races. Thank you. Lots of good development from all teams. RC was able to complete 43 races. One 8-Team complete round robin, through flight 6 of Round 2. Plan is to complete Round to then enter into a final Round 3.
How It Happened
- The Shoremen ended day one with the lead, 11-1 over Fordham. The Rams took the lead in day two ending their day one win over the Shoremen with a 19-1 record.
- Skippers Rachel Morgen and Soledad Fintel teamed up with Austin Latimer and Alex Salzberg at crew for a majority of the races. George Wood and Matt Nadolny skippering one race each.
- The last two races were not sailed and the only loss of the weekend for the Shoremen and Shorewomen was against the first place team, Fordham.
Up Next
The Washington College Sailing team will travel back to the Bronx to participate in an open team race at Fordham on March 14th and 15th.