BRISTOL, R.I. – The Roger Williams University Sailing team raced in three regattas this past weekend, coming away with a victory in the MIT FJ Team Racing Invite.
 
Hawk Highlights
Roger Williams posted a first-place finish in the MIT FJ Team Racing Invite, topping the 12-team field. RWU was just able to edge Brown by one race to take the win. At the Rudkin Team Race down in Florida at Eckard, the Hawks finished runner-up among the seven teams, trailing just Connecticut College by three races. RWU concluded the weekend at the Icebreaker Fleet Race at Tufts, where the Hawks took tenth.
 
Team Results
MIT FJ Team Racing Invite (1^st / 12)
Rudkin Team Race (2^nd / 7)
Icebreaker Fleet Race (10^th / 16)
 
Individual Results
MIT FJ Team Racing Invite
Round 1: 9-2 (def. British U, Brown, MIT 2, MIT 3, Rhode Island, Northeastern, Salve Regina, Tufts, Vermont)
Round 2: 9-2 (def. MIT 1, MIT 2, MIT 3, Tufts, Northeastern, Harvard, Salve Regina, Vermont, British U)
Skippers: Peter Neal (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), Riley Read (Portland, Ore.), Chase Reynolds (Southport, Conn.), Johnny Walton (Grosse Pointe, Mich.)
Crews: Kristi Dolan (West Islip, N.Y.), Annika Irene (Excelsior, Minn.), Molly Matthews (Grosse Ile, Mich.), Ariana Smaldone (Tiverton, R.I.)
 
 
Rudkin Team Race
Round 1: 4-2 (def. Eckard, Charleston, Stanford, Yale)
Round 2: 4-2 (def. Stanford, Boston College, Connecticut College, Yale)
Round 3: 4-2 (def. Charleston, Stanford, Boston College, Yale)
Round 4: 5-1 (def. Eckard, Charleston, Stanford, Boston College, Yale)
Skippers: Spencer Cartwright (Nassau, Bahamas), Grant Gridley (Portland, Ore.), Cameron Wood (Corona del Mar, Calif.), David Wood (Corona del Mar, Calif.)
Crews: Emily Gildea (Palos Park, Ill.), Rachel Holick (Lawrence, N.J.), Julia O'Connor (Foxboro, Mass.), Waturu Kondo (Fukuoka, Japan)
 
 
Icebreaker Fleet Race
A Division (8^th / 16): 1 3^rd place finish, 1 6^th place finish, 2 7^th place finishes
Skipper: Madeline Pope (Mattapoisett, Mass.)
Crew: Ariana Smaldone (Tiverton, R.I.)
 
B Division (10^th / 16): 1 7^th place finish, 1 8^th place finish, 3 9^th place finishes
Skipper: George Higham (Pine Beach, N.J.)
Crew: Cal Robbins (Cohasset, Mass.)
 
What's Next
March 14-15: Southern New England Team Race @ Coast Guard
March 14-15: Geiger Team Race @ MIT
March 15: Central Series 1 @ Mass. Maritime