BRISTOL, R.I. – The Roger Williams University sailing team got off to a strong start for the 2022-23 season, placing first at the Mt. Hope Bay Invitational.
The Hawks also competed at the Toni Deutsch Regatta hosted by MIT, along with the Harry Anderson Trophy at Yale, and the Pine Trophy hosted by Coast Guard.
At the Mt. Hope Invite, The Hawks first team won the regatta. The A Division Team of skipper Oliver Stokke (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and crew Claire Buckley (Bridgewater, Conn.) claimed first in their opening three races, adding a fourth and second place finish with nine points total to clinch the division.
The top RWU Division B boat of Jack Roman (Newport Beach, Calif.) and Maren Matthews (Grosse Ile, Mich.) picked up 19 points, ranking second in the division behind the top Coast Guard boat. Roman and Matthews finished first place twice. Stokke/Buckley and Roman/Matthews combined for a first-place finish with 28 points.
The second team for the Hawks placed fourth at Mt. Hope with the Division A pairing of skipper Kyle Pfrang and crew Ethan Snyder (Sea Cliff, N.Y.) earning 27 points, to go along with the Division B boat of Ian Hopkins Guerra and crew Ian Coen (Madison, N.J.) for a combined 46 points. Drew Mastovsky and Ruby Hope with Lexi Chigas and Dom Spinola finished 9th overall.
At the Pine Trophy the Hawks finished sixth compiling 38 points. Carlos Bermudez de Castro (La Coruña, Spain) Callum Robbins (Cohasset, Mass.), Emmett Nevel (Chicago, Ill.), and Chase Reynolds (Southport, Conn.) picked up a first-place finish in the opening race.
The Harry Anderson Jr. Trophy at Yale, the Hawks finished in eighth place finish with Cameron Wood (Newport Beach, Calif.) and Annika Irene (Excelsior, Minn.) finishing in seventh in Division A while Aidan Hoogland (Chula Vista, Calif.) and Molly Matthews (Grosse Ile, Mich.) placed inside the top 10 in Division B.
In the final regatta of the weekend, Claire Siegel-Wilson (Portland, Ore.) and Julia O'Connor (Foxboro, Mass.) served as the Hawks representatives in Division A and Division B sailors Caylin Schnoor (San Diego, Calif.) and Elyssa Franklin (St. Croix, V.I.) wrapped up the Toni Deutsch Trophy combining for 11th.
The Roger Williams sailing team will be back on the water next weekend.
