CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — The Roger Williams University sailing team competed at four regattas over the weekend of October 24-25, earning second-place finishes at the Oberg Trophy and the Norman Reid Team Race while also competing at the Open Atlantic Coast Championship and the Yale Women's Regatta.
OPEN ATLANTIC COAST CHAMPIONSHIP
At the Open Atlantic Coast Championship in Annapolis, Md., hosted by Brown University at the Ted Turner '60 Sailing Pavilion at Edgewood Yacht Club, the Hawks finished seventh overall with 181 points. Roger Williams recorded 63 points in A Division and 118 points in B Division.
Saturday's racing featured southerly winds of 6-8 knots, allowing for six A Division races and five B Division races. Sunday saw four additional races in A Division and five in B Division, bringing the total to 10 races in each division.
Bo Angus (Richmond, Va.), Jed Lory (Severna Park, Md.), and Addy Fisher (Charleston, S.C.) led the Hawks with a fifth-place finish in A Division. Yale finished first overall, followed by Boston College in second and Brown in third among the 18-team field.
YALE WOMEN'S REGATTA
At the Yale Women's Regatta in New Haven, Conn., Roger Williams finished sixth overall with 174 points. The Hawks tallied 111 points in A Division and 63 points in B Division.
OBERG TROPHY
Competing in Boston, Mass., the Hawks earned a second-place finish at the Oberg Trophy with 31 points. Roger Williams recorded 13 points in B Division and 18 points in C Division to secure the runner-up result.
NORMAN REID TEAM RACE
At the Norman Reid Team Race in Chestnut Hill, Mass., Roger Williams also finished second overall. The Hawks were represented by skippers Spencer Mazur (Tiverton, R.I.), Gavin Morris (Annapolis, Md.), and Connor McHugh (Annandale, N.J.), alongside crews Dominik Moncur (Plymouth, Minn.), Brielle Santala (Wyckoff, N.J.), and Maggie Fleming (San Diego, Calif.).
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Hawks returns to competition October 31-November 1 at the Schell Trophy in Burlington, Vt., the Urn Trophy in Hanover, N.H., and the Nickerson Trophy in Medford, Mass. The Hawks will also compete at the Terrier Invite in Boston, Mass., on October 31.
