Seahawks Bring Home Three Top 5 Finishes

The St. Mary's College of Maryland sailing team continued the fall portion of their 2008-09 season with four more regattas along the East Coast. 

Danmark Trophy
St. Mary's claimed second at the Danmark Trophy regatta hosted by the U.S. Coast Guard Academy with 143 points, notching 83 in the A division (12 races) and 60 in the B division (12 races).  Junior skipper Jesse Kirkland (Warwick, Bermuda) and sophomore crew Brooke Thomson (Newport Beach, Calif.) placed fourth in the A division, while sophomore skipper Michael Menninger (Newport Beach, Calif.) and junior crew Kelly Wilbur (Ipswich, Mass.) were second in the B division. 

Finger Lakes Women's Intersectional
Sophomore skipper Megan Magill (San Diego, Calif.) and senior crew Jen Chamberlin (Alexandria, Va.) and Keisha Pearson (East Patchogue, N.Y.) garnered a first place finish with 57 points in the inaugural Finger Lakes Intersectional hosted by Hobart and William Smith Colleges, while junior skipper Sara Morgan Watters (Oxford, Md.) and sophomore crew Meredith Powlison (Shelburne, Vt.) were 40 points behind, placing fifth. 

Tom Curtis Memorial Regatta
Freshman skipper Mimi Roller (St. John, V.I./Antilles) and junior crew Abby Rowlands (Cleveland, Ohio) helped the Seahawks take third at the Tom Curtis Memorial hosted by Georgetown University with their fourth place in the A division (38 points).  Freshman skipper Wick Dudley (Queenstown, Md./Gunston Day School) and junior crew Stefanie Glorioso were also fourth with 38 points in the B division. 

T.S. Stern Sloop Regatta
Junior skipper Ted Hale (Annapolis, Md.) and crew Derick Vranizan (Seattle, Wash.) and Michael Kuschner (San Francisco, Calif.) totaled 16 points in six races to be just two points out of second place at the Stern Regatta hosted by the College of Charleston.