St. Mary's Sailing Competes at Anderson Trophy

St. Mary's City, Md. – The St. Mary's College of Maryland sailing team participated at the Harry Anderson Trophy hosted by Yale University this weekend and the Seahawks finished 12th in the 20-team field.

The Seahawks sailed 10 races in each of the two divisions.  B division notched the best score for St. Mary's as sophomore skipper Ian Liberty (Colts Neck, N.J.) and junior crew Ainsley Thomson (Princeton, N.J.) claimed sixth in the division with 81 points as the duo notched three top 2 finishes, including a pair of first-place finishes.

Sophomore skipper Fletcher Sims (Annapolis, Md.) and sophomore crew Nicole DeAngeli (Reno, Nev.) tallied a 15th-place finish in A division.

Other Regattas Sailed by St. Mary's: Sophomore skipper John Wallace (St. Petersburg, Fla.) earned a berth in the Carl Van Duyne/MAISA Singlehanded Championships to be held October 8-9 at USMMA Kings Point as Wallace finished third at this weekend's Navy Laser South.  Only the top six finishers advanced to the MAISA Championships.  He picked up five top 3 finishes in nine races sailed, including a first-place finish in the fifth race.

First-year skipper Nicolas Clemence (Pewaukee, Wis.) and senior skipper Wick Dudley (Queenstown, Md.) also competed at the Navy Laser South, finishing 16th and 17th, respectively.

At the Riley Cup hosted by Old Dominion University, first-year skipper Thomas Galster (Wickford, R.I.) and first-year crew Christina Lewis (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) led the Seahawks to a fifth-place finish in the 16-team field as the tandem captured the B division with 13 points on the strength of five top two finishes.

Sophomore skipper Randall Hause (Newport Beach, Calif.) and junior crew Allie Smith (Pembroke, Mass.) picked up a seventh-place finish in A division with 36 points.