The Hoya sailing team wrapped up its spring season with a slew of honors and high finishes at the ICSA North American championships.
Led by the third-place-winning women’s team, Georgetown finished in the top five in each of the three regattas, held at the Austin Yacht Club in Austin, Texas, from June 1-10.
The women’s A-division pair of junior skipper Derby Anderson and senior crew Barbara Hall tallied 100 points. Combined with the 90 points of the B-division duo of freshman skipper Blaire Herron and sophomore crew Emily Siguler, the team earned its highest-ever finish at the women’s championships.
Herron earned all-American honorable mention in her first year. She is one of only two freshmen on the women’s list.
With 160 points, Harvard’s women won the regatta, which included 36 teams from 18 schools.
Georgetown has qualified for the national championship in team racing for a conference-leading six years in a row. The Hoyas got off to a rocky start at this year’s team racing event, however, losing all seven of their first-round races. But Georgetown put itself into contention with a 6-0 win streak in the second half, only to drop its final race. Its 6-8 finish was good enough for fifth place but just outside the regatta’s final four.
Hobart and William Smith, racing as a single entry, won the regatta easily with 13 wins and four losses. In a three-way tie for second, Yale, Southern California and Harvard finished 10-7.
Fourteen schools were represented in team racing, and four pairs sailed for the Hoyas in the regatta, led by the all-American duo of junior skipper Andrew Campbell and sophomore crew Caroline LaMotte. The all-American honor is the third for Campbell and the first for LaMotte.
The pair of senior skipper Steve Streit and sophomore crew Emilie Bogrand also competed, as well as junior skip Ed duMoulin and senior crew Dorothee Bergin along with freshman skip Chris Behm and senior crew Barbara Hall. Bergin is a first-time all-American this year.
The coed dinghy championship culminated the week and a half of sailing, and the Hoyas finished near the top again.
Campbell skippered the A-division team to 106 points, one of the best totals in the competition. Bergin, LaMotte and junior Nick Deane each had a turn as crew.
For the B division, Streit teamed up with crews Hall and Bogrand. After leading for most of the regatta, the Hoya B team finished with 142 points.
Georgetown took fourth place with their total of 248 points, but it was just one point behind Dartmouth in third.
With 197 points, Hobart and William Smith earned another victory in this final regatta to go two-for-three on the championships.
As for Georgetown, the Hoyas finished second in the running for the Fowle Trophy, which goes to the collegiate team of the year based on its performances in the six national championship events.
Besides the three spring regattas, the Hoyas were represented by Campbell and junior Cordo Carraher at the men’s and women’s singlehanded championships. Campbell took first place while Carraher managed a top-10 finish.
The Hoyas did not compete in the sloops championship, which counts the least towards trophy point standings.
Georgetown’s second-place finish is its highest ever in Fowle Trophy standings.
Harvard, the 2005 trophy winner, has won in each of the last five years.
