*** Holder and de Alessi are the Women's Sailors of the Week ***
*** Baker and Markert are the Open Sailors of the Week ***
The Intercollegiate Sailing Association’s (ICSA) three spring national championships, Women’s National Semi-Final and Final Championship, Open Team Race National Championship, and the Open Dinghy National Semi-Final and Final Championship will begin Tuesday, May 23. The Women’s event will last for four days immediately followed by the Team Race championship on May 27, lasting for three days and the Open championship on May 30, lasting for four days.
The three events will be hosted by the United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, at the Yocum Sailing Center, in Kings Point, NY and the Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association. Book ending the spring championships are the ICSA Annual Meeting, held on Monday, May 22, where the ICSA Hall of Fame Honorees will be announced and the ICSA Afterguard / Alumni Regatta on June 3-4, at Seanwahaka Corinthian Yacht Club, Centre Island, NY.
This past weekend at the Navy Spring Women's Fleet Race, NC State University skipper Isa du Plessis (Jr., Ft. Lauderdale, FL) and crew Annika Milstien (So., Tampa, FL) overcame bitter cold and challenging conditions on the Severn River to win B-Division at the competitive interconference event. With three bullets and five podium finishes across the two-day event, du Plessis and Milstien propelled the Wolfpack to an overall 8th place finish at the cross-regional event hosted by the USNA, and earned this week's SAISA Women's Sailors of the Week honors.
At this past weekend's Bob Bavier Team Race hosted at the College of Charleston, the University of Miami team race squad put together an outstanding regatta securing wins over nationally ranked teams en route to an appearance in the final round and a 4th place overall finish, top amongst SAISA competitors at the event. The Hurricanes squad of Aidan Dennis (So., Kemah, TX), Dom Canonico (Sr., Tampa, FL), Atlee Kohl (So., St. Croix, USV), Natalie Elder (So., Boston, MA), Marshall McCann (Sr., Houston, TX), James Nappo (Jr., Chicago, IL), Steven Hardee (Fr., St. Croix, USV), and Teddy Bueres (Sr., Miami, FL) delivered a great performance over the two-day event and earned this week's SAISA Open Sailors of the Week honors.
SEISA Racing Schedule