Rose, Arias, and Carrasco Earn Sailors of the Week Honors at SAISA Women’s Championship
This past weekend's SAISA Women's Conference Championship regatta brought the top women's teams in the conference to the Eckerd College waterfront where they were greeted by strong wind with gusts over 25. Conditions were challenging, but provided some sailors with the opportunity to make things happen on the race course. Dotted with past SAISA Sailors of the Week, this year's women's field was especially strong. With a bullet out of the gate, and then a long wait for improved conditions, Jacksonville University's Charlotte Rose and GiGi Arias were in a good position. As teams returned to the water after the hiatus, Rose and Arias found themselves in the middle of the fleet at the start of the second race. Through impressive downwind boat speed, and a healthy mix of smart and lucky decisions upwind, they were able to outpace the field for the race win. From there Rose and Arias, and later veteran JU sailor Ana Carrasco would finish the regatta with a wire-to-wire A-Division win securing this week's SAISA Women's Sailors of the Week. Rose, Arias, and Carrasco deliver the regatta low score with 9 points over 8 races, only giving up the picket fence to the hometown Tritons on the last race of the day. With their teammates securing the B-Division win, the Jacksonville Fins punched their ticket to Newport and win SAISA Women's Conference Champs for the first time in their program history. Congratulations to Jacksonville, as well as the women from the College of Charleston, Eckerd College, and the University of South Florida who will also represent SAISA in Newport at the ICSA Women's National Championships.
