Brown Women’s Team Race Team named NEISA Women’s Sailors of the Week
Providence, RI– April 13-14, 2019- The Brown University Women’s Team won the 2019 Women’s National Team Race Invite in an impressive fashion this past weekend. The Bears bested the 13-team field with a record of 17-2. It was a team effort for Brown, with skippers Ragna Agerup (’20), Sophie Hibben (’19), and Hannah Steadmen (’20) racing with crews Abigal Konys (’19), Maxine de Havenon (’19), Emma Montgomery (’22), Meghan Malpani (’19), and Emily Ito (’19). Depending on the conditions, the five crews switched onto the starting team, and also switched between the three starting skippers.
This was the second year for the Women’s National Team Racing Invite. It was extremely competitive, and proof that women’s team racing is growing and thriving. Brown did finish 3 wins ahead of second place Dartmouth (14-5), but they had several close races that they were able to convert on the final beat. Races in the final round of 8 were intense, and several sail-offs were held at the end of the round to break ties.
Yale University’s Shawn Harvey and Graceann Nicolosi named NEISA Coed Sailors of the Week
New London, CT– April 13-14, 2019- Condition were challenging at the always competitive Thompson Trophy last weekend. But the Yale duo of Harvey (’21) and Nicolosi (’20) had it figured out, winning A division by 13 points. The pair won four of the events 13 races. This was the first major coed fleet race event, and a great start for the duo from Yale.
Around the Conference …
Tufts won the Women’s President’s Trophy, Parker Colantuono and Kevin Stamp of URI won the Priddy Trophy and are the NEISA 2019 Freshman Champions, Boston College won the Oberg Trophy, URI won the Central Series, and Yale was the top NEISA team at the Owen Trophy, finishing 2ndoverall but claimed the Owen, Mosbacher and Knapp Trophies as the top Ivy League School and “Old Guard” school beating Harvard by a mere five points.