Despite chilly conditions in much of the country during week 7, team racing is heating up across the ICSA including the Graham Hall at Navy, and the Southern New England Team Race regatta. In women's fleet racing, the St. Mary's Spring Women's regatta was top interconference billing, however both this week's women's and co-ed SOTW honors were earned at the two conference regattas held in Atlanta and Gainesville.
With a win in A-division at North Points #4, Georgia Tech's veteran squad of Megan Ploch and Zoe Genet earn SAISA Women's Sailors of the Week recognition. The Yellowjacket team of Ploch and Genet grabbed the division lead by the second race and held on putting distance between them and the rest of the field with finishes that included two bullets and no finishes worse than 4th on the day.
In SAISA South, we find this week's SOTW selection delivering a dominant performance in B-division at South Points #4 as Jacksonville University's Ben McKissick-Hawley and Liz Johnson earn a division win, contributing to their team's regatta win and return to the top of SAISA South standings. The Fins' McKissick-Hawley and Johnson were only one race away from a picket fence scoring 7 points in 6 races, half the total of their nearest competitor. Congratulations to both squads!
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