RWU Sailing Logs Two Runner-Up Results On The Weekend

Recap, photo courtesy of RWU

BRISTOL, R.I. – Though the Roger Williams University Sailing's team's streak of winning at least one regatta was ended at four weekends in a row, the team still managed to pull off two second-place finishes in their three events.
 
At the Camel Team Race, hosted by Connecticut College, Roger Williams took second place at the event. The Hawks began the regatta going 3-2 with wins over Brown, Coast Guard, and Northeastern in the first round robin. The team then went to work in the second round robin, posting a perfect 5-0 record and claiming victories over Brown, Coast Guard, Dartmouth, Northeastern, and Tufts. Though the Hawks made it to the final four, RWU would go 3-3 over two round robins, finishing at 11-5 overall. Sailing for the Hawks were Daniel Petrovic (Tortola, BVI), Hallie Repeta (Portland, Maine), Peter Neal (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), Rachel Holick (Lawrence, N.J.), Kelsey Shakin (Boston, Mass.), and Megan Roach (Newport Beach, Calif.).
 
At the Herring Pond Team Race, hosted Mass. Maritime, Roger Williams took home another runner-up result. RWU struggled in the first two round robins, posting one win over UMass-Amherst in each go. The Hawks improved to 3-0 in the third round robin, defeating UMass-Amherst, Vermont, and Mass. Maritime. However, RWU finished with another 1-2 record in the final round robin, beating UMass-Amherst for the fourth time in the regatta. The Hawks sent Henry Stames (Duxbury, Mass.), Darcy Lavoie (Burlington, Vt.), Riley Read (Portland, Ore.), Kristi Dolan (West Islip, N.Y.), Paul de Souza (Nassau, Bahamas), and Ariana Smaldone (Tiverton, R.I.) to compete.
 
At the Lynne Marchiando Team Race, hosted by MIT, RWU took sixth. The Hawks advanced to the Gold Top 6 after putting together a 10-5 record with wins over Boston College, Bowdoin, Coast Guard, Connecticut College, Dartmouth, Harvard, and Hobart & William Smith. Unfortunately for the Hawks, the team did not find much success in the two gold round robins, as RWU went 1-8 over the two rounds. Mackenzie Bryan (Christiansted, USVI), Jennifer Agell (Huntington, N.Y.), Martim Anderson (Lisbon, Portugal), Dane Pedersen (Chanhassen, Minn.), Spencer Cartwright (Nassau, Bahamas), Rebecca Anderson (Northport, N.Y.), and Michael McBrien (East Patchogue, N.Y.) all competed for RWU on the weekend.