Volume CXXXI, Number 20 April 5, 2002 f

Sailing casts off with hopes of a good season
JENNIFER LARAIA
STAFF WRITER

The Bowdoin Sailing Team is off to a good start. The Polar Bears are now entering the third weekend of spring racing. The team spent a week of Spring Break training in Brunswick and sailed to a fifth place finish at the Icebreaker Invite in the beginning of March.

Bowdoin sails into a competitive season. (Courtesy of The Bowdoin Sailing Team)

With the training and invitational to prepare them, the Bowdoin sailors were ready for last weekend's competitions. All of the sailors, first years, sophomores, juniors and seniors, turned in top performances in the three regattas. Bowdoin sent sailors to the Joseph Duplin Trophy at Tufts, to the Veitor Trophy at Coast Guard, and to the Metro Series at Boston University.

At Tufts, Bowdoin sailed to a ninth place finish overall. Skipper Laura Windecker '03 and crew Becca Bartlett '05 sailed in the A division, while skipper Laura Hutton '04 and crew Jackie Haskell '05 sailed in the B division. At Coast Guard, skipper Simon Gerson '02 and crew Melanie Keene '03 sailed in the A division, while skipper Tyler Dunphy '03 and crew Gia Upchurch '05 sailed in the B division. The teams earned a fourth place finish overall with the combination of their finishes. At Boston University, Pieter Scheerlinck '05, Edward Briganti '05, and Elliot Wright '04 scored a fifth place finish.

This weekend, Bowdoin will send sailors to the Emily Wick Trophy at M.I.T., to the Eastern Series 1 at U.N.H., and to Admiral Alymers Trophy at Maine Maritime. Keene commented on the team's prospects: "Looking at the results of the past two weekends, this season should be an exciting one!"