Volume CXXXI, Number 23 April 26, 2002 f

Sailing chalks up successes
JEN LARAIA
STAFF WRITER

With only two weekends of competition left in the 2002 spring season, the Bowdoin sailors are putting out their best performances. Last weekend, the team competed in two regattas, the Eastern Series III and the New England Women's Championships. The Polar Bears were victorious at home in the Eastern Series, while the women's fleet fared well against New England's top sailors.

At the Eastern Series III regatta, held on Bowdoin's home water last Saturday, the Polar Bears took first place overall, defeating Tufts by a solid margin of 17 points.

In the A division, Simon Gerson '02 and Melanie Keene '03 sailed to a first-place finish, winning five of their six races. Bowdoin also entered a second boat in that level; Pieter Scheerlinck '05, Eddie Briganti '05, and Elliot

Wright '04 took second place behind Gerson and Keene.
In the B division, Tyler Dunphy '03 and Katy Adikes '04 took second place.

Last weekend, a ninth-place finish in the New England Women's Championships marked the end of the season of women's regattas for the Polar Bears. Sailing in the A division, Laura Windecker '03 and Becca Bartlett '05 finished in 11th place; in two of the ten races, Windecker and Bartlett came in third place.

In the B division, Laura Hutton '04 and Jackie Haskell '05 finished eighth, placing third and fourth in two races.

This weekend, Bowdoin will send sailors to the New England Dinghy Tournament at the University of Southern Maine, and to the Metro Series Six at Boston College. At the New England Dinghy Tournament, the Polar Bears will be racing to earn a spot in nationals.