George Washington University Athletics
Sailing Heads to MAISA Men's Singlehanded Championships
10/8/2015 12:00:00 AM | Sailing
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Oct. 8, 2015
WASHINGTON -- The George Washington sailing program is set to compete in four regattas this weekend with the highlight coming at the US Merchant Marine Academy where juniors Brendan Shanahan and Daniel DelBello will compete in the MAISA Men's Singlehanded Championships.
"This is our men's individual conference championship, and the top 4 finishers will qualify for the ICSA Men's Singlehanded Nationals in November," said head coach John Pearce. "Brendan finished second at this regatta last year and ninth at Nationals, and Dan has a long history of excellence in singlehanded competition, so we have a very strong team racing this weekend."
At the Navy Fall Women's Intercollegiate, GW will be represented by skippers India Johnstone, Maria Sinagra, Miranda Bakos, Riley Legault, Sarah Alexander; and crew Gabriella Malek, Alexandra DelBello, Belle Strachan and Kia Olsson.
"The Navy Women's is a three division regatta, with two doublehanded divisions and one singlehanded division," said Pearce. "Our team is really deep this year, so these large format regattas really play to our strengths."
Also in the fold this weekend are the Moody Trophy at the University of Rhode Island and the Tom Curtis Regatta at Georgetown.
At the Moody Trophy, skipper Kai Friesecke and Mercedes McPhee will race in A Division while Andrew Sheerin skippers B Division with crew Henry Young.
"The Moody is a classic NEISA conference regatta, with a perennially deep and competitive field of teams," said Pearce. "We have an excellent team competing and we are looking to make a statement at this fall's last big regatta in New England."
Meanwhile, at the Tom Curtis Regatta, skipper Riley Engelberger and crew Matt Homa will race A Division while in B Division GW will have skipper Hannah McNomee and crew Madison Oleson.
"This is a smaller event hosted by Georgetown, and always a good opportunity for us to battle for bragging rights on the Potomac," said Pearce.
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