Click here for full results. Sailing at Norfolk Yacht and Country Club in coastal Virginia, the STA team of Mack Fox, John Monahan, Max Gillette, Sophia Rienenke and Connor Correll defended their title! The regatta was sailed in FJ's with 22 races being completed in total. The team sat in 2nd at the end of Saturdays racing but rode a 1st place effort in B division by Fox and Monnahan to the overall win. Thanks to guest coach and ODU alum Andrea Luna for working with the team!
Bad Opening/Closing Sets Drop Aquinas at Charleston Intersectional, SP2
While the STA team was able to sail most of each regatta as a top 2 team, the overall results were victimized by a couple bad races. At SP 2, the hits came early, as the team opened with a 16, 9 across both Divisions. The B division team of Mack Fox and Dae Kelly was able to win 3 of the next 6 races, but could only move the team up to 6th. Our JV team placed first in its division.
The Charleston Intersectional was a tune up for the Mallory Nationals and many of the top schools from SAISA (as well as a great team from Texas which won the event) turned up to scope out the venue. Through 3 Sets, Aquinas sat in 2nd, within striking distance of the lead. As the sun began to go down over the Charleston skyline, we began to plummet! The starts got bad, the tactics indecisive, and the team dropped to 6th place - 5th after Antilles School lost a protest to which we were not a party. On Sunday, the Student PRO decided that he could not risk the schools equipment in 15-18kt winds, and we were only allowed to sail 1 set in FJ's (the regatta was intended to be run in FJ's and Z420's with both division on the water).
There are no "Throw-outs" - race scores you can discard - in high school sailing. Your bad races count just as much as your good races. No mulligans, oops sorry I messed up, do overs, or re-tests, and the regatta can end at any time...or go on longer than you expect. Its a critical skill to be able to live in the present and focus on executing well in the current race. It's my hope that we learned some of these skills from our mistakes, how to sail - and Coach better at certain points in the regatta, and got a feel for the racecourse at College of Charleston where we hope to compete for a National Championship.
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