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Published: October 12 2011

7 college age sailors with ties to LYC participated in several collegiate regattas last weekend. Navy Fall Women's -- MAISA Intersectional -- Navy – Women’s Nicole Popp (former LYC Coach) skippered the A division for Miami finishing 10th. Miami finished 12th. Marissa Lihan skippered Navy’s C division (single-handed), finishing 2nd . Navy finished 3rd for the regatta. Dominique Wright skippered USF’s C division (single-handed), finishing 6th . USF finished 9th for the regatta. Moody Trophy—Rhode Island—In-conference—Co-ed Channel Miller skippered B Division for Rhode Island finishing 14th. Rhode Island finished 12th for the regatta. Troy Swetnam Memorial—Texas A&M Galveston—In-Conference—Co-ed Alec payne Skippered the A division for Tulane and finished 7th. Tulane finished 11th for the regatta. NIESA Men’s Single-handed Championship -- Yale – In-Conference – Men’s Colin Smith, sailing for Brown, finished second in the NIESA qualifier for collegiate nationals, and thus qualified to go to Chicago in November. Carl Van Duyne – MAISA In-Conference – King’s Point – Men’s Phillip Alley (former YSG), sailing for Cornell, finished 4th in the MAISA qualifier for collegiate nationals. read more 27 LYC Opti sailors participate in the USODA Southeast Championships Oct 12, 2011 A huge contingent of LYC Opti sailors and their families traveled to Marco Island last weekend to take part in the USODA Southeast Championships. This regatta served as the qualifier for all of the USODA international spring teams. Kids qualified for several international regattas including the South American Champs in Argentina, and regattas in Holland, Italy and others. Leading the LYC crew was Nic Muller who finished 5th (2nd in Red) and Martina Sly who finished 7th (3rd in Red) and was the top girl. Alie Topa finished 17th and was the 3rd girl. She was followed by her sister Liza 27th, Paul Streater 32nd, Mack Fox 33rd, David Hein 36th, Eduardo Mintzias 37th, Sophia Reineke 41st and Max Gillette in 55th. Rounding out Team LYC were Anna Weis, Julia Leighton, Cameron Grubb, Greyson Dixon, Severin Gramm (5th in White), Olivier Grubb, Calli Lewis, Luke Welker, Stephen Streater, Chase Sabadash, Garrett Dixon, Conner Correll, Chuck Murphy, Caroline Dubois-Weber, and Denver Rozzo. The parents kept the barbecues going and the beverages flowing. A good time was had by all. Wade Wadell wins RenaissanceRe Junior Gold Cup in Bermuda. Oct 12, 2011 Hamilton, Bermuda— 10 October 2011: The RenRe Junior Gold Cup wrapped up Sunday afternoon as a true champion of champions event. The world’s best young sailors met each other for some premiere Opti sailing with 11 national champions facing off from 17 countries, including 22 Bermudian sailors. Taking home the Junior Gold Cup this year is American Wade Waddell, 14, of Miami, Florida. Waddell led the regatta over all four days. After finishing 12 races going in to today, his final race on Hamilton harbor was not his best but he got the job done. Waddell admitted that he protected his lead by banking on second place finisher Astrid Still of Finland, who was also was the top girl sailor of the overall event. “In some ways I should have sailed my own race but I thought I should also protect my lead and ‘sit’ on Astrid,” Waddell said. “I was focusing a lot on that today. “ Astrid Still, 15, who is a powerful sailor with real great instinct was disappointed she “couldn’t sail my own race” but she said she probably would have done the same thing if she were leading. Third place finisher Martyna Mik said “it was tricky today. I couldn’t quite get the shifts right,” but she had accumulated a solid performance and took home third. For Odile van Aanholt of the Netherland Antilles, who was second last year, her third Junior Gold Cup event was a bit tougher this year. “This year we had a lot better international competition and we really had a lot of shifty winds. It was a bit harder for me this time, but still great.” All the sailors enjoyed the opportunity to race on Hamilton harbor in front of a large crowd of spectators and Argo Group Gold Cup sailors, who competed in their final match just after the juniors. Bermuda sailors really showed an overwhelming improvement after going up against these top racers. First over the starting line in the last race, was Bermudian Mike Wollman who port tacked the entire fleet at the start got the best start. Bermudians watching the race were thrilled with his start and Wollman later admitted that “I saw an opportunity and I just grabbed it. I learned the maneuver from my sister Cecilia so I just used her trick and it worked.” Other Bermuda sailors who did well include Antonio Bailey, who placed 12th and Makai Joell who placed 14th. “I realized that after racing against these international sailors here that I can do it, too,” Joell said. “It was getting to be more clear that we are good, too. I think it is a matter of preparing yourself with mind and body. It really means getting in shape both mentally and physically for competition.” For event chairman Somers Cooper, “we could not have done this without Rennaisance Re I who will be sponsoring this event for the 10th year next year. It has really become the champion of champions event.” Friend us on facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/165836818967/ FAST FACTS for GUEST SAILORS: Seventeen international sailors, aged 12-15, twelve boys, five girls, sixteen countries, ten National Champions, four sailors finished within the top fifteen at IODA 2010 Worlds, one IODA European Champion. Eleven of the sixteen sailors made their country’s Worlds Team for 2011 Worlds this December in New Zealand. Sailors come from the Caribbean, North America, Europe, Asia, Scandinavia and Oceania.