THROGGS NECK, N.Y. – The Maritime dinghy sailing team hosted the Henry Luce Trophy this past weekend on the Maritime College campus, and finished third amongst the 18 participants at the event.
 
Maritime finished the weekend with a combined team score of 91 points as the entire fleet races aboard 420 boats. Hampton University took first place with 84 points, followed by Christopher Newport, who finished just ahead of the Privateers with 89 points.
 
Two divisions took part in 10 rounds of racing, with Maritime's Division A skippered by sophomore Kyle Comerford (Annapolis, Md/Annapolis) finished with 40 points. The Division B boat was skippered by sophomore John Lawless (Rochester, N.Y./McQuaid Jesuit), and wrapped up the weekend with 51 points.
 
Comerford teamed up with classmate Maura King (Bayport, N.Y./St. John the Baptist) for the first six races of the weekend and found early success as the pair picked up a third place finish in their opening race before going on to win their second race and followed up with another win in their fourth rotation.
 
After the initial six, sophomore Skye Miller (Congers, N.Y./Clarkstown North) hopped aboard with Comerford and finished seventh in their first race. They followed that up with a victory in their second race together before finishing off the weekend with a pair of third place finishes.
 
Miller paired with Lawless in the first four races of Division B, and picked up back-to-back fifth place finishes in their first two races on Saturday. In their final run together, the pair picked up a victory in their fourth race together.
 
After Miller left to join Division A, sophomore Juan Lejarraga (New York, N.Y./Montessori) took over as crew with Lawless for the remaining six races of the weekend. The duo finished within the top-three in all but one race, which included a first place finish in the ninth race of the weekend for Division B.
 
After Hampton, Christopher Newport, and Maritime in the top three spots, the remainder of the top-10 saw Virginia in fourth place, UPenn in fifth, Virginia Tech in sixth, Stony Brook in seventh, Washington (Md.) in eighth place, and Columbia followed by Villanova in the ninth and tenth positions.