Results: War Memorial | MAISA Fall Women's Championship
ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maritime College coed and women's dinghy sailing teams competed in their Fall championship events on Oct. 31-Nov. 1. At the War Memorial, hosted by the U.S. Naval Academy, the coed squad captured 11
th place overall. The Privateers also finished 11
th at the MAISA Fall Women's Championship, which was held at William Smith College in Geneva, NY.
With its 11
th-place showing at the War Memorial, Maritime secured an automatic berth in the America Trophy, the Spring championship event. The Privateers tallied 114 total points in a regatta that was marred by a lack of wind. Only five races went off in each division—two on Saturday, three on Sunday.
Maritime was sitting in 13
th place overall—one spot out of America Trophy qualifying—with two races to go. However, the "A" crew of
Adam Starck (Lakewood, OH) and
Amelia Tebbens (Center Moriches, NY) moved the Privateers up with back-to-back ninth-place finishes in Races 4 & 5.
Nathaniel Hartwell (Daphne, AL) and
Juliana Sarich (New York, NY) then took seventh in the final "B" division race. Virginia Tech and Webb, meanwhile, both faltered in the last race, guaranteeing qualification for Maritime. In fact, the Privateers ended up edging the Hokies by one point for 11
th place in the final standings. Both Maritime boats tallied 57 points, giving the Privateers a total score of 114 points.
Wind was not an issue on Seneca Lake, as 10 races were sailed in each division. Maritime's crews finished with nearly identical totals.
Nicole Ostapowicz (Amityville, NY) and
Madeline Ammatuna (Coventry, RI) tallied 88 points in the "A" boat, while the "B" squad of
Nikita Troast (Brooklyn, NY) and
Grace Wilson (Lexington Park, MD) scored 87 points. The Privateers' overall score was 175 points.
Ostapowicz and Ammatuna's best result was fifth place in Race 6. Troast and Wilson, meanwhile, finished fourth in Race 7 to go along with a fifth-place showing in Race 4. The group that went to the MAISA Women's event was supported by Jane Pimental, who transported the team and remained on site all weekend.
This marked the end of Maritime's Fall campaign. The Spring portion of the season begins in March.
