ST. MARY'S CITY, Md. – The spring sailing season is three weeks old and the St. Mary's College of Maryland sailing teams are 3-for-3 in winning one regatta each week as St. Mary's College captured the Washington College Team Race this past weekend (Mar. 15-16). Additionally, the Seahawks placed fourth at the Graham Hall Team Race hosted by the U.S. Naval Academy while finishing ninth at the St. Mary's Women's Fleet Race.
 
WASHINGTON COLLEGE TEAM RACE
SMCM did not drop a single race in round robin action, posting a 5-0 record to win the Washington College Team Race.
 
St. Mary's College notched a pair of perfect 1-2-3 finishes in wins over Princeton University and Washington College. The Seahawks also took down University of Michigan, 1-2-4; Fordham University, 1-2-6; and Maritime College, 2-3-4.
 
The pairings for these weekend were first-year skipper Joe Marynowski (Buffalo, N.Y./Canisius) and first-year crew Elise Jones (Cambridge, Md./Cambridge South Dorchester); senior skipper Max Kleha (Huntington, Calif./Mater Dei) and junior crew Gina Bonazelli (Silver Spring, Md./Montgomery Blair); and sophomore skipper Mats Braaten (Toronto, Ont./Humberside) and junior crew Hattie Rigney (Chesapeake, Va./Deep Creek).
 
GRAHAM HALL TEAM RACE
The Seahawks notched an 11-4 record to place fourth behind regatta winner, Navy, who tallied a 14-1 mark. Georgetown University came in second with a 13-2 record while Harvard University finished third with a 13-2 mark as well but lost the tiebreaker as Georgetown won the head-to-head.
 
SMCM collected four perfect 1-2-3 finishes over University of Miami, George Washington University, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and University of Wisconsin. St. Mary's College went 1-2-4 against University of Pennsylvania and Old Dominion University while going 1-2-5 against Cornell University and 1-2-6 in the win over Yale University.
 
The skippers for the weekend were seniors Charlie Anderson (West River, Md./Key) and Owen Hennessey (Washington, D.C./Severn), junior Raam Fox (Annapolis, Md./Severn), and sophomore Landon Cormie (Vineyard Haven, Mass./Falmouth).
 
Fox pulled double duty as a crew member as well along with seniors Brooke Bertrand (Costa Mesa, Calif./Corona Del Mar), Henry Haddon (Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman), and Zoe Hoctor (Annapolis, Md./St. Mary's), junior captain Emily Shioutakon (Rockville, Md./Good Counsel), and first-year crew Jane Wright (Wilmington, N.C./Hoggard).
 
ST. MARY'S WOMEN'S FLEET RACE
St. Mary's College finished in the top half of the 18-team field, coming in ninth with 207 points. Georgetown claimed the team title with an impressive 58 points.
 
The trio of junior skipper Cho-Cho Williams (Norfolk, Va./Granby) and crew Indiana Theurer '25 (Virginia Beach, Va./Homeschool) and Grace-Anne Phillips '27 (Stevensville, Md./Gunston) finished seventh in Division A with 99 points.
 
In Division B, sophomore skipper Lina Carper (Carlsbad, Calif./Coronado) and senior crew Lillian Newman (Annapolis, Md./Broadneck) took 10th with 108 points. The duo notched a pair of Top 5 finishes, taking fourth in Race 10B and fifth in Race 5B.
 
Up Next for the Seahawks

• Mar. 22-23 – USMMA Team Race – Kings Point, N.Y. – 10 am
• Mar. 22-23 – Admiral Moore Team Race – Throggs Neck, N.Y. (Maritime College) – 10 am
• Mar. 22-23 – Hanbury Trophy (alt) – Newport News, Va. (Christopher Newport) – 10 am

 
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