ST. MARY'S CITY, Md. – The St. Mary's College of Maryland sailing team brought home the Georgetown University Team Race title while notching third- and fourth-place finishes at the Navy Team Race Invitational this past weekend (Mar. 1-2).
 
GEORGETOWN TEAM RACE
The Seahawks posted a 5-1 record, tying for first place with host Georgetown. However, SMCM claimed the team title after winning the sail-off against Georgetown, 1-3-4.
 
In Round 1, St. Mary's College notched a 2-1 record following defeats of Cornell University, 1-2-5, and Fordham University, 1-2-3. Its only loss was to Georgetown, 3-4-6.
 
The second round saw the Seahawks post a perfect 3-0 mark with wins over Georgetown, 2-3-4, and Cornell, 1-2-5, while posting another perfect 1-2-3 finish against Fordham.
 
The three duos competing this weekend at Georgetown were senior captain Charlie Anderson (West River, Md./Key) and first-year crew Jane Wright (Wilmington, N.C./Hoggard); sophomore skipper Landon Cormie (Vineyard Haven, Mass./Falmouth) and junior crew Raam Fox (Annapolis, Md./Severn); and senior skipper Owen Hennessey (Washington, D.C./Severn) and senior captain Zoe Hoctor (Annapolis, Md./St. Mary's).
 
NAVY TEAM RACE INVITATIONAL
Seahawks 2 and Seahawks 1 both posted a 6-6 record to tie for third place, but Seahawks 2 took third with a 2-1 record against Seahawks 1. Seahawks 1 settled fourth place in the five-team field.
 
Seahawks 2 went 2-2 in Round 1 before notching a 3-1 mark in Round 2 with their only setback coming against Navy (4-5-6). Seahawks 2 tallied just one win in Round 3, going 1-3 with a 1-2-4 victory over Hobart & William Smith Colleges.
 
Seahawks 1 had a rough start with a 1-3 record in Round 1, defeating Georgetown, 1-3-6. They rebounded with a 2-2 mark in Round 2 before closing out the weekend with a 3-1 log in Round 3, falling only to Georgetown, 3-4-6.
 
The skippers for Seahawks 2 were sophomore Mats Braaten (Toronto, Ont./Humberside), junior Cho-Cho Williams (Norfolk, Va./Granby), and first-year Joe Marynowski (Buffalo, N.Y./Canisius) while the crew were seniors Lillian Newman (Annapolis, Md./Broadneck) and Indiana Theurer (Virginia Beach, Va./Homeschool), sophomore Mary Govan (Charlottesville, Va./Albemarle), and first-year Walker Brescia (Oak Bluffs, Mass./Martha's Vineyard Regional).
 
Seniors Henry Haddon (Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman) and Max Kleha (Huntington, Calif./Mater Dei) and sophomore skipper Nathan Jensen (Sudbury, Mass./Lincoln-Sudbury) were the skippers for Seahawks 1 while junior Gina Bonazelli (Silver Spring, Md./Montgomery Blair), sophomore Grace-Anne Phillips (Stevensville, Md./Gunston), and first-years Scott Opert (Galesville, Md./Southern) and Emery Strockbine (Catonsville, Md./Catonsville) served as the crew.
 
Up Next for the Seahawks

• Mar. 8-9 – St. Mary's Team Race – St. Mary's City, Md. (Teddy Turner Waterfront) – 10 am
• Mar. 8-9 – CNU Women's Fleet Race – Newport News, Va. – 10 am

 
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