Marcel Marquette of
Jesuit HS of New Orleans won the
Cressy elimination and qualifies
as the SEISA entry in the Cressy
regatta, defeating nine rivals in
the qualifying event sailed at
Southern YC February 28.
Marquette easily topped runner up
Ben Montgomery of Isadore Newman
School and Anthony Hudson of
Archbishop Rummel HS in third. On
the same weekend Jesuit HS earned
the SEISA slot in the Mallory
doublehanded fleet championship,
defeating Mt. Carmel Academy and
St. Stanislaus College Prep
School which were tied for
second.
NEWPORT
HARBOR HS WINS CARDINAL REGATTA:
The perennial powerhouse
sailing team of Newport Harbor
HS, locked in a tight fight with
Pt. Loma HS for the overall lead
in PCISA standings, finished
first in the annual Cardinal
Regatta sailed at Sequoia YC,
co-host with Stanford U, February
28-March 1. NHHS was led by its A
Division crew of Brian
Bissell/Alison Hill that was
overall low-point crew for the
regatta with six firsts in the 12
races. The NHHS B Division crew
of Scott Hogan/Cryssa Byers was
the Division B low-point crew
with four firsts as they combined
with their A Division to
virtually halve the score of
runner-up Pt. Loma. The NHHS JV
crew had the point total for
third. However, for PCISA
standings Torrey Pines HS was
scored as third and steadily
improving Marin Academy, fourth.
In all, 26 teams, including four
JV crews, competed.
SOUTH
ATLANTIC SAILS REGIONAL
QUALIFIERS:
SAISA
managed to get in 36 races, two
rotations, in its regional
Mallory qualifying regatta sailed
March 7-8 at Ransom-Everglades
School in 420s. Palmetto HS of
Miami, runner up in the 1997
Mallory national championship,
topped the nine-school event and
its A Division skipper Trevor
Gaffney took low point honors.
Gaffney and B Division skipper
Jimmy Cacace between them had 13
first places. In second place was
MAST Academy of Miami, led by B
Division and overall low point
winner Andrew Blom with 10 firsts
and no finish lower than fifth.
Close behind MAST was Lakewood HS
of St. Petersburg as the third
qualifier.
In the Cressy qualifier
sailed the same weekend Sean
Doyle of St. Petersburg HS sailed
the nine race Laser series with
nine first places, amply
demonstrating he is ready to
succeed 1997 Cressy winner Brad
Funk as another SAISA
singlehanded world beater. Jacek
Weiliecki of Clearwater Central
Catholic HS was second in the
nine-school fleet. Winds for
Saturday were 20+, a bit less the
next day.
2010