Last weekend the women’s sailing team competed for the Reed Trophy at Dartmouth, and their performance qualified them for the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association Nationals for the first time in team history. The highly-competitive tournament will be hosted by the US Naval Academy from May 27 to 30.
Sailors included Mimi Paz ’17, Erin Mullins ’16, Kaylee Schwitzer ’15, Frances Jimenez ’16, Lizzy Hamilton ’15, Dana Bloch ’17, Courtney Koos ’16 and Olivia Diserio ’16.
The women finished fourth overall on Saturday and seventh on Sunday.
“The girls were really dialed into the conditions on Saturday,” said Head Coach Frank Pizzo. “Sunday was much trickier and we struggled adjusting to the current and breeze at times. But we were able to pull ourselves out of it [and] finishing seventh will probably put us in the top ten in the country.”
Bowdoin also sent sailors to the Admiral’s Cup at Kings Point, New York. Competitors included Pete Edmunds ’14, Tom Peabody ’15, Charlotte Williamson ’15, Paige Speight ’16, Jack McGuire ’17, Jackson Bloch ’15 and Matt Lyons ’17.
The team finished in tenth place of the 20 teams that competed.
The Polar Bears had strong performances from McGuire and Williamson, who together finished first overall in Division A.
Bowdoin will compete in the upcoming Co-ed New England Championship hosted by Yale, which is the national qualifying race for the co-ed boats. The top ten finishers at this event will then continue onto Nationals.
Pizzo was positive about his team’s chances and said he believes Bowdoin is in the hunt for another postseason bid.
“The teams had a great season and kids have been working really hard,” said Pizzo. “It’s nice to see some of the hard work paying off.”
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