The 2009 Icefree Invitational
Newport News, Virginia wasn’t immune from the same light air that plagued the east coast on this March weekend. While our Saturday racing was light, we did complete six races in each division before the wind dropped to nothing.
It was unfortunate that we had absolutely no wind on Sunday because there were close battles all up and down the listings. Delaware and Virginia waged a close battle all day Saturday with Delaware holding a 3-point advantage when racing was stopped. Two points separated CNU and William & Mary for 3rd and 4th, W&M had a one point edge on Hampton and Hampton took 5th place over Maryland by 3 points for a 5th place finish.
IMAGE: Deep Creek was a pretty dismal place on Sunday.
All but one of the teams were regulars at CNU events and we were particularly pleased to have Webb make the long trip down for the second time this spring. They also attended our 2on2 Team Racing Clinic earlier in the year. The CNU team is looking forward to returning the visit for the Engineer’s Cup in May.
IMAGE: John Griffin “holding court.”
For CNU we gave three new sailors the chance to sail and Brennan Russell, Tyler Myers, and Meghan Magee all gave us reason to believe they will be sound contributors in the future. Special thanks go to CNU team members Ben France, Lynn Ball, Tyler Million, and Maxwell Plarr for their hard work on the Committee and Maxwell for skippering in A Division.
We were pleased to have Sam Ficksman from Hampton, John Griffin from W&M, and Gary Bodie with us. Gary’s daughter, Kelly sails for William & Mary.
Congratulations to Delaware sailors Eric Benning, Kelsey Adams, Katie Cross and Chris Murtens for winning the 2009 Icefree and many thanks to all our competitors for being wonderful guests. The interaction and camaraderie between all of the teams was typical of the great relationship that exists between our southern region sailors.
IMAGE: Sunday was all about socializing, sleeping and catching up on school work.
| Scores | A Div. | B Div. | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Delaware | 19 | 11 | 30 |
| 2. Virginia | 7 | 26 | 33 |
| 3. CNU | 23 | 30 | 53 |
| 4. W & M | 29 | 26 | 55 |
| 5. Hampton | 26 | 30 | 56 |
| 6. Maryland | 41 | 18 | 59 |
| 7. Salisbury | 33 | 36 | 69 |
| 8. Webb | 38 | 39 | 77 |
| CNU A Division | Maxwell Plarr Meghan Maghee |
2-5-4-3-2-7 |
|---|---|---|
| CNU B Division | Tyler Myers Brennan Russell |
7-7-1-5-6-4 |