The Mercy McQuaid Sailing Team placed third at the Larry White Trophy at US Coast Guard Academy Oct 13-14 in New London, CT. Twenty-two high schools including teams from Chicago, New Jersey, Minnesota, St. Thomas, three teams from Florida, and all over New England raced 16 races each in two divisions.
Nick Sertl ‘14 sailing with Venice Aureli ‘15 and Danny Lawless ‘13 sailing with Josh Kusmierz ‘15 were in ninth place after six races in light to medium shifty conditions.
The team excelled Sunday in windy conditions with Venice crewing for Danny in B division and Maryn Cannon ‘15 crewing for Nick in A division pulling within five points of second after race 12 with a string of top three finishes in both divisions.
Falmouth High School, (Maine) placed first, Lake Forest High School (Illinois) second and Mercy McQuaid third. Sertl/Aureli/Cannon placed fourth in the -A division and Lawless/Kusmierz/ Aureli placed third in the B division.
“Mercy/McQuaid Sailing Team competed very well in very trying conditions this weekend,” said Jimmy Carminati, Mercy/McQuaid head coach.
“We had a great group of kids that never gave up and showed great attitudes and sportsmanship all weekend. With light and shifty winds on Saturday we were in ninth place at the end of the day. Sunday’s conditions proved to be much windier and still very shifty.
With 10 races sailed on Sunday we climbed to third place overall. It was a great regatta for this team having learned valuable lessons and looking forward to future events.”
This coming weekend the team travels to the MASSA (Mid-Atlantic Scholastic Sailing Association) Fall fleet racing championships at Stonybrook School in Port Jefferson (Long Island).
The Mercy McQuaid Sailing Team placed third at the Larry White Trophy at US Coast Guard Academy Oct 13-14 in New London, CT. Twenty-two high schools including teams from Chicago, New Jersey, Minnesota, St. Thomas, three teams from Florida, and all over New England raced 16 races each in two divisions.
Nick Sertl ‘14 sailing with Venice Aureli ‘15 and Danny Lawless ‘13 sailing with Josh Kusmierz ‘15 were in ninth place after six races in light to medium shifty conditions.
The team excelled Sunday in windy conditions with Venice crewing for Danny in B division and Maryn Cannon ‘15 crewing for Nick in A division pulling within five points of second after race 12 with a string of top three finishes in both divisions.
Falmouth High School, (Maine) placed first, Lake Forest High School (Illinois) second and Mercy McQuaid third. Sertl/Aureli/Cannon placed fourth in the -A division and Lawless/Kusmierz/ Aureli placed third in the B division.
“Mercy/McQuaid Sailing Team competed very well in very trying conditions this weekend,” said Jimmy Carminati, Mercy/McQuaid head coach.
“We had a great group of kids that never gave up and showed great attitudes and sportsmanship all weekend. With light and shifty winds on Saturday we were in ninth place at the end of the day. Sunday’s conditions proved to be much windier and still very shifty.
With 10 races sailed on Sunday we climbed to third place overall. It was a great regatta for this team having learned valuable lessons and looking forward to future events.”
This coming weekend the team travels to the MASSA (Mid-Atlantic Scholastic Sailing Association) Fall fleet racing championships at Stonybrook School in Port Jefferson (Long Island).
