Washington College Sailors Finish Second in Regatta on the Chester

  Chestertown, MD -- The Washington College sailing team finished second of five schools in the Washington College 2-on-2 Team Race this weekend on the Chester River. Washington went 15-5 during five round robins of racing.
     Nineteenth-ranked New York Maritime won the regatta with a 19-1 record. University of Pennsylvania finished third at 11-9. Maryland (4-16) and Ocean County (1-19) rounded out the field.
     Junior Mike Whitford (Chicago, IL/Francis W. Parker School), freshman Sam Fitzgerald (Fairfield, CT/Green Farms Academy), junior Mildred Conroy (Newtown, MA/Tabor Academy), and sophomore Sam Bedinger (Richmond, VA/St. Christopher's) skippered for Washington during the weekend. Sophomore Matt Lawler (Alexandria, VA/Christchurch School), senior Max Kurland (Sharon, CT/Hotchkiss School), senior Caroline Hill (Tiverton, RI/Bishop Stang), and freshman Erin McAuliffe (Germantown, MD) were Washington's crews.
     Three round robins were completed on Saturday in a brisk 18 mile-per-hour southwest wind that slowly shifted to west-southwest throughout the day. The final two round robins were sailed on Sunday in a 10-15 mile-per-hour north breeze.
     The Washington College sailing team returns to action at the Team Race Challenge, hosted by Cornell, next weekend.