BRISTOL, R.I. – The Roger Williams University Sailing team enjoyed a successful weekend with a win among its four regattas this past weekend, placing at least in sixth place in each.
At the Team Race B Level, hosted by RWU, the Hawks ran off a 10-2 record en route to a win over the field. Ryan McHorney (Southboro, Mass.), Cameron Pimental (Paget, Bermuda), George Saunders (Los Angeles, Calif.), Zack Shapiro (Darien, Conn.), Tyler Wilson (Woodville, Mass.), Emerald Epke (Tiverton, R.I.), and Dan Goldman (Bradenton, Fla.) all represented the Hawks at the team race. Over the first two round robins, RWU held a 5-1 record while holding on to first place. In the third round robin, Tufts University pulled off a 3-0 record to tie RWU with a 7-2 record going into the final round. In the end, RWU went 3-0 in the last race, while the Jumbos dropped their three races as the Hawks secured the win.
At the Marchiando & Friis Trophies Team Race, hosted by Tufts and MIT, Roger Williams took fourth-place at the regatta. The Hawks started Saturday with wins over Yale and Navy in the first round robin, followed by a pair of wins over the same two teams in the second. With a 4-2 record, the Hawks advanced to the gold fleet on Sunday, where the Hawks jumped up to second place after the first round with a 5-2 record. Yet RWU dropped to third after going 4-3 in the following round, and ultimately finishing in fourth with a 9-8 overall record.
At the Longfellow Invitational, hosted by Harvard, the Hawks finished fifth in the 16-team field. Eric Schwarm (Freeport, Maine) and Alex Feldman (West Nyack, N.Y.) piloted the Hawks’ A Division to fifth place in the division, finishing in the top seven in every race but two, including a win in the final race of the day. Holding down B Division were Matthew Paige (Mystic, Conn.) and Samy Ramadan (Newfields, N.H.), who pushed RWU to fourth overall within the division. The duo never finished lower than ninth over the course of the regatta, winning two races and pulling off top-five results in eight races.
The final regatta of the weekend for RWU was the New London Invitational, hosted by Coast Guard Academy, where the Hawks finished sixth out of 20 teams. Pimental, Goldman, Andrew Tamblyn (Little Silver, N.J.), and Carleton Huntsberger (North Port, Maine) represented RWU in A Division, finishing 11th on the strength of six top-seven wins with one victory. Epke, Haley Powell (St. George, Bermuda), and Elizabeth Teague (Bayport, N.Y.) combined for seven finishes in the top four in B Division, finishing fourth.
Highlighting this weekend’s slate of regattas for Roger Williams is the New England Dinghy Championships beginning Saturday in New London, hosted by the University of Connecticut.