BRISTOL, R.I. – The Roger Williams University Sailing team spent its Easter weekend at a pair of regattas, hosting the Ted Ferrarone Team Race Intersectional and at Coast Guard Academy at the 13th Southern New England Team Race Intersectional.
At the Southern New England regatta, Roger Williams finished runner-up to Georgetown University out of the 16-team field. Cy Thompson (St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands), Kelly Stannard (Salem, Conn.), Jonathan Enright (Bristol, R.I.), Adrienne White (Duxbury, Mass.), Sean Bouchard (Bermuda), and Bianca Rom (Amityville, N.Y.) all saw time on the water towards the Hawks' second-place finish.
The entire field broke up into two eight-team fleets for a round robin among the participants. Afterwards, the top four in each fleet would sail two more round robins among each other to determine the winner. The Hawks advanced after going undefeated in the first round. From there, RWU would amass a 5-2 record in the first round robin, followed by a 4-3 record in the second, putting them in a tie for second place with Yale University. The Hawks would secure sole possession of second via a 2-0 performance in the regatta against Yale.
At the Ted Ferrarone race, the Hawks pulled out a fourth-place finish among the ten-team field. Bjarki Gunnarsson (River Vale, N.J.), Joshua Saltmarsh (Wayland, Mass.), and Alec Anderson (Tortola, BVI) skippered their way alongside crews Tyler Wilson (Woodville, Mass.), Alyssa Seifert (Duxbury, Mass.), and Andrew Vachon (Scituate, Mass.).
After the first round robin, RWU picked up five wins among the field and held a three-way tie for third with Tufts University and the University of Rhode Island. The Hawks would garner four more wins over Brown University, MIT, Northwestern University, and Tufts University in the second round robin. Coincidentally, Tufts also had nine total wins, placing the two teams in a tie for fourth place and a berth to the final four round robin. In the head-to-head sail-off, the Hawks emerged with the win, advancing to the final four.
In the final four, the Hawks finished with a 2-1 record, ending the day with 11 total wins and the fourth-place finish. Boston University clinched the regatta with 19 wins on the day.
Roger Williams will be back on the water this weekend, hosting the Team Racing A Level all day on Sunday, April 11.
