The first annual UCLA Alumni Regatta was sailed in Marina Del Rey on Sunday May 24th. Recent and older alumni raced along with current team members in a buzzards bash format. We fielded 18 boats that sailed in 2 fleet racing divisions to determine the team racing teams for the afternoon. 8 races total were finished by the 18 boats in the morning we took a lunch/free sail break to figure our team racing teams and racing resumed finishing one round robin with 6 teams.
Barbeque was provided all day and Alums met and mingled with current and other past team members. Friends of the UCLA Sailing Team (FOUST), the alumni group, conducted its first meeting and voted on officers President: Sam Wheeler, Vice President: Lyzz Schwegler, Treasurer: Blaize Wallace, Secretary: Stephanie Spilker, Team Liason: Kelly Kephart.
This event was a great success and we plan to continue the tradition annually. Thank you so much to the Alumni who came out to participate and donated their time and money to help the team. Special thanks to the current team members who helped run the regatta and sailed with Alums.
THANK YOU!!!
Monday, May 25, 2009
Women's PCCs
Women's PCCs was sailed in Santa Barbara, hosted by UCSB, 9 teams attended. A division was sailed by Kelly Kephart and Joana Que with Shannon Walker as the alternate, B division was sailed by Carmen Bozina and Danielle Ryan with Shannon Walker as the alternate.
Saturday began in a light easterly and quickly built up to the low 20's. Six races were completed in A and four in B, and most teams experienced at least one capsize. A division at the end of Saturday was in 3rd place, B division was in 6th. Overall the team was in 5th with only 5 points seperating 3rd to 6th place.
Sunday was sailed in light conditions 1-5 knots, 2 races were sailed in A and 4 in B. A division dropped to 4th place and B division finished in 5th. UCLA stayed in 5th place behind UCI and USC a mere 8 points out of qualifying for semi finals.
This regatta closes UCLA's 2009 season
Saturday began in a light easterly and quickly built up to the low 20's. Six races were completed in A and four in B, and most teams experienced at least one capsize. A division at the end of Saturday was in 3rd place, B division was in 6th. Overall the team was in 5th with only 5 points seperating 3rd to 6th place.
Sunday was sailed in light conditions 1-5 knots, 2 races were sailed in A and 4 in B. A division dropped to 4th place and B division finished in 5th. UCLA stayed in 5th place behind UCI and USC a mere 8 points out of qualifying for semi finals.
This regatta closes UCLA's 2009 season
Rainer, Oregon
UCLA drove close to 20 hours to compete in an intersectional with the North West division, the people that generally sail in the JV division attended this regatta to field both a Coed and Women's team. All sailors did very well but both teams were penalized 40 points for not filling out RP forms.
Saturday began with a steady 10-15 kts coming from the east. The wind died for 20 minutes early in the afternoon,but resumed the 10-15 kts until eventually stopping at 4pm. Four races in each division were sailed. Sunday began with a light 5-10 kts out of the east, but died to 2-5 kts shortly after A division began their first race. Only one A race was finished and racing was cancelled for the day.
Coed was sailed by Oscar Jasklowsi and Tatsuma Woo-Kawaguchi in A division and Drew Morton and Lea Cohen in B division. A division ended up 9th before the RP penalty, 12th after. B division ended up 3rd before the 20 point penalty, 7th after. Overall the Coed team finished 6th before the penalty, 10th after.
Women's was sailed by Shannon Walker and Anna Schoenbrunner in A division and Halie Kampman and Neha Bazaj in B division. A division ended up 14th before the RP penalty, 15th after. B division ended up 8th before the 20 point penalty, 14th after. Overall the Coed team finished 13th before the penalty, 14th after.
Saturday began with a steady 10-15 kts coming from the east. The wind died for 20 minutes early in the afternoon,but resumed the 10-15 kts until eventually stopping at 4pm. Four races in each division were sailed. Sunday began with a light 5-10 kts out of the east, but died to 2-5 kts shortly after A division began their first race. Only one A race was finished and racing was cancelled for the day.
Coed was sailed by Oscar Jasklowsi and Tatsuma Woo-Kawaguchi in A division and Drew Morton and Lea Cohen in B division. A division ended up 9th before the RP penalty, 12th after. B division ended up 3rd before the 20 point penalty, 7th after. Overall the Coed team finished 6th before the penalty, 10th after.
Women's was sailed by Shannon Walker and Anna Schoenbrunner in A division and Halie Kampman and Neha Bazaj in B division. A division ended up 14th before the RP penalty, 15th after. B division ended up 8th before the 20 point penalty, 14th after. Overall the Coed team finished 13th before the penalty, 14th after.
Coed PCCs
Coed PCCs was sailed at St. Francis Yacht Club hosted by Stanford University. Kelly Kephart skippered in A division with crews Joana Que and Drew Morton. Carmen Bozina skippered in B division with crews Danielle Ryan and Oscar Jasklowski. Both Carmen and Kelly were the only women skippers in their divisions and it was tough to keep up with the boys sailing on the San Francisco city front, wind averaging 20 knots. A division ended in 10th place, B division ended also in 10th place, overall UCLA ended up 10th in the Pacific Coast District.
Monday, April 6, 2009
St Francis
St Francis is typically a high wind regatta that sees winds from 17 to 30 knots. This year that was not the case. Saturday racing was postponed due to a lack of wind and a huge current. Racing finally started around 1:30 in about 7 knots the wind increased to a high of 13 knots, 6 A division races were sailed and 4 B division races were sailed. Sunday saw much of the same conditions with a current that made it impossible to sail 4 B division rotations were finished and 2 A division races were finished. In these tough conditions in a 32 boat fleet UCLA finished 21st overall, 24th in A division and 19th in B division.
In A division races 1-6 were sailed by Kelly Kephart and Joana Que, races 7-8 were sailed by Shannon Walker and Tatsuma Woo-Kawaguchi.
B division races 1-2, 5-8 were sailed by Carmen Bozina and Danielle Ryan, races 3-4 were sailed by Carmen Bozina and Oscar Jasklowski.
Alex Adams was also in attendance as an alternate.
Thanks so much to recent alumni Steph Spilker and Steph Adams for coming out to watch and support us.
Also thank you to the Ryan's who continuously provide wonderful food for our hungry sailors and to the Bozinas who open their home and also provide wonderful food to our team anytime we are in the area. We really do appreciate all of the support we get from UCLA parents =)
Coed PCCs will be sailed next weekend also at St Francis, so this weekend was hopefully good practice for that, if the conditions stay the same.
In A division races 1-6 were sailed by Kelly Kephart and Joana Que, races 7-8 were sailed by Shannon Walker and Tatsuma Woo-Kawaguchi.
B division races 1-2, 5-8 were sailed by Carmen Bozina and Danielle Ryan, races 3-4 were sailed by Carmen Bozina and Oscar Jasklowski.
Alex Adams was also in attendance as an alternate.
Thanks so much to recent alumni Steph Spilker and Steph Adams for coming out to watch and support us.
Also thank you to the Ryan's who continuously provide wonderful food for our hungry sailors and to the Bozinas who open their home and also provide wonderful food to our team anytime we are in the area. We really do appreciate all of the support we get from UCLA parents =)
Coed PCCs will be sailed next weekend also at St Francis, so this weekend was hopefully good practice for that, if the conditions stay the same.
California State Team Race
With two team race regattas under our belts this year UCLA went to the US Sailing Center in Long Beach March 28-29. Cal State Team race is the qualifier for Team Race PCCs in April the top 6 teams from this regatta qualify for PCCs. 8 teams competed in the event UCI, Stanford, USC, CMA, UCSB, Cal, UCLA, and Chapman. 2 round robins were sailed with all 8 teams then the teams were split into a top and bottom 4 with the top 4 teams (Stanford, UCI, USC, CMA) going to PCCs and the bottom 4 teams (UCSB, UCLA, Cal, Chapman) battling it out for the last 2 spots. After the first 2 round robins UCLA was in 6th place beating Cal once and Chapman twice. UCLA then moved onto the final bottom 4 where we lost to UCSB and beat Cal and Chapman on the water. After several protests were heard between UCLA and Chapman, 12 points were added to UCLAs scores and the scores for the bottom three teams UCLA, Cal, and Chapman were brought to a tie breaker that couldn't be broken by who beat who. The points were then counted putting Cal in 6th place with 62 points UCLA in 7th place with 68 points and Chapman in 8th place with 71 points. UCLA did not qualify for Team Race PCCs but had a lot of experience with the protest room and learned that that is not the place races should be decided, we now know if in doubt we should do the circle to avoid a he said she said debate.
Skippers for this regatta were Kelly Kephart, Oscar Jasklowski, and Billy Edwards, crews were Joana Que, Danielle Ryan, Corey Rovzar, and Tatsuma Woo-Kawaguchi.
Congrats to Billy for sailing in his first Varisty regatta and to Corey for sailing in her first college regatta!!!
great job guys =)
Skippers for this regatta were Kelly Kephart, Oscar Jasklowski, and Billy Edwards, crews were Joana Que, Danielle Ryan, Corey Rovzar, and Tatsuma Woo-Kawaguchi.
Congrats to Billy for sailing in his first Varisty regatta and to Corey for sailing in her first college regatta!!!
great job guys =)
McIntrye Team Race
The McIntyre team included skippers Kelly Kephart, Carmen Bozina, and Oscar Jasklowski, crews included Joana Que, Danielle Ryan, and Tatsuma Woo-Kawaguchi.
Saturday teams sailed in light winds for about 6 races before the Stanford basin glassed over, teams waited for the breeze until about 3 and continued sailing in about 12 knots until 6:30 racing was followed by an umpire debrief and a dinner at Sequoia Yacht Club. 34 races of the first round robin were finished on Day 1. The end of the round robin was finished on Sunday morning in light winds splitting the fleet into a top 6 and bottom 4. Top 6 teams included UCI, Stanford, USC, Navy, UH, and Washington College. A consolation round was also sailed for the bottom 4 UCSB, UCLA, UW, and UCSD. The conselation round was sailed in 420s UCSD did not sail because of injury we raced UW and won then raced UCSB once for the round robin and despite a close race lost one. We then raced UCSB again for more practice and they were victorious again. This regatta was a very good learning experience for all, it really pays to sail against teams that know how to team race so we can get some real on the water experience.
It was also nice to meet a UCLA Alumni, Kevin Richards who was working with the umpire team for this event.
Thanks so much to recent Alum Steph Spilker who kept us all organized and energized with boat rotations and food runs. Thanks are also in order for the Ryan family who provided wonderful food for the regatta and the Bozinas for hosting us all at their house.
Saturday teams sailed in light winds for about 6 races before the Stanford basin glassed over, teams waited for the breeze until about 3 and continued sailing in about 12 knots until 6:30 racing was followed by an umpire debrief and a dinner at Sequoia Yacht Club. 34 races of the first round robin were finished on Day 1. The end of the round robin was finished on Sunday morning in light winds splitting the fleet into a top 6 and bottom 4. Top 6 teams included UCI, Stanford, USC, Navy, UH, and Washington College. A consolation round was also sailed for the bottom 4 UCSB, UCLA, UW, and UCSD. The conselation round was sailed in 420s UCSD did not sail because of injury we raced UW and won then raced UCSB once for the round robin and despite a close race lost one. We then raced UCSB again for more practice and they were victorious again. This regatta was a very good learning experience for all, it really pays to sail against teams that know how to team race so we can get some real on the water experience.
It was also nice to meet a UCLA Alumni, Kevin Richards who was working with the umpire team for this event.
Thanks so much to recent Alum Steph Spilker who kept us all organized and energized with boat rotations and food runs. Thanks are also in order for the Ryan family who provided wonderful food for the regatta and the Bozinas for hosting us all at their house.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
