Friis Team Race

Summary

Saturday, March 24:

We can't play this sport without the help of amazing volunteers and umpires. HUGE thanks to ChUmp John Pearce, and umpires Scott Booth '6, Jimmy Kennedy '17, Mikey Gemperline '17, and Riley Eger '17. Thanks also to alumni Abby '16 and James Cook P'16 for helping out on the Race Committee alongside underclassmen Beccy Anderson '18, Peter Forsberg '19 and Will Starkey '21. Many thanks to Sail Newport/Kim Hapgood and Brown for lending powerboats.

Racing got going around 11:30 in a pretty funky, light Northwesterly breeze that couldn't decide between West and North all day. Late afternoon the breeze dropped to the point where boats could not long battle the insane ebb tide, and we called racing for the day. 33 races were sailed. One resail between BC and RWU was sailed due to a breakdown. And one resail is scheduled for tomorrow.

This regatta honors former Tufts faculty adviser, Jan Friis, and historically has been sailed in Larks on Upper Mystic Lake in Medford, MA. We last hosted this event in 2015 when the Mystic Lake was still frozen!

Sunday, March 25:

The Umpires and RC were total troopers out there today. HUGE thanks again to ChUmp John Pearce HWS '04, and umpires Scott Booth '6, Jimmy Kennedy '17, Mikey Gemperline '17, and Riley Eger '17 and joining us today Ben Greenfield BU and Kelsey Wheeler DART. Thanks also to alumni Abby '16 and James Cook P'16 for helping out on the Race Committee alongside underclassmen Beccy Anderson '18, Peter Forsberg '19, Will Starkey '21, and Ariana Smaldone '20. Our crew who sailed the Central yesterday, Paul de Souza '21, Darcy Lavoie, and Riley Read '21 also were on hand to facilitate on shore operations. Many thanks to Sail Newport/Kim Hapgood and Brown for lending powerboats. Lastly, thanks to Justin Assad for serving as the ICSA rep.

Racing got going promptly at 10:15 in a stiff, cold Northerly breeze. The breeze clocked in the mid to high teens all day. Occasionally it snowed. Pretty classic NE winter sailing conditions. We finished the round robin. After a three-way sail off to lock in the final two spots into the top 6 was sailed, we were able to finish the Top 6/Bottom 4 rounds despite the finish dinghy capsizing and other challenges.

Final Results

#SchoolTeamRec.SkippersCrews
1YaleYale UniversityBulldogs12/2Nicolas Hernandez '19Kira Woods '19
Malcolm Lamphere '18Sonia Lingos-Utley '22
Nicholas Baird '19Shawn Harvey '22
Shawn Harvey '22Graceann Nicolosi '20
Katharina (KB) Knapp '18
Nicholas Marwell '21
2Roger WilliamsRoger Williams UniversityHawks11/3Mackenzie Bryan '18Jennifer Agell '19
Martim Anderson '18Alden Crowe '19
Conner Harding '19Hallie Repeta '19
Riley Read '22Michael McBrien '18
3Boston CollegeBoston CollegeEagles8/6Sophia Reineke '21Tara Ferraris '19
Isabella Loosbrock '19Peter Lynn '19
Charles Sinks '18Alice Bohan '18
Wade Waddell '19Emma Perry '19
Griffin Elliott '19
Katharine Bowman '20
3DartmouthDartmouth CollegeBig Green8/6Erik Weis '18Eloise Burn '21
Duncan Williford '18Paige Clarke '20
Christopher Williford '19Rebecca McElvain '19
Sophia Diserio '18
5BrownBrown UniversityBears7/7Patrick Shanahan '19Julia Kim '18
Sam Alexander '18Emily Ito '19
Quinn Andersen '18Sawyer Balint '20
Gabriel Hannon '20
Julia Reynolds '22
6MITMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyEngineers5/9Cutter O'Connell '18Julia Cho '20
Trevor Long '19John Ped '21
Ty Ingram '18Sameena Shaffeeullah '19
Ivan Shestopalov '21Sarah Caso '19
Marcus Abate '20
7BowdoinBowdoin CollegePolar Bears6/6Matthew Kaplan '19Louisa Lindgren '19
William Hawk '18Emily Gonzalez '20
Christian Filter '20Hannah Konkel '20
Matt Safford '20Eric Hall '20
Matt Safford '20
Marie Bergsund '20
8EckerdEckerd CollegeTritons5/7Karl Rasmus Sayre '19Delphine Carroll '19
Andrew Schoene '18Sabine Zinserling '20
Geoffrey Nelson '18Kim Kusminsky '19
9Boston UniversityBoston UniversityTerriers4/8Robby Gearon '19Hannah Davis '19
Ravi Parent '18Charles Honke '20
Michael Sabourin '20Grace Mooradian '21
Collin Alexander '20Alex Moreno '19
Carly Berry '21
Josh Dochoda '20
10MichiganUniversity of MichiganWolverines0/12Colton Gerber '18Sidney Thompson '18
Will Neubauer '20Anna Wisotzkey '20
Connor Goulet '21Claire Foley '20