Sailing Gophers make History!

The University of Minnesota Sailing Team made history the past nine days. Allison Prange became the first U of M women to win the MCSA Single-handed Conference Championship the weekend of October 16-17. Hosted by the University of Minnesota and sailed from the Wayzata Community Sailing Center, Allison left no doubt she was the best after seven tough races in big breeze on Saturday and two tactical races on Sunday. Natalie Sinn took second, both are headed to Nationals along with Matt Thompson who took third for the Men. Matt Thompson will make his second trip to the nationals and it is the Gophers 9th time in the past 11 years we have qualified for the mens single-handed championship. The ICSA National Single-handed Championships are being hosted by the University of Southern Florida and held at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club November 5-7.

The University of Minnesota Sloop team of; Matt Thompson, Brady Solum, Allison Prange, and Kirstin Wilson competed in the MCSA Sloop Conference Championship in Chicago October 23-24. After multiple rounds of racing, the team made the finals and finished second and are headed to Nationals! The format of the National Sloop Championship was changed last winter from fleet racing to match racing. The sailing team will compete in the ICSA National Sloop Championship in Sonar's at the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point November 19-21.

Four days of racing in the past nine days, three national championship births, GO GOPHERS!

To show that our team has depth and a bright future; Freshman Ryan Grosch and Junior Emma Gantzer who were teamed with Freshman Drake Lundeen and Freshman Sarah Ellis sailed to an impressive win at the University of Saint Thomas Cup fleet race hosted at the Wayzata Community Sailing Center on the same weekend has our top sailors were qualifying for Sloops. Not only did they win, our second team of Tom Cramer, Maddie Hoover, Aaron Martinson, Dave Chapin, Allison Forbes, and Lauren Rieves placed 2nd!

For more information go to: http://www.collegesailing.org/

ALUMNI REGATTA THIS SATURDAY!

SAVE THE DATE

Attention Alumni! Upcoming dates to put on your calendars!

UofMN Alumni Regatta
September 11th

UofMN Streufurt Team Race
September 25-26th

MCSA Singlehanded Qualifiers
October 16-17th

Please make your presence/volunteer to help support the UofMN and local dinghy sailors! More details to follow soon! All events to be held at the Wayzata Community Sailing Center.

UofMN Sailors Teach @ Local Youth Programs

Summer is here and sailing is in session! Check out the UofMN sailors teaching and promoting youth sailing in the area. Links are posted below for more information!

Wayzata Community Sailing Center (WCSC)
Allison Prange
Matt Thompson
Kirstin Wilson and Natalie Sinn













Saint Croix Sailing School
Kate Hockins

Calhoun Sailing School
Eric Tobias

Alumni Tim Krech takes 2nd @ C Nationals in New York

Congratulations Minnesota alumni Tim Krech, Anne Scheuerman, and Wiscos Bre Schmidt Krech on their 2nd place finish at Chautauqua Lake!

The team made the 15 hour trek to Chautauqua, New York where they encountered shifty winds and a decorated fleet. Competitors included Inland Champions Andy Burdick, Paul Reilly, and top MYC sparring partners Jason Ostbye and Hans Dickel. 6 races were sailed over the course of Friday and Saturday; one throwout was awarded. The team finished the event with an impressive 15 points, just 4 points shy of the leader.

Check out their race win coverage on Sail Groove
http://www.sailgroove.org/videos/coverage/view_video/237201-2010-c-scow-national-championship-regatta/341806-race-1-winners-tim-and-brie-krech

Results can be found below
http://www.ilyamedia.org/blog/post/show/id/1-C-Scow-Nationals-Final-Results

Team Racing at Lake Calhoun

Monday night team racing is back for another summer! Plan on being at Calhoun Sailing Center at 5:30 every Monday rain or shine. A donation of $15 is asked to help pay for equipment upkeep. Happy sailing!

Questions?? Contact Hugh Harris
hugh.harris09@gmail.com

Womens Nationals - Madison May25-28th

Gopher women; Allison, Amberose, Emma, Kate, Natalie, KK along with coach Dave traveled to Wisconsin, Madison last week to compete in Women's ICSA Nationals. As many may have already heard, there was not enough wind to get races off neither Tuesday nor Wednesday.

Vice Commodore, Allison Prange describes the event. "Tuesday and Wednesday were just a series of waiting games. A's were sent out and brought back in about 5 times on Tuesday, only starting one race which was later called off once the wind died (though we were beating Wisco at the time... so I think we would have beat them overall... haha). Sitting in the sun from 8:30-7 took its toll on us all. We came home and passed out early hoping to get some sailing in on Wednesday.
A's went out early on Wednesday morning, with enough wind to get to the line only for it to completely die again. We sat for 30 minutes on the water and were sent back in. They held us on shore until about 6pm when a storm started to come through and it was determined that there was not enough time to complete a full regatta so Semi's was called off."

The final 18 teams for Womens was than determined by the old formula placing MN one spot out of qualifying from their district (MCSA). While the two days of no sailing and loosing a chance at Nationals were disappointing for the ladies, they certainly were able to make the best of it. The team was given the opportunity to participate in a clinic the following two days held by female olympic gold medalist Anna Tunnicliffe. Coming off the water they all agreed that Anna was a, "fantastic teacher and that it was one of the most beneficial experiences of our college sailing careers".

Congratulations Gophers on a successful season! Happy sailing this summer! Farewell to Seniors Amberose Kramer, Kate Hockins, and Nick Hovland

Cappy Capper US Sailor of the week

Cappy is recognized as this weeks US Sailing Sailor of the Week. Check it out!

http://media.ussailing.org/US_SAILING_Media_Home/Sailor_of_the_Week.htm

Gopher Invite Success

Congratulations Gophers for putting on a great event this past weekend at WCSC! Here is the updated report and final scores from Vice Commodore Allison Prange.

We were pleased to see a lot of sun and warm weather for the weekend, though these great conditions brought little wind. Saturday started with glassy water so sailors were postponed on shore until the race committee saw a steady breeze of 3.5 knots or higher. A division eventually got in a total of 3 races with B's getting two in on Saturday. Sunday began with promising breeze which eventually began throwing 45 degree shifts for the race committee to compensate for. Despite the difficult wind conditions, each division completed 6 races with a total of 12 races being sailed for the regatta.

We would like to thank all of our volunteers- Carl Locker, Robbie Virnil, Andrea Porter, Mark Dunsworth, Mike Schmidt, Mark Swift, Megan Zweber, Tricia Towey, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and all of the Gopher sailors.

Congratulations to Minnesota Gold, a team of Nick Hovland, Kate Hockin, Matt Thompson and Tom Cramer, for winning the event!

We are sad to see our seniors go!

Final RESULTS

1A 2A 1B 2B 3A 4A 3B 4B 5A 6A 5B 6B Total
Minnesota Gold 3 1 4 3 1 1 5 7 2 2 1 2 32
Minnesota Maroon 2 6 7 5 2 2 1 8 6 4 3 1 47
St. Thomas 5 4 2 1 3 4 3 10 1 1 7 11 52
Minnesota Women 1 3 8 7 5 8 2 6 3 5 2 3 53
Northwestern 7 2 1 2 7 3 6 1 9 9 6 5 58
Chicago 4 8 3 6 6 7 4 9 7 8 5 4 71
Northwestern 4 6 9 6 4 4 6 7 3 5 10 4 10 74
Marquette 9 7 10 10 9 11 9 4 4 7 8 7 95
Northwestern 2 10 5 5 9 8 9 12 11 11 3 10 6 99
Northwestern 3 11 11 9 12 10 5 10 12 8 6 11 9 114
Indiana 12 12 11 8 12 12 8 2 12 12 9 8 118
Carleton 8 10 12 11 11 10 11 5 10 11 12 12 123

Cappy Capper Winner of ICSA Graham Hall Award

Sailors,

I am very pleased to announce today that our coach Cappy Capper has been selected by the ICSA committee as the winner of the 2009-2010 ICSA Graham Hall Award for outstanding service as a sailing professional.

This award recognizes organizers, administrators, advisors or coaches who have served the best interests of college sailing at the club/team, conference or national level. Cappy will be added to the elite list of names found on the permanent ICSA Hall of Fame display located in the Robert Crown Sailing Center at the U.S. Naval Academy (Annapolis, Md.).

I would like to thank Cappy for all of his hard work and years of dedication supporting youth sailing. We are honored to have Cappy Capper as our director and coach at the University of Minnesota.

ICSA president Mitch Brindley said it best, “Your support and enthusiasm for college sailing at the Universities of Minnesota and St. Thomas, in the MCSA, and all of the ICSA has truly been outstanding. I thank you for your tireless efforts for the sport of
college sailing of the past, present, and future.”

Cappy will be recognized and inducted into the ICSA Hall of Fame at the ICSA Awards Banquet on June 3, 2010 at in Madison, WI.


Jess Haverstock
jhaverstock@gmail.com
P:612.817.4837