Season Summary

Grosse Ile Invitational:

420s

1st and 2nd out of 13 

Culver Invitational:

Laser Radial

1st and 2nd out of 8

Talbott Regatta

420

1st and 3rd out of 18

Junior Olympics

Laser Radial

2nd out of 16,

Laser Full Rig

2nd out of 12,

420

3rd out of 20

Coast Guard Academy High School Open (National)

3rd out of 20

Halloween Regatta

1st out of 21

Missa Keelboat Championship

1st of 4

Great Lakes Championship

2nd of 31

The Great Lakes Championship

This regatta has 3 divisions, A and B are sailed in 420s while C is sailed in a laser.

Loyola 1: A- Tommy Holmberg & Juliann Sargis, B- Alex Post and Ciara McHugh, C- Davis Porter

Loyola 2: A- John Kinzel & Taylor Crimaldi, B- Chris Lynch & Grace Williams, C- Kevin Kennedy

There were an unheard of 31 boats registered to this regatta. The competition took place in the Chicago Yacht Club (Monroe) harbor and consequently, conditions were extremely trying. 180 degree wind shifts had sailors sailing upwind and downwind at various points on the same leg. At one point, 15 boats were simultaneously capsized due to an enormous rogue puff of wind. Through all of this, Loyola sailors performed magnificently. Holmberg could not catch New Trier's Steph Hudson in the A division, and settled for second while Alex Post dominated the B division and Davis Porter sailed well in the C. John Kinzel was set to take third place in the A division, until his final race bullet was revealed to be a disqualifying OCS. Chris Lynch sailed fantastically in the largest event of his career and Kevin Kennedy was the top Loyola finisher in the C division with a sixth place finish. 

Loyola ended up with a second place finish behind New Trier. They sailed very well at this regatta and now set their sights on a great spring season with top finishes at nationals. 

Keelboat Regatta

The Loyola Academy sailing team does not sail keelboats; and those who do (John and Davis) had not in several months. Still, they jumped at the chance to attend such a great regatta. The six man team that would sail the J-22 was hand picked by teammate and Melges 24 sailor Davis Porter. He insisted this be an elite team, and grueling tryouts of pain and endurence were held. These six survived.

Davis Porter

Kevin Kennedy

Alex Post

Tommy Holmberg

John Kinzel

Ciara Mchugh

Coached by Stu Hall, the team headed up to Grosse Ile Michigan on Halloween, skipping the holiday festivities in the quest to win the first ever Missa Keelboat championship. Davis Porter was the skipper as Loyola won the first two races, and maintained a comfortable lead throughout the regatta. They battled biting cold, harsh wind, and Peter Polgar for two days and came out on top. Alex Post and John Kinzel drove the final two races. 

Results

Halloween Regatta

Loyola Academy always strives for victory in all parts of the triathlon that is the Halloween spectacular. In order of importance: the costume contest, the pumpkin carving contest, and then the sailing. Dino was again unleashed this year by Loyola's Davis Porter, but he was again robbed of the costume contest gold and the pumpkin contest was cancelled, so sadly all we won was the sailing. :(

Loyola set out to dominate the regatta as they did last year by sending very competitive teams.

Loyola 1: A- Tommy Holmberg & Juliann Sargis, B- Alex Post and Alejandra Edery

Loyola 2: A- Davis Porter & Taylor Crimaldi, B- John Kinzel & Ciara McHugh

Loyola 3: A- Kevin Kennedy & Grace Williams, B- Chris Lynch & Colleen Koller

Loyola 4: A Maggie Koller & Shea S., B- Marcus Jackson & Emily Norris

Loyola got off to a great start with Holmberg and Post taking first place in their first two races. Neither finished out of the top five in a race and Alex went on to win all but one of his races. Winds escalated from 10 to 20 knots for a very hectic final race in both divisions, both dominated by Loyola 1. Kevin Kennedy had a great regatta with consistant finishes culminating in a solid 4th place finish in the A division. John Kinzel overcame some tough early races with a commanding final set of a first and second place. He finished third in the B division. Holmberg won the A division and Post took second in B bringing Loyola 1 to a 1st place overall with a crushing 30 point lead over fierce competitor New Trier. 

Results