On the weekend of May 22-24, Loyola Sailing headed out to the national event for which they qualified in beautiful Rochester, New York. This event was the Atlantic Coast Challenge, a team race regatta consisting of many of the best teams in the midwest and Atlantic Coast Districts. The team consisted of drivers John Kinzel, Kevin Kennedy and Tommy Holmberg and crews Melinda Lee, Ciara McHugh, Juliann Sargis, Thomas Cook, and Chris Lynch (who drove one race. Said Chris Lynch, "This is the best day of my life!"). The breeze was very light, but the team overcame and sailed very well and very consistently as they went undefeated in their first six races and then losing three. This effort was enough to move them up into the gold round robin of the event (the sweet spot, if you will). Defeating only one team of the four they faced was enough to put Loyola Sailing in fourth place for the event. This was the final high school event for seniors Juliann Sargis, Ciara McHugh, Kevin Kennedy, and Tommy Holmberg.
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