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Grosse Isle Invitational

Last year, Loyola dominated the Grosse Isle Invitational, finishing first and second place overall and our goal was to repeat last year. the first day began very cold and breezy, but by the time we got out to the race course the wind had died down significantly and it had warmed up. The wind died around 11:00 but by the last set of the day it had picked back up to 12-15 kts. The second day was very similar to the first, however, the time limit for racing prevented us to stay on the water until the wind picked back up so the wind slowly died all day. In the overall team scores, Loyola Black and Loyola White took first and third place, respectively, sending a message to the other teams. In the A division, Alex Post and Melinda Lee took first place, followed by John Kinzel and Alejandra Edery in fourth place, Scott Hallman and Jen McDermott in 11th, and Marshall Fordon and Kathryn Fitzpatrick in 12th. In the B division, Chris Lynch and Tayler Crimaldi won by a very small margin, edging out Davis Porter and Grace Williams, who tied for second, by just two points. They were followed by James Kohn and Isa Brooks in 8th and Colleen Kollar and Allison LeTourneau in 9th. Good work Ramblers!

Kick-Off Classic

We began this season with the annual Kick-Off Classic held at Sheridan Shore Yacht Club. The first day began with dense fog, preventing racing until around 11 when races on the 420 and laser courses started. Throughout the weekend there was very little breeze, allowing only four races on the 420 course, five for the radials, and six for the full rigs. Sunday greeted sailors with even less breeze, the 420s were only able to get in two more races and only two races in both the full rig and radial divisions. At the end of the weekend, Loyola Black placed 5th overall, Loyola JV 1 followed them in 12th, and Loyola JV 2 in 17th. In the A division, Chris Lynch and Colleen Kollar finished fourth, held back by an unfortunate 11 in race three. Scott Hallman and Jen McDermott finished in 8th, followed by James Kohn and Shea Synnestvedt in 12th. In the B division we had Melinda Lee and Grace Williams finishing 12th, Conner Croft and Kathryn Fitzpatrick coming in 14th, and Matt Goschi and Alejandra Edery in 20th. On the Laser course we only had three sailors. John Kinzel bringing home the gold for Loyola, winning the full rig division, narrowly defeating New Trier by just one point. Alex Post finished 4th in the radial division followed by Davis Porter in 7th. Solid start to the season, next regatta: Grosse Isle Invitational.