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.