Junior Olympics

Junior Olympics
October 11, 2008
Macatawa Bay Yacht Club

Loyola sent several boats to this regatta in hopes of taking first in all four events: Laser radial, Laser full rig, Collegiate 420, and Club 420. (A last second switch had Kevin Kennedy and Ciara McHugh switching from club 420 to collegiate.)

Conditions were light on day one, with hours of postponement outside the bay, followed by three shifty races within. Day two had sailors competing out on the big lake, with varying amounts of breeze, big shifts, and puffs.

Radial: Alex Post, in a competitive fleet of 19 boats, skillful took second place in most races. Sadly, Drew Shea of New Trier took most firsts. Still, Alex sailed fantastically, overcoming confusing conditions to win a few races and take silver overall. 

Full: John Kinzel, a little man in a big boy boat, again showed his toughness as he competed in the full rig division. His consistently high finishes led him to a second place finish.

Collegiate 420: Tommy Holmberg and Colleen Evans sailed together as did Kevin Kennedy and Ciara McHugh. Holmberg and Kennedy had Holmberg taking second and Kennedy taking fourth behind their Team Death Speed ally: Tim Zacher. Out of 20 boats. They were off to a good start. Holmberg went on to win the next two races and closed the day out with a four point lead. The next day had Kennedy and Holmberg finishing out of the top two, but with respectable top five finishes. In the end, Holmberg took bronze, and Kennedy took fourth.

Final Tally

Radial- Post: 2nd

Full: Kinzel: 2nd

Collegiate: Holmberg and Evans: 3rd

Kennedy and McHugh: 4th

Junior Olympics

Jimmy Talbott

Jimmy Talbott Regatta

October 4, 2008

Chicago Yacht Club

Results: http://www.missa.net/images/results/Jimmy_Talbot_2008.pdf

Loyola sent three teams to this event. The teams were formulated by coach Zac Hernandez to be a senior team, a junior team, and a sophomore team.

Loyola 1 (Sophomore skippers): A- Alex Post, Juliann Sargis/ B- Davis Porter, Tayler Crimaldi

Loyola 2 (Seniors): A- Tommy Holmberg, Ciara Mchugh/ B- Kevin Kennedy, Grace Williams

Loyola 3 (Juniors): A- John Kinzel, Emily Norris/ B- Marcus Jackson and Alejandra Edery

Breeze was light and shifty to begin on Saturday, and, while the senior and junior teams started the day poorly, the sophomores shot to the front with consistently high finishes. Later in the day, breeze picked up, as did the rest of Loyola's performance, with everyone finishing in the top five and everyone winning one or more races and in Davis Porter's case, 4.  Loyola ended day 1 with the sophomores in second place, and the seniors in third. In the A division, Alex Post was in second to New Trier by two points and Tommy Holmberg was in third by 16 points and John Kinzel was close behind. Davis was in second place in the B division.

The beginning of day 2 had Davis  winning a redress that moved the sophomores to first place. Davis had a great day of consistent finishes, leading him to win the B division.  In the A division, Post lagged while Kinzel won a race, and Holmberg won two in a row, moving him to the lead in the division with Post and Kinzel tied five points back. At this point, Loyola was in first, second, and third in the divison with. The A division all came down to a heated last set. Holmberg and Kinzel took subpar a 12th and thirteenth in the second to last race, moving Post into the lead. It all came down to the final race won by New Trier. Steph Hudson of New Trier took first, followed by Post, Holmberg, and Kinzel.

The sophomores took first place in the team score, followed by the seniors, who took third.

Final Tally

Loyola 1: A- Post and Sargis 2nd

B- Porter and Crimaldi 1st

Team- 1st

Loyola 2: A- Holmberg and Sargis 3rd

B- Kennedy and Williams 7th

Team 3rd

Loyola 3: A- Kinzel and Norris 4th

Jackson and Edery 10th

Team 6th

Culver

Loyola Academy's Christopher Lynch took third place in the B division after two races. Loyola sailor Alex Post won the first three races of the Radial division and went on to take first place in the class. He was followed by Tommy Holmberg, who placed second. 

Racing did not occur during day two do to lack of breeze, so more importantly than sailing were the team's no breeze-shenanigans. Loyola Academy, Evanston, and bits of Grosse Ile fit 23 people on a laser and, after, a 420. This feat has been placed into the Guinness book of world records and we openly challenge anyone to attempt it. 

Kickoff Classic

Sheridan Shore's Kickoff Classic Regatta was cancelled due to the realization that there had already been a regatta it was not kicking anything off. Also, incredible flooded caused the water treatment facility in the Wilmette Harbor to open it's locks, sending powerful curent through the harbor, sweeping several moored boats out to sea. The conditions made it impossible to sail. Said Loyola sailor Davis"Johnny Tsunami" Porter, "I like totally wish I was surfing right now."

Grosse Ile Regatta

Loyola started off on the road to the perfect season in Grosse Ile, Michigan sending 13 sailors and 3 teams: Gold, Silver and Bronze. Tough competition filled the A fleet but Alex Post and Juliann Sargis started off with consistant finishes followed by a four race streak of wins. Their final set included two ninth place finishes putting them in second place in A. Tommy Holmberg and Ciara Mchugh took first place in the B division followed closely by Davis Porter and Chris Lynch of Loyola silver. Loyola Gold (Post, Sargis, Holmberg, McHugh, Kennedy) took first place with a thirty point lead over second place Loyola Silver (Kinzel, Evans, Porter, Lynch). 

The A division was won by Tim Zacher, a Culver Academy sailor and  member of the renowned Team Death Speed along with Kevin Kennedy, Alex Post, Tommy Holmberg and Brady Savage. 

RESULTS: http://www.missa.net/images/results/Grosse_Ile_Invitational_Regatta%20Results_2008_(2).pdf

Loyola Summer Sailing Update

Many Loyola sailors continue competing throughout the summer. 

-In Lake Forest, Alex Post pulled off a third place finish in his Laser Radial at the Junior Olympics with Tommy Holmberg placing fifth. 

-John Kinzel took first place, after overcoming the second place spot by winning every race on the final day in the full rig division in  Chicago's Skyline Regatta. 

-Davis Porter accomplished an incredible feat as he defeated sixty four boats to win the Lake Geneva X Boat championship for the second year in a row.