NEWS & REGATTAS
Michigan Hosts Women's Quals
We had eight teams from the conference competing for top four in order to qualify for Women's Nationals.
Michigan Sailing Women's Qualifying Team
This past weekend the team hosted the MCSA Women's Conference Championship. We had eight teams from the conference competing for top four in order to qualify for Women's Nationals.
Saturday had little to no wind until about noon. Once the wind filled to 10-15 knots, the course was set and sailors were able to get off four races before the end of the day. Michigan ended the day in fourth, Notre Dame University in third, Northwestern in second and Wisconsin in first.
Sunday's weather more than made up for the lack of wind on Saturday with gusts up to 20-25 knots. Our team put their heads down and powered through the full day of racing. By mid-afternoon, one to two boats were flipping every race due to the gusty conditions. Fortunately, the weather was warm and sunny both days.
Wisconsin ended up in first, Northwestern in second, Michigan in third, and Notre Dame in fourth. We would like to thank all the teams that came out to compete this weekend, as well as our volunteers George Griswold, Brook McCray, Matt Graham, and Brian Tobelmann. Congratulations to those that qualified! Go Blue!
Written by S. Thompson '18
MCSA Midwinters Brings Big UMich Wins
Two Michigan Sailing team members now sit on the MCSA officer panel. Graduate team member and part-time coach Brian Tobelmann was elected MCSA commissioner and freshman race chair Austin Haag was elected MCSA equipment manager.
From left to right: DJ Litts, Mike Gapuz, Amy Baer, Austin Haag, Lane Tobin, Mason Wolters
Two Michigan Sailing team members now sit on the MCSA officer panel. Graduate team member and part-time coach Brian Tobelmann was elected MCSA commissioner and freshman race chair Austin Haag was elected MCSA equipment manager. It is important to have Haag and Tobelmann sit on this panel because it means that Michigan will have a bigger seat at the table when it comes to MCSA team representation.
Team captains Lane Tobin and Mason Wolters as well as former race chair Grant Lyon also traveled to University of Milwaukee/Marquette to attend the MCSA 2017 Midwinters.
Midwinters is a banquet hosted by the MCSA where representatives of each team gather to finalize regatta dates and berth allocations for the teams. We are looking forward to the upcoming season to compete against our midwestern comrades.
This season we will be hosting, as is tradition, Big10 Team Race the weekend of March 25. We will also be hosting the MCSA Women's Championship regatta for nationals the weekend of April 8.
Written by S. Thompson '18