** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** April 30, 2012 Contact: Danielle Richards, danielle.richards@ussailing.net PCCSC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE’S AND ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM ANNOUNCED Santa Barbara, CA (April 29, 2012) –At the conclusion of the 2012 PCCSC Dinghy Championship the latest inductee’s to the PCCSC Hall of Fame were announced, joining the members of the Women’s All-Conference Team and Richard Lough Award for Outstanding Service by a Professional announced last week. The PCCSC
The Trojans travelled to Santa Barbara to compete in the Coed Pacific Coast Conference Championship. The regatta suffered from very tough sailing conditions with many hours of postponement. After two days only 6 races were completed per division. In the end, the Trojans finished 7th overall
All-Conference Women’s Team Announced: ** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** April 23, 2012 PCCSC WOMEN’S ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM ANNOUNCED Honolulu, HI (April 21, 2012) – At the trophy ceremony for the 2012 PCCSC Women’s Championship the announcement of the Pacific Coast Collegiate Sailing Conference 2011-2012 All-Conference Women’s Team was made. This honor is one of the highlights of the conference colleg…iate sailing year and all of the ladies will be recognized in the
The Women of Troy travelled to Hawaii April 21-22 to sail in the PCCSC Women’s Championship, which served as the qualifier for ICSA Women’s Nationals and Semifinals. Friday morning was spent on the beach as tourists followed by an afternoon practice at the venue. Saturday the sailors were greeted by strong trade winds and beautiful weather. With A and B division on the water at the same time, a double
The team travelled to Stanford for the Carter Ford Team Race, which serves as the PCCSC Team Race Championship and the qualifier for the ICSA Team Race Nationals. Racing started early in 10-12 knots of breeze. The Trojans had a tough first round robin, with losses to Stanford, Hawaii, and UC Santa Barbara. As the day went on, and the breeze picked up to 15 knots, the Trojans came back
This past weekend, March 31-April 1, the Trojans travelled north for the St. Francis Intersectional Regatta, sailed on the San Francisco City Front. Saturday morning, the team was greeted by rain and a southwest breeze that ranged from 15 to 28 knots, with big puffs throughout the day. The Trojans, especially the women’s team, were challenged by the big breeze with both Kelsey Rupp/Alexis Tarakjian in A and Mallory Schluter/Olivia
The South Series wrapped up this past weekend, with the Trojans first place finish (from the Southern division of the conference) at South 5. This topped off a very successful run for the Trojans, who finished second, first, second, fourth, and first again at the five regattas that make up the series. These scores gave the Trojans a final lead of 3 points over UCSB to be the Jane Allen South Series 2012
This past weekend, the Trojans hosted 25 teams for the South 5 Designate Regatta. In order to be eligible to sail in PCC’s, schools had to send a team to this regatta. On Saturday, six races in moderate breeze were completed off the Long Beach Pier. Sunday morning, the race committee decided to move the race course to inside Alamitos Bay, where four more races were completed in 15 knots
The team of Max Hutcheson, Kelsey Rupp, Danny Kivlovitz, Alessandro Sassoon, Peggy Bobbin, Olivia Gebelien, and Erik Samuels stepped out of the dinghies and onto a Catalina 37 to compete in the 5th annual Harbor Cup Regatta hosted by Los Angeles Yacht Club with the Support of the Port of Los Angeles. The team had strong first two days and were in contention for the title going into the
The team travelled to Stanford this past weekend for the first team racing event of the season, the MycIntyre Team Race. Unusually high temperatures for Northern California came along with virtually no wind. After a long postponement Saturday, racing began after 4:00. In their first race, the Trojans beat the host team Stanford, and kept that momentum going for two more wins as racing stopped after sunset. Sunday again involved
