USC Varsity Sailing Team

May 29th, 2010
The Ladies of Troy traveled to Madison, Wisconsin to compete in the ICSA Women's Semi-Final and the subsequent Finals. Unfortunately, the Semi-Final did not take place due to two days without breeze. As a result, we automatically moved forward into the Finals because of our strong performance at the PCC's. Day 1 of the Women's Final was a very long day with lots of races in very light air. The second day saw much more of the same light air, but less races were completed. After a long few days, the team of Emmy Dahl, Maddie Thompson, Kelsey Rupp, and Sydney Morical finished the regatta in 12th place.

May 3, 2010
With a successful 2nd place finish at the Coed PCC's the team qualified for the ICSA Eastern Coed Semi-Final in Charleston, SC. At the Semi-Final, the team saw lots of current and strong breezes which made for very challenging racing. The team of Chris Vetter, Emmy Dahl, Brock Kraebel, Stephen Lue, and Erik Samuels sailed to a 10th place finish just missing the nationals by a few points. They showed a lot of promise this semester and we are confident about our chances next year!

April 28, 2010
With a successful showing at the Women's PCC's and a strong sailing season that included the ICSA Women's Singlehanded Nationals, Kelsey Rupp, Sydney Morical, and Emmy Dahl were given recognition as members of the All-PCCSC Women's Team. Kelsey Rupp and Emmy Dahl earned skipper honors while Sydney Morical earned crew honors sailing with both skippers regularly. Now the women's team is focused on having a good regatta at the ICSA Women's Semi-Final!

April 26, 2010
This past weekend the entire team pitched in to host the Women's PCCSC Championship in Alamitos Bay. While hosting the event our Women's Team was competing in very close and hard fought regatta. After 22 races on day one, there were only three points separating the top three teams. With great conditions, racing continued on Sunday. Going into the final set, USC was tied for first place and went on to take the lead on the water. Despite losing a protest, the Ladies of Troy finished the regatta in second place guaranteeing themselves a spot in the ICSA Women's Semi-Final. The team of Kelsey Rupp, Sydney Morical, Emmy Dahl, Maddie Thompson, and Natalie Rastello sailed a great event and we wish them luck at the Semi's!

April 19, 2010
After a strong season of sailing in the PCCSC regattas two of the team's seniors were given recognition as members of the All-PCCSC Team. Chris Vetter received skipper honors while his primary crew, Christy Tatchell received crewing honors. We are proud of our Coed Team members and look forward to seeing the announcement for the Women after their PCC's.

April 19, 2010
The coed team traveled to sunny Hawaii to compete in the Coed PCC's for a spot in the ICSA Semi-Finals. Each day consisted of 15-20kts of shifty breeze and consistency proved to be the key ingredient for success at the event. Chris Vetter and Brock Kraebel won A-Division by 16 points. Meanwhile Stephen Lue and Danny Kivlovitz sailed strong in B-Division finishing 3rd in B-Division. The Trojans ended the regatta in 2nd place gaining a berth to the ICSA Eastern Semi-Final held in Charleston, SC.

April 12, 2010
The team racing group traveled to Redwood City, CA to compete for a spot at the Team Race Nationals. They faced very challenging conditions on both Saturday and Sunday that contained major changes in velocity and direction of the breeze throughout the days. The team moved into the final four on Sunday and went into the final race tied with Hawaii for the final qualifying spot. Unfortunately, after a race of many lead changes the Trojans were not able to finish ahead and ended the regatta in third place. Despite not qualifying the team of Chris Vetter, Christy Tatchell, Stephen Lue, Brock Kraebel, Kelsey Rupp, Maddie Thompson, Andrew Nunn, Danny Kivlovitz, Erik Samuels, and Sydney Morical had a very successful semester of team racing and improved significantly.

April 5, 2010
The Trojans traveled to St. Francis Yacht Club to celebrate Easter weekend sailing on the windy San Francisco city front. The San Francisco Bay provided plenty of current and wind to make for some very challenging conditions for the sailors. The coed team of Chris Vetter, Christy Tatchell, Stephen Lue, Brock Kraebel, and Danny Kivlovitz finished 8th. Meanwhile, the Ladies of Troy finished 10th overall and 3rd among the competing women's teams, just six points from 2nd. Our women's team consisted of Kelsey Rupp, Maddie Thompson, Emmy Dahl, and Sydney Morical.

March 29, 2010
This past weekend the team hosted the South 5 designate regatta in which 27 teams competed on the waters of Alamitos Bay. The sailors were greeted by a very strong offshore breeze on Saturday morning that eventually turned into a nice sea breeze in the afternoon. Sunday followed with another great day of sailing in 10-12kt sea breeze. The varsity team of Chris Vetter, Brock Kraebel, Stephen Lue, Danny Kivlovitz, and Christy Tatchell sailed to victory in the regatta. Meanwhile the women's team of Kelsey Rupp, Maddie Thompson, Emmy Dahl and Sydney Morical finished 5th overall and 2nd among the women's teams. The JV team of Andrew Nunn, Natalie Rastello, Jude Fitzmorris, Danny Kivlovitz, and Erik Samuels also had a strong performance finishing in 15th place.

March 15, 2010
Over the past few weeks the Trojans stepped out of the dinghies and into a Catalina 37 in preparation for this year's Harbor Cup hosted at Los Angeles Yacht Club in San Pedro, CA. Sailing large keel boats was a new experience for many of our crew, but they picked it up quickly. After two days of racing the Trojans were in 2nd place, just two points behind CMA. On the final day of racing the they remained consistent and sailed to Victory, winning the regatta by 5 points. Skipper, Chris Vetter led the crew of Kelsey Rupp, Danny Kivlovitz, Andrew Nunn, Erik Samuels, Maddie Thompson, Brock Kraebel and Sydney Morical to great results!

Harbor Cup Press Release by Rich Roberts

Photos by Jim Gregson

February 15, 2010
The team traveled to Newport Beach, CA to compete in the South 3 Regatta and the First South Team Race Scrimmage. The light air venue provided many challenges with lots of current and commercial boat traffic. Still the Trojans had a strong showing finishing 2nd, 4th, and 12th. Chris Vetter and Christy Tatchell won A-Division. During the Team Race Scrimmage the team of Chris Vetter, Kelsey Rupp, Stephen Lue, Christy Tatchell, Sydney Morical, and Maddie Thompson finished 2nd with only one loss.

February 1, 2010
The entire team traveled to Mission Bay, CA to compete in the South 1 and 2 regattas. We fielded three teams at each event and performed well. At South 1 the teams finished 4th, 7th, and 12th. Day 2 saw significant improvements with the teams finishing 2nd, 3rd, and 12th.

January 18, 2010
After returning to school and hosting a successful Rose Bowl regatta the team got back into the groove of school and prepared for the Rainbow Invitational/PJ Wenner Memorial Regatta hosted in Honolulu, HI. The sailors were greeted by gorgeous weather and challenging sailing conditions. We fielded a coed team and a women's team. The Coed Team was led by Chris Vetter and Christy Tatchell winning A-Division. Stephen Lue and Brock Kraebel finished 5th in B-Division giving the team 3rd place overall. Meanwhile the women's team of Kelsey Rupp, Maddie Thompson, Emmy Dahl, and Sydney Morical finished 2nd among the women's teams and twelfth overall.

January 4th, 2010
The Trojans returned back to campus early to host and compete in the largest combined collegiate and high school sailing event in the country. Simply running the event for 500+ sailors on two courses is a tough task, but the Trojans also compete in the event. This year's event saw some very gorgeous weather for the beach with temperatures in the high 70's and low 80's. Unfortunately, the weather brought very light breezes on both Saturday and Sunday. The Trojans fought through the conditions and sailed a very strong event finishing 4th among some of the top teams in the country. Seniors Chris Vetter and Christy Tatchell led the team with a 2nd place finish in A-Division. Meanwhile, sophomores Kelsey Rupp and Sydney Morical accompanied by freshmen Emmy Dahl and Maddie Thompson finished 8th in B-Division. After a very successful event, the team took the remainder of the break to hit the slopes in Mamouth.

November 23rd, 2009
The Ladies of Troy traveled to San Diego to compete in the Women's Fall PCC's. Six races were completed on day one leaving the team in third overall, just a few points away from winning the regatta. Day 2 saw very nice breeze and another five races were sailed in each division. The Ladies of Troy were able to improve one spot and finished the very close regatta in 2nd place. Kelsey Rupp, Sydney Morical, Charlotte Bergin, and Natalie Rastello finished 4th in A-Division. Emmy Dahl and Christy Tatchell sailed to a second place finish in B-Division.

November 16th, 2009
The entire team traveled to Santa Barbara to compete in the Fall Pacific Coast Championship. The regatta was sailed in 3-Divisions for Varsity and the JV sailors competed in a standard 2-division regatta of their own. The first day got off to a slow start with only three races completed in each division. Day 2 saw much better breeze which allowed for 8 races in each division. After a total of 11 races per division the team finished 3rd. Seniors Chris Vetter and Christy Tatchell finished 2nd in A-Division. B-Division sailors Kelsey Rupp, Sydney Morical, Emmy Dahl, and Maddie Thompson finished 6th in the division. Freshman Ben Leibowitz finished 3rd in C-Division. Meanwhile, Danny Kivlovitz, Erik Samuels, Brock Kraebel, and Natalie Rastello also had a strong showing finishing 6th in JV.

November 10th, 2009
Sophomore, Kelsey Rupp traveled to Corpus Christie, Texas this past weekend to compete for the 2009 ICSA Singlehanded National Championship. 5 races were sailed on the first day in very light and shifty conditions. With storms predicted for the final day of racing, she sailed a total of 11 races on day 2 and then finished the regatta with 2 races in the rain on day 3. The regatta saw a variety of conditions ranging from 3-15kts of shifting breezes. Kelsey sailed well and stayed tough throughout the regatta finishing in 15th place. She also showed more school pride than anyone else as can be seen on the boat below!

October 26, 2009
The Ladies of Troy went to Redwood City, CA to compete in two events over the course of the weekend. The first event was the Bryson Women's Fleet Race where the standings were extremely close with only four points separating 1st and 4th. Emmy Dahl with crew Christy Tatchell won B-Division while their counterparts Kelsey Rupp and Sydney Morical placed 4th in A-Division. The team finished 3rd in the fleet racing only 2 points behind first place. On day two, the women competed in a 2-v-2 team race regatta and had a very strong showing with 7 victories putting the team of Kelsey Rupp, Sydney Morical, Maddie Thompson, Emmy Dahl, Natalie Rastello, and Christy Tatchel in 2nd place for the regatta.

October 19, 2009
All of the Freshmen and Sophomores traveled to Mission Bay to compete in the annual frosh/soph regatta. The team was lead by sophomores Kelsey Rupp and Sydney Morical who finished 3rd in A-division. Their Freshmen counterparts Ben Leibowitz and Maddie Thompson finished 4th in B-division giving the team an overall position of 3rd in the regatta. Also having a very strong showing in A-division were Emmy Dahl and Danny Kivlovitz who sailed as a half team and finished 4th, just behind their teammates. There is a lot of potential in this group and the future appears to be bright.

October 12, 2009
The entire team traveled to Treasure Island to compete in the annual Stoneyburke Intersectional Regatta. Seniors Chris Vetter and Christy Tatchell had an outstanding regatta winning A-Division. Meanwhile Sophomores Kelsey Rupp and Sydney Morical sailed very will finishing 4th in B-Division. This varsity team finished 3rd overall with some assistance from Brock Kraebel and Danny Kivlovitz as the breeze built over the course of the day. The younger team members sailed a strong regatta in the JV division as well. The team of Ben Leibowitz, Maddie Thompson, Brock Kraebel, Andrew Nunn, Erik Samuels, and Danny Kivlovitz all had great moments and finished 6th in their division.

October 5, 2009
The Sloops Team of Chris Vetter, Brock Kraebel, Erik Samuels, and Danny Kivlovitz traveled to northern California to compete in J-22's at the Sloop PCC's. They got off to a good start and sailed a strong regatta finishing second overall.

September 28, 2009
This past weekend the PCCSC Singlehanded Championship was held on the San Francisco bay hosted by Richmond Yacht Club. The regatta began with the Women's Championship with Kelsey Rupp sailing for the Women of Troy. She got off to a good start and her consistency led her to finish second overall gaining a berth to the ICSA Singlehanded Nationals to be held in Corpus Christi, Texas. Freshman, Ben Leibowitz began competing on Saturday and after two days of tight competition he finished fourth and only two points away from qualifying from the championship event.

May 26, 2009
The USC Women's Team went to the first ICSA Women's Semi-Final to fight for a berth to the National Championship event. The regatta was hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club on the San Francisco Bay. While the regatta started out in relatively light conditions, there was plenty of current and the breeze continued to build throughout the day with the largest puff reaching 27 knots. The girls stayed tough throughout the regatta and earned a very respectable 12th place finish just missing the finals by 3 places

May 10, 2009
The Ladies of Troy received a berth to the ICSA Women's Semi-Finals to be held on the San Francisco city front. The first day of competition is a Semi-Final of which the top 9 teams from this day of competition will move forward to compete in the finals that take place in the subsequent days. Make sure to track their progress as the competition takes place!

May 6, 2009
Each year the PCCSC district votes to recognize it's top sailors. This year Chris Vetter received All-PCCSC Team Coed Skipper. Charlotte Bergin was named to the All-PCCSC Team Woman's Skipper. In the final category, Christy Tatchell received All-PCCSC Team Crew.

April 7, 2009
The team traveled to San Francisco, CA to race on the city front at the St. Francis Yacht Club Intersectional Regatta. The regatta sailed in a combined coed and women's fleet. Each day there was an extreme current of 4 knots which made for very tough racing. The coed team of Chris Vetter, Christy Tatchell, Andrew Nunn, Stephen Lue, Andrew Cowley, and Brock Kraebel finished 11th. Meanwhile the Ladies of Troy finished 12th overall and 2nd in the women's division. The Ladies of Troy consisted of Charlotte Bergin, Natalie Rastello, Kelsey Rupp, Sydney Morical, and Shelby Rhodes.

March 20, 2009
This past weekend the Trojans hosted the first California State Team Race Regatta. The regatta drew 8 teams from all over California of which the top 6 advanced to the Team Race PCC's where they will compete for a spot at the team race nationals. After a double round robin the Trojans advanced into the top 4 bracket solidifying their spot at the PCC's. Chirs Vetter, Christy Tatchell, Stepehn Lue, Sydney Morical, Andrew Cowley, Brock Kraebel, Kelsey Rupp, and Andrew Nunn all sailed very well and finished 4th in the regatta.

March 24, 2009
The Ladies of Troy traveled away from warm and sunny California to St. Mary's Maryland to compete in one of the toughest Women's Regattas in the country. While they got off to a bit of slow start in very fluky conditions the young team of Charlotte Bergin, Natalie Rastello, Christy Tatchell, Shelby Rhodes, Kelsey Rupp, and Sydney Morical steadily improved throughout the weekend. All of them had races that showed that they are very talented sailors. In the end, the Ladies of Troy finished 15th.

March 16, 2009
The Trojans stepped out of the dinghies and into a Catalina 37 to compete in the 2nd annual Harbor Cup Regatta at Los Angeles Yacht Club. The light winds made the regatta quite challenging as every team struggled to remain consistent in their finishes. Despite the tough conditions the team of Chris Vetter, Andrew Cowley, Shelby Rhodes, Phil de Gannes, Charlie Ill, Jeff Mulvihill, and Brock Kraebel finished in 2nd place.

March 10, 2009
This past weekend the team racing team traveled to Redwood City, CA to compete in the McIntyre Team Race Regatta. The first day was extremely light. There were a few races sailed before a postponement. After postponement the breeze filled around 3:30pm and racing continued. After 7 races the Trojans had a record of 5-2. On day two the morning was light again, but then the breeze filled from the west which allowed for great racing. The team moved into the second round of the top 6 teams and then proceeded into the final round of 4 teams. The Trojans finished 4th overall, but had some highlights as they defeated the winning team twice. The team was led by Chris Vetter and Christy Tatchell with the support of Andrew Cowley, Stephen Lue, Phil de Gannes, Sydney Morical, Brock Kraebel, and Andrew Nunn.

March 2nd, 2009
Throughout the early spring the team has traveled to San Diego and Santa Barbara to compete in the South Series. This past weekend the final South Series event was hosted by USC in Long Beach. The regatta went very well with twenty seven teams from California and Arizona competing. The Coed team of Chris Vetter, Christy Tatchell, Andrew Cowley, Brock Kraebel, and Stephen Lue finished second overall in the regatta as well as the series. Meanwhile the Women's Team lead by Charlotte Bergin and Kelsey Rupp has sailed very consistently with top 5 finishes at all of the events. They were supported by crews Sydney Morical, Natalie Rastello, Victoria Ko, and Shelby Rhodes.

January 10th, 2009
The Sailing Team returned early from their winter break to host and compete in the largest combined collegiate and high school sailing event in the country. Hosting the event alone is a daunting task as there are over 400 competitors. Despite the light breezes each division sailed in 9 races. The team of Chris Vetter, Andrew Cowley, Chris Orlando, Sydney Morical, and Christy Tatchell finished 11th overall.

November 25th, 2008
The sloops team of Chris Vetter, Chris Orlando, Jeff Mulvihill, and Brock Kraebel traveled to St. Petersburg, Florida to compete in the ICSA Sloop National Championship Regatta. After a practice round the sailors began competing on Friday afternoon and sailed 4 races of the 10 race series. At the end of day 1 the Trojans were in 5th place. The temperatures dropped dramatically over night and racing began early on Saturday Morning in 15-18 knots of breeze. The Trojans continued to sail well and finished 5th overall.

November 17th, 2008
The team traveled to Santa Barbara to compete in the PCCSC Fall Championship. The Varsity Team sailed in 2 FJ divisions and 1 Laser division. After two great days of sailing in breeze that ranged from 5 to 12kts each division sailed 16 races. In the end the Varsity team of Chris Vetter, Christy Tatchell, Costas Vlahakis, Sydney Morical, Chris Orlando, and Kelsey Rupp finished 7th. The Junior Varsity Teams also had a strong showing with 4th and 7th place finishes.

November 10th, 2008
The USC Women's Team traveled to San Diego to compete in the PCCSC Women's Fall Championship. Day 1 saw light and moderate breezes while day 2 greeted the sailors with very windy conditions. The team of Charlotte Bergin, Natalie Rastello, Kelsey Rupp, Christy Tatchell, Shelby Rhodes and Sydney Morical showed that they can sail well in all conditions as they finished 3rd overall to end a very strong fall season.

October 20th, 2008
The Freshmen and Sophomores traveled to Mission Bay to compete in the Frosh/Soph Regatta. This year we fielded a Coed and a Women's Team. Both teams sailed very well in tough and shifty conditions. After the first day our teams were right next to each other in 5th and 6th. After a strong day two the team of Andrew Cowley, Andrew Nunn, Brock Krabael, and Morgan Sims finished 3rd overall. The women's team of Charlotte Bergin, Natalie Rastello, Kelsey Rupp, Sydney Morical, and Victoria Ko finished 7th overall.

October 13th, 2008
The entire team traveled to the Stoney Burke Regatta hosted at Treasure Island in northern California. Both days there was a strong breeze out of the northeast. The varsity team was led by Chris Vetter, Chris Orlando, Chrity Tatchell, Brock Kraebel and Sydney Morical. They had a very strong showing finishing 2nd overall in the first major intersectional regatta of the year. The JV team of Andrew Cowley, Shelby Rhodes, Sean Braken-Thal, and Jeff Mulvihill also had good regatta finishing 11th.

October 6th, 2008
The Ladies of Troy travelled to Redwood, CA to compete in the Bryson Women's Regatta and Team Racing Clinic. The regatta day greeted the sailors with breeze early in the morning which allowed for a full day of sailing. In A-Division Charlotte Bergin, Natalie Rastello, and Christy Tatchell finished 4th. Shelby Rhodes, Sydney Morical, and Natalie Rastello finished 5th in B-Division. Their combined scores put them in 3rd overall which is a strong improvement from last year! They look forward to competing in the Fall Championship.

September 29th, 2008
This weekend Trojans Kelsey Rupp and Chris Vetter traveled to Mission Bay to compete in the Singlehanded PCC's. Kelsey had a very strong showing as a freshman finish 6th out of 12 boats. Meanwhile, Chris Vetter sailed very well in the light breeze, but struggled as the wind picked up. He finished 12th out of 25 boats.

June 5th, 2008
The team travelled to Newport, RI to compete in the ICSA/APS Team Race Nationals hosted at New York Yacht Club. It was a great event sailed in 420's. The first day saw light breeze, followed by day 2 with heavy fog and day 3 with nice sun and breeze. In the end the Trojans finished 10th and look forward to coming back next year!

April 28th, 2008
This weekend the Trojans ran the first ever Western Semi-Final Regatta as part of the new qualification process for the nationals. The team ran a great event with a lot of support from all of the players. Unfortunately, they finished 11th overall and missed qualifying by 2 places.

April 14th, 2008
This past weekend the Trojans hosted both the Team Racing and Coed Pacific Coast Championships. The Team Racing PCC's were held on Friday in Alamitos Bay. After a double round robin and a final four the Trojans finished 2nd and advanced to the Team Race Nationals. The Coed PCC's were sailed on Saturday and Sunday right next to the Belmont Pier. After two days of racing the Trojans topped the fleet winning the district championship and advancing to the Semi-Finals.

April 7th, 2008
The Trojans traveled to the San Francisco city front to compete in the St. Francis Intersectional Regatta. It was an extremely windy regatta which was called early on Saturday due to puffs over 30 knots. Sunday was another day in the big breeze. In the end the Trojans finished 7th in the varsity fleet and 8th in the jv fleet.

March 24, 2008
Upon the completion of the Rose Bowl Regatta, the Trojans stepped out the dinghies and into a Catalina 37 to begin training for the Port of Los Angeles Harbor Cup. Sailing a Keel Boat was a new experience for many of our team members, but they welcomed the challenge. The crew of Chris Vetter, Charlie Ill, Phil De Gannes, Andrew Nunn, Perry Johnson, Shelby Rhodes, and Brock Kraebel sailed a very impressive regatta. They finished second overall beating many nationally ranked offshore sailing teams.

January 22, 2008
Happy New Year! The Trojans had a strong showing in both the Coed and Women's Divisions of the Rainbow Invite. The Coed team sailed FJ's and finished 2nd with strong performances from Chris Vetter, Matt Hogan, Brock Kraebel, and Christy Tatchell. Meanwhile, the Women of Troy sailed to a solid 5th place finish and continue to show improvement among the young team consisting of Charlotte Bergin, Natalie Rastello, Shelby Rhodes, Lucy Harrington, and Perry Johnson.

The fall championship was not greeted with much breeze on either day of competition. Day 1 consisted of 3 races total all in under 3kts of breeze. Day 2 was followed by much of the same and a few more races. Despite the tough conditions the Trojans finished 4th overall led by Chris Vetter, Matt Hogan, Costas Vlhakis, Christy Tatchell, Philip de Gannes, and Charlie Ill. In JV our teams had strong finishes of 5th and 7th.

The Trojans dominated the Frosh/Soph Regatta hosted in Santa Barbara. Winning the regatta by 47 points were Nick Miller, Chris Vetter, Natalie Rastello, and Charlotte Bergin. Placing ninth was the team of Stephen Lue, Lucy Harrington and Brock Krabel.

Treasure Island, CA provided great late afternoon sailing conditions. After a long morning in postponement the Trojans hit the water ready to sail fast. Our new team of Chris Vetter, Matt Hogan, Costas Vlhakis, and Christy Tatchell led the team to a 2nd place finish overall. Team Captain Chris Orlando led the JV sailors to a strong finish as well.

Eva Seligman finishes here career at USC as a First Team Academic All- American. Eva was a key player on both the Coed and Women's teams while maintaining a 3.86 cumulative GPA.

The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) has recognized 20 outstanding scholar athletes by their selection to the 2007 ICSA All Academic Sailing Team. The honor acknowledges success at the highest levels – both on the water and in the classroom – of these men and women who have been nominated by their respective schools for academic and athletic performance during the 2006-2007 academic year. The 2007 ICSA All Academic Team recognizes ten First Team and ten Second Team student-athletes who maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.5 on a scale of 4.00, were a key starter or reserve member of their school’s sailing team, and who had reached junior standing at his or her institution of learning in order to be considered eligible for this distinction.

August 30, 2007

The Annual Team Meeting is scheduled for 2:30pm on Wednesday September 5th at the Lyon's Center. Anyone who is interested in joining the team as well as all current sailors are required to attend this meeting. Items to be discussed are the schedule, practice requirements, travel much more. If you are unable to attend this meeting and would still like to be part of the team email: gstratton@ussclb.org

Annapolis, MD was hot, muggy, lumpy and very light for the Team Racing Nationals as predicted. The Trojans had a strong performance in the first round robin and finished tied with USF. To break the tie there was a sail off to determine who would move forward into the gold round. Unfortunately, the Trojans lost the sail off. They kept their heads up and enjoyed the rest of the regatta as they went on to win the constellation round. Seniors Melanie Roberts, Greg Helias, Eva Seligman, Vanessa DeCollibus, and Clark Fonda went out with style winning their last collegiate races.

The Trojans traveled to Honolulu for the Team Racing and Coed Pacific Coast Championships. Friday was the first day of competition which determined who would be attending the Team Racing Nationals. The Trojans had great success as the topped the score sheet with a record of 12-3. Then on Saturday and Sunday they competed for the Coed Championships. The conditions were shift and difficult to predict, but the Trojans managed to finish 3rd. The team is very excited about their birth into the Team Racing Nationals hosted in Annapolis, MD.

The Ladies of Troy traveled to Treasure Island to compete in the Pacific Coast Championship. It was a hard fought battle in very fluky conditions with a very small fleet on day 1. Then on day 2 the San Francisco Bay provided some very breezy conditions in the afternoon. The team was lead by seniors Melanie Roberts, Vanessa DeCollibus, and Eva Seligman with support from Christy Tatchell and Shelby Rhodes. In the end we finished 3rd.

The St. Francis Intersectional Regatta is one of the finest regattas on the west coast that is supported by the St. Francis Yacht Club on the San Francisco Bay. This regatta draws all of the best teams on the west coast. This year was a hard fought battle in big breeze. On day 1 we experienced a set back when a tiller broke resulting in a DNF for Clark Fonda and Vanessa DeCollibus sailing B-Division. Still we maintained our focus and intensity throughout the weekend which ultimately led to winning the regatta. Greg Helias and Christy Tatchell won A-Division while Clark Fonda, Melanie Roberts, and Vanessa DeCollibus finished second in B-Division.

Our JV teams also experienced some success at the St. Francis Regatta. Unfortunately their fleet was not able to sail nearly as many races due to the heavy breeze. The JV sailors were led by Philip DeGannes, Eva Seligman, Chris Orlando and Yagmur Anis who finished third. Also sailing JV were Nick Miller, Charlie Ill, Costas Vhalakis, Chris Vetter, and Shelby Rhodes who finished 5th.

For spring break the Trojans traveled to Maryland to compete in three regattas as well as train during the week. The first weekend the Women of Troy sailed at Navy while the men competed in the St. Mary's Team Race Regatta. The women's finished 10th at one of the toughest regattas in the country! Meanwhile, the men tied for 7th at the St. Mary's Team Race Regatta.

The team took Monday to visit Washington DC and take in some of our country's history. There were stops at the Capital Building as well as The White House. After a day of sight seeing, the team traveled back to St. Mary's to train with Conn. College, St. Mary's, and Dartmouth. On Friday the team went sailing at Navy in preparation for the Truxtun Umsted Regatta.

The Truxtun Umsted Regatta is one of the largest regattas in the country and always brings some of the best teams from around the country to compete in a four division regatta. This year was no different with 10 of the top 20 ranked teams competing. The Trojans had a strong showing finishing 13th overall.

The team traveled to Mission Bay to compete in South 1 and 2. At South 1 the team had great success winning the regatta while also having other teams that finished 5th and 7th in the fleet of 16 teams. At South 2 the top scoring team was 2nd with other teams finishing 4th and 10th. The Ladies of Troy had a particularly strong weekend as they were the top finishing women's team at both regattas.

The USC Sailing Team hosted the largest combined collegiate and high school regatta in the country with great success. While hosting the event the Trojans also competed at a very high level finishing 2nd overall, beating many nationally ranked teams. Greg Helias and Melanie Roberts sailed A-Division while Alex Bernal and Christy Tatchell sailed B-Division. Thank you to all alumni and volunteers that helped to make this event successful.

The Sloops team of Mikee Anderson-Mitterling, Greg Helias, Clark Fonda, and Chris Orlando traveled to Charleston, SC to compete in the Sloop National Championship. Day 1 began with very light and shifty breezes with a total of 3 races completed. Day 2 started much the same and after a postponement 7 races were completed. After two days and ten races in J-22's on the Cooper River the Trojans finished 4th overall. For complete results please visit:

The Trojans sailed the very windy day 1 of the Fall Championship with great success. Led by Mikee Anderson-Mitterling and Vanessa DeCollibus winning A-Division the team finished 2nd overall. This was the biggest regatta of the season w/ Melanie Roberts, Chris Vetter, Alex Bernal, Greg Helias, Christ Tatchell, and Charlie Ill all contributing to the success of the team on the water.

The Ladies of Troy traveled north to Santa Cruz and finished 4th Women's Fall Championship. The regatta got off to a slow start due to very light breeze and as a result the regatta was limited to one rotation. Melanie Roberts and Christy Tatchell had a slow day one, but finished the regatta strong with 4pts in the last 3 races. Meanwhile, Vanessa DeCollibus and Eva Seligman had a strong showing on day 1, but struggled as the breeze came on hard during their final set. While the ladies were not able to reach their goals for this regatta, they did gain some valuable experience in varying conditions and still look forward to a strong spring season. For complete results please visit:

This past weekend the Trojans went to battle at the Sloop PCC's hosted in Shields in Newport Beach, CA. They got off to a quick start, but UCI kept it close. Going into the last race Mikee Anderson '07, Greg Helias '07, and Clark Fonda '07 had a 2 point lead that was quickly put to the test as UCI rounded the first mark in first. The Trojans had a great downwind leg and managed to finish the race in second which gave them the overall victory. The team is looks forward to fighting for a national championship in Charleston, SC. For complete Sloop PCC's Results please visit:

The entire team traveled to Treasure Island for the Stoneyburke Intersectional Regatta. The Team was led by senior members Greg Helias, Melanie Roberts, Mikee Anderson, and Vanessa DeCollibus who finished 2nd Overall. Mikee Anderson and Vanessa DeCollibus won B-Division by 9 points while Greg Helias and Melanie Roberts finished 3rd in A-Division. The USC JV Team also had a strong showing with two teams finishing 3rd and 5th respectively. Costas Vhlakis and Will Riordan won B-Division by 10 pts. The Trojans look forward to North/South where they plan to top the scores. For complete Stoneyburke Results please visit:

The USC Women's Team finished 3rd at the Bryson Intersectional Regatta hosted in Redwood City, CA. Despite facing the #1 ranked women's team, Melanie Roberts '07 with freshman crew Christy Tatchell '10 won A-Division by 4 points. Also contributing to success of the team were Vanessa DeCollibus and Eva Seligman. The Ladies of Troy are excited about their prospects through the year and look forward to the challenge of beating these teams at the Women's Fall Champs hosted at Santa Cruz on Oct. 21 and 22. To see complete results please visit:

The USC Singlehand Team had a strong showing at the Singlehand PCC's in Marina Del Ray. The group of 4 sailors was led by Clark Fonda who finished 6th. Charlie Ill also had a good event with a 13th place finish. For complete results please visit:

May 12, 2006

Trojan sailors Greg Helias and Alex Bernal were named to the All Pacific Coast Collegiate Sailing Conference ("PCCSC") Coed Skippers Team. Melanie Roberts was named to the All PCCSC Women's Skippers Team. Vanessa Decollibus and Melanie Roberts were named to the All PCCSC Crew Team. For a complete list of all the conference recognized sailors, please visit:

The Trojans dominated the Dinghy PCC’s hosted by the Cal Sailing Team at Treasure Island. Greg Helias and Melanie Roberts won A-Division by 7 points. Alex Bernal, Lessa Grunenfelder, and Parker Shinn won B-Division by 8 points. Winning both divisions led to the dominance of the team in the regatta by an overall 30 points. The Trojans are in strong contention for the National Championship in Dinghy Racing this spring in Charleston.

USC also had a strong performance at the Team Racing PCC’s. Fielding an experienced team that consisted of 6 Juniors led to the team not folding under the pressure. The team had their back against the wall as they had to win every race of their final rotation to qualify. They proceeded to win all of those races and move onto the Team Racing Nationals to be held at the end of this month in Charleston, SC.

The lady Trojans had a strong showing at their final Regatta of the season. Led by Juniors Melanie Roberts and Vanessa DeCollibus, the team placed 5^th at the Women’s Pacific Coast Championships and they look forward to a strong fall season. Three PCCSC teams ranked in the top 15 nationally.

Consistency was the key to success at the St. Francis Intersectional Regatta held on the city front of San Francisco. In light breeze and strong currents the Trojans managed to place second in both A-Division and B-Division which gave them the overall victory at the regatta by 10pts. Our JV teams also had a large and strong showing. We fielded 3 teams that all placed in the top 10 overall, including a 2^nd place.

The Everett B. Morris Trophy, presented annually to the College Sailor of the Year, has been awarded to University of Southern California junior Mikee Anderson-Mitterling (San Diego, Calif.), who was also named an All-American for the third year running. Highlights of his sailing year include placing second at the ICSA Sloop North Americans, and, sailing in A-Division, finishing second at the St Francis Intersectional, first at the Navy Fall Intersectional, third at the ICSA/Gill North American Coed Dinghy Championship and first at the Thompson Trophy which USC went on to win.

"The most memorable performance was the Thompson Cup," said Anderson-Mitterling, "because we were doing so horribly on the first day, and the second day we turned it on and closed a 25-point gap to win A-Division. We also won the Navy Fall Regatta by about 25 points.

"I'm actually surprised I won this award, but I guess the formula for points worked in my favor," said Anderson-Mitterling, with a nod to a few others whom he thinks could have handily won. "It's really cool. It's the one thing that you sail for in college, but I was really using college sailing as a platform for the Olympics. It's a great addition to my resume -- it's that extra thing that says I've really worked hard at something and been rewarded for it."

Anderson-Mitterling is currently in Kiel, Germany, training and racing with his 470 Olympic crew and fellow San Diegan David Hughes. "Our schedule is quite active," said Anderson-Mitterling. "Out of our three months off this summer, we will be sailing for two and three-quarters of a month."

April 25, 2005
USC scored a solid victory at the last major Intersectional of the year, the Thompson Trophy Regatta held in New London, Connecticut on April 23-24. Competing against 15 of the top 20 teams in the nation, this will likely propel our coed team back to the top of the national rankings. Regatta Report and Results at: Thompson Trophy

In very close competition, the USC Women Sailors qualified for the National Championships during the Women’s PCCs held at Stanford University, also on April 23-24. CONGRATULATIONS LADY TROJAN SAILORS!! Regatta Report and Results at: Women's PCCs

Come cheer your team on as USC competes to qualify for the Coed National Championships while hosting the Team Racing and Coed Dinghy Pacific Coast Championships in Long Beach on April 29 – May 1.

April 22, 2005
Head Coach Michael Segerblom offers a great interview on the West Marine website, with insight into the team and the state of college sailing: West Marine Article

April 18, 2005
In an abbreviated Admiral's Cup Regatta (no wind/racing on Sunday), at the US Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point NY, the Trojan sailors finished a respectable third against a field that included nearly all of the top 20 teams in the nation. Report and results at: Admiral's Cup

April 11, 2005
The Trojan Coed team barely got edged out of the top spot to finish second a the St. Francis Intersectional in San Francisco, sailing against a very large field of 31 varsity teams! The Women's team finished an admirable 13th. Report and results at: St. Francis Intersectional

March 28, 2005
The team travels back east to test their team racing skills against that area's top teams, finishing fourth at the Szambecki Team Race at Old Dominion University. Report and results at: Szambecki Team Race

March 7, 2005
We've had a super start to the spring season. This past weekend our #1 Ranked Team went undefeated at the Jeremy McIntyre - Stanford Team Race Intersectional beating the #2 ranked team in the country (Yale) as well as powerhouse St. Mary's College and rivals Stanford, UC Irvine and Univ. of Hawaii. Regatta Report and Results: Stanford Team Race