Sailing News

OCC Sailing Team Finishes Fourth in the MASIA Club Championships

Sunday, November 8, 2009 - The Ocean County College Sailing team surprised the teams in the Masia Conference by finishing fourth and fifth in the Club Championships. OCC and Toms River Yacht Club hosted the two day Championship regatta. On Saturday eighteen races were sailed. On Sunday, with light winds, eight races were sailed. The races were sailed in 420’s. Rochester Institute of Technology was unable to attend, and with this opening OCC sailed a second team. Racing for Ocean County in the A division were Tyler Kennedy (Pine Beach) and his crew Sarah Salter (Toms River), and Holden Muehleisen (Tuckerton), and his crew Autumn Hoover (Lanoka Harbor). Sailing in the B division were Brad Wright (Lavallette) and his crew Jamie Wasco (Brick), and Derek Douglas (Seaside) with his crew members, Emi Bowden (Brick), Kristin Kilar (Brick) and Breanna Bruns (Pine Beach)

The race judges on the water were Drew Seibert, June Kingman, Harry Foote, Jim Walsh, and Chris Petracco. The Principle Race Officer was Greg Matzat with mark set Matt Geotting.

The Toms River Yacht Club has been very supportive of the OCC program hosting all the OCC regattas in the past five years.

Final results after 14 races in each division:

	A	B	TOT
1. Pennsylvania	44	30	74
2. Fordham	69	64	133
3. Virginia	44	90	134
4. Ocean County	86	78	164
5. Ocean County Green	136	65	201
6. George Washington	95	131	226
7. William & Mary	160	111	271
8. Villanova	136	145	281
9. Columbia	172	112	284
10. Queen's	107	181	288
11. Cornell	168	121	289
12. Drexel	133	185	318
13. American	139	198	337
14. Loyola	164	182	346
15. Virginia Tech	176	171	347
16. Princeton	170	195	365
17. Monmouth	179	186	365
18. Maryland	218	150	368

For more information about the Sailing Program at Ocean County College, contact Roy J Wilkins, Sailing Program Manager, at 732.255.0348.