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The Polar Bears closed the season with the coed team sailing at the ACTs hosted by Jacksonville University, and the womens team competing for the first time ever in the ACCs at Suny Maritime. In Florida, the coeds succeeded in finishing 2nd with good racing on Saturday, but there was not enough breeze to sail on Sunday. The A division boat of Pete Edmunds and Mae Speight secured 3rd place while the B division boat of Jeff Goodrich and Clare Henry finished the season with a 14 point regatta and 1st place in B. At Suny Maritime heavy breeze on Saturday brought out the strong crews. The womens team of Kaylee Schwitzer, Isabel Low, Emily Mcneil, Ayaka Okawa, Katie Doble, and Kim Dempsey finished the regatta in 14th with Doble and Dempsey pulling off an impressive 9th place finish.

It was a good end to what has been a great season. Both the coed and womens team put up impressive numbers, culminating in the women earning the first ever berth at the ACCs. With new talent emerging and seasoned veterans returning, the Polar Bears eagerly await the coming spring season.

Bowdoin sailed in four very different events this past weekend in preparation for the upcoming championship events on November 12 and 13. At Harvard the team competed in the Horn Trophy–a team racing event in which the Polar Bears lost the third place match, finishing fourth. Down at Salve Regina, the team sailed 420s to a ninth place finish out of 18 teams. Home at Bethel Point, Polar Bear’s freshman team of Michael Croteau, Lizzy Hamilton, Elise Engquist and Charlotte Williamson finished fifth in the Freshman Intersectional. But it was the team of crews at Boston University with the best finish of the weekend as Isabel Low, Katharine O’Brien, Phil Koch and Madison Rex sailed into third place at the annual Crews Regatta.

A big weekend in Boston for the Polar Bears: The women’s team of Katie Doble, Kim Dempsey, Kaylee Schwitzer, Ayaka Okawa, Emily McNeil, and Isabel Low sailed to an impressive 6th place finish at the Victorian Urn Trophy at Harvard, qualifying handily for the women’s Atlantic Coast Championship in two weeks at SUNY Maritime. Schwitzer and crews Okawa and McNeil won B division. Just down the river at MIT, the co-ed team of Pete Edmunds, Ben Burg, Mae Speight, Jeff Goodirch, Clare Henry, Tom Peabody, Michael Croteau and Jimmy Rohman struggled on the breezy Charles River at the Schell Trophy. All eight sailors raced and–thanks to a solid Sunday of sailing– were able to qualify for the Atlantic Coast Tournament, to be held in Jacksonville, Florida.

Another good weekend for the Bowdoin Polar Bears. The coed team sent three boats down to MIT where they competed in the Rudolph Oberg Trophy. Led by a fourth place finish in C division by Kaylee Schwitzer’15 and Ayaka Okawa’14, the Polar Bears sailed into 6th place overall in a fleet of 16. The womens team sailing down at Conn College once again fought against the elements to complete their regatta, but were unable to sail the last race due to lack of wind. Capping off the weekend was a third place finish by Jimmy Rohman’13, Madison Rex’14, Michael Croteau’15, and Elise Enquist’15 at the Wellehan Trophy at Sail Maine. Looking ahead, the Polar Bears have a big week coming up with the Shell and the Urn just around the corner.

In heavy breeze, Bowdoin sailed at Tufts and Mass Maritime this weekend. A third event, the womends regatta at Yale was canceled due to an exposed venue, and unsafe conditions. After the first day of sailing at Mass Maritime was called with only one rotation, the team of Michael Croteau’15, Elise Engquist’ 15, Tom Peabody’14, and Alex Brown’13 got in a good day of sailing on Sunday to pull in a 7th place finish of 17 teams. At the Lark Invitaional at Tufts, Ben Mende’13, Katharine O’Brien’12, Ben Berg’12, and Phil Koch’15 finished 5th of 13 teams on Saturday. On Sunday, the Lark team was joined by Emily McNeil’14 and Charlotte Williamson for a team race event.

Bowdoin competed in three events this weekend, from Maine to Annapolis. Down south, the women’s team of Kaylee Schwitzer, Emily McNeil, Isabel Low, Kim Dempsey, Katie Doble and Lizzy Hamilton sailed the competitive Navy Fall Women’s intersectional, finishing 11th of 17. In Larchmont, NY, a sloop team sailed with Bowdoin alum Dr. Carl Olsson and his boat in the Storm Tri-Sail Regatta, finishing 5th. Home at Bethel Point, the co-ed team of Pete Edmunds, Mae Speight, Jeff Goodrich and Clare Henry sailed to a second place finish at the Barnett Trophy. The regatta came down to the last race of the day which Goodrich and Henry won, moving Bowdoin from third to second and just one point out of first. Thanks to all who helped host the event this weekend, as well as to Dr. Olsson.

Many thanks to Don Logan and Dr. Carl Olsson for allowing us to use their J-105s to practice and race.

This weekend the Polar Bears hosted and sailed the Hewitt Trophy at Bethel Point. Jimmy Rohman, Madison Rex, Katie Doble and Kim Dempsey sailed the event, finishing 6th of 15. Thanks to alums Stu MacNeil, DJ Hatch, Jane Koopman and Tom Charpentier, who helped run the event with the current team members. At Coast Guard, Pete Edmunds, Mae Speight, Jeff Goodrich and Clare Henry sailed the intensive intersectional Danmark Trophy–finishing 17th after edging out the host team by one point. Emily McNeil, Charlotte Williamson, Lizzy Hamilton and Isabel Low had the best finish of the weekend at the Charles River Invitational, finishing 3rd of 15 teams. Kaylee Schwitzer, sailing New England Women’s Singles this weekend in Radials, finished 14th at her event.

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