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Racing continued today in Newport Harbor, out of host site Sail Newport Sailing Center in Fort Adams State Park, in the Sperry College Sailing Women’s Final Championship. The top 18 women’s teams in the nation are vying for the national title and Gerald C. Miller trophy. Today was the first day of racing in the finals. The events are hosted by Brown University with the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) also supported by the University of Rhode Island.

The sailors completed ten races today on windward-leeward courses in both Z420s and FJ’s. The conditions were cloudy and cool with a mostly southerly breeze ranging from about 10 knots on the lighter end to 18 knots by the last races of the day.

The first two days of racing in the Sperry College Sailing Women’s Semifinal Championship has wrapped up and the top 18 teams have been finalized to advance to the finals, which will take place tomorrow and Friday. The events are hosted by Brown University with the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) also supported by the University of Rhode Island at host site Sail Newport Sailing Center in Fort Adams State Park in Newport, R.I.

The 2019 Intercollegiate Sailing Association’s series of National Championships began today in Newport, R.I. on Newport Harbor. The Sperry College Sailing Women’s Semifinal Championship hosted by Brown University with the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) also supported by the University of Rhode Island. The semifinals are the precursor and qualifying event for the Sperry College Sailing Women’s National Championship Finals, which will begin Thursday, May 23 at 10 a.m.

The semifinals are divided into two fleets, an Eastern and Western semifinal, each with 18 teams from across the nation. The top nine teams from each fleet will advance to the finals on Thursday. The competitors are racing on windward-leeward courses with four legs.

Today racing was in nice sunny conditions with cool winds from the west/northwest averaging around 10-20 knots through out the day. Sailors had to navigate a short difficult chop and an outgoing tide most of the day. The Western fleet sailed in Z420s and the Eastern fleet sailed in FJs.

The Intercollegiate Sailing Association’s (ICSA) three spring national championships, Sperry College Sailing Women’s National Semifinal and Final Championships, LaserPerformance College Sailing Team Race National Championship, and the Gill College Sailing National Semifinal and Final Championships start on Tuesday, May 21. The Women’s event will last for four days immediately followed by the Team Race championship on May 25, lasting for three days and the Coed championship on May 28, lasting for four days.

The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) and Inter-Scholastic Sailing Association (ISSA) invites the submittal of proposals to provide on-demand website programming and support services. These services shall commence after a contract is approved by ICSA and ISSA.

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Conference Championships Qualifies (and Eliminates) the Nation’s Top Teams as all eyes turn to Newport

Conference Championships for Coed Fleet Racing across the nation spiked blood pressures and showcased the best in the country as the top teams advance to the Semi-Finals and some top-15 teams are sent home for the season.

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Last weekend held the Women’s Conference Championships for five of the seven conferences while Coed and Team Race Championships took place in the South-east and the Northwest conferences. On top of that, a competitive interconference regatta served as a tuneup with many Coed Conference Championships set for next weekend.

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The College Sailing season effectively flips script, switching from a predominantly team race centered season, lasting about 7 weeks, to a short sprint to conference fleet race championships as the national championship picture becomes clear. However, last weekend offered something unique and perhaps pointed to what college sailing will look like in the future.

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Last week, 12 of the 16 team race teams featured at the Laser Performance Team Race National Championship were confirmed as conference championships were sailed in New England, the Mid Atlantic, South Atlantic and the Pacific Coast. Meanwhile, the nation’s top women who aren’t sailing on the team race circuit  get into gear with Conference Championships looming and the informal fleet race section of the national schedule turns on.

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The Harvard University Crimson won the 38th Lynne Marchiando Trophy, hosted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Harvard finished with a 16-6 record after 2 full days of challenging racing. The conditions were beyond dynamic as some of the best teams in the nation struggled to keep all three boats upright let alone team race at an elite level. After 176 races sailed, uncertainty as to who is bound for nationals in New England is only heightened with conference championships only a week away.