Dartmouth Advances to Semis in Team Race Championship

Saturday, May 25

Newport, R.I.

Dartmouth College

Day One (Quarterfinals)

Photo by: Rob Migliaccio

Dartmouth Advances to Semis in Team Race Championship

5/25/2019 8:13:00 PM | Sailing - Open & Women's

Results

The Big Green finished fifth out of the top eight that advanced

By: Mike Miezejeski

NEWPORT, R.I. – Dartmouth sailing raced to fifth place on Saturday in the quarterfinal of the LaserPerformance Team Race National Championship. The top eight teams out of the field of 16 advanced to the semifinal and the Big Green did enough to move on.

Competing for the Big Green in the Team Race Championship are seniors Christopher Williford, Rebecca McElvain and Mary Amis, juniors Jack McGraw and Paige Clarke, sophomores Timothy Greenhouse and Eloise Burn and freshman Aisling Sullivan.

Dartmouth finished in fifth by winning 11 out of 15 races. Their victories were over Bowdoin, Hobart, the College of Charleston, Jacksonville, Michigan, Fordham, Stanford, Texas A&M, UC Santa Barbara, Washington and Wisconsin. The only teams to defeat the Big Green were Boston College, Georgetown Navy and Yale.

Joining Dartmouth in the semifinal are Yale, Georgetown, the College of Charleston, Hobart, Stanford, Boston College and Bowdoin.

The semifinal of the Team Race Championship is on Sunday and the top four teams will advance to the final on Monday.