NESSA News

LONG BEACH - University of Southern California and Coronado and El Segundo High Schools out sailed widespread fleets of rivals to claim championships in the annual Rose Bowl Regatta Jan. 5-6 hosted by the USC Varsity Sailing Team, the US Sailing Center and Alamitos Bay Yacht Club.

The nation's largest combined collegiate-high school regatta drew 19 college teams, including five from the weather-beaten East Coast, and 44 high school teams from throughout California. The latter were divided into Gold and Silver groups, based on skill level, and each school split into A and B teams, which swapped boats and combined their scores for the school's total.

Coronado won the high school Gold division, El Segundo the Silver.

All sailed CFJ dinghies on the sheltered waters of Alamitos Bay, where conditions were shirtsleeve sunny with light winds of 3-8 knots on Saturday, followed by fading and shifty breeze on Sunday. The collegiate and high school Gold crews sailed six races each, the Silver 10.

There were no protests on the college course, least of all from the Eastern teams which escaped sub-freezing temperatures and snow. Georgetown, St. Mary's of Maryland and Boston College placed third through fifth overall.

Top Finishers:

COLLEGE (19 teams)
1st: USC
A Division Skipper Colin Campbell, Junior; Crew Luke Leffingwell, Freshman
B Division Skipper David Levy, Junior; Crew Tracey Treaccar, Senior

2nd Univ. of Hawaii
A Division Skipper Brian Lake, Freshman; Crew Marin Diskant, Sophomore
B Division Skipper Joey Pasquali, Freshman; Crew Melody Torres, Junior

3rd Georgetown University
A Division Skipper Brian Bissell, Senior; Crew Melanie Wood, Senior
B Division Skipper Ken Ward, Senior; Crew Leah Williams, Senior

HIGH SCHOOL GOLD (23 Teams)
1st: Coronado
A Division: Skipper Mikee Andersen-Mitterling, Senior; Crew Lauren Usrey, Sophomore
B Division: Skippers Brian Haines, Senior & Jon Nass, Junior; Crew Katie Eckert, Freshman

2nd: Corona Del Mar
A Division: Skipper Phil Stemler, Junior; Crew Adrienne Patterson, Sophomore
B Division: Skipper Charlie Ullman, Junior; Crew Gloria Hanson, Senior

3rd: Newport Harbor
A Division: Skipper Justin Law, Junior; Crew Killarney Loufek, Junior
B Division: Skipper Gary Grimes, Senior; Crew Whitney Loufek, Junior

HIGH SCHOOL SILVER (21 Teams)
1st: El Segundo
A Division: Skipper Parker Mitchell, Sophomore; Crew Willy Petersen, 8th Grade
B Division: Skipper Michael Blunt, Sophomore; Crew Caytlin Hall, Freshman

2nd: Agoura
A Division: Skipper Jake Sorosky, Freshman; Crew Elliot Silver, 8th Grade
B Division: Skipper Ashley Rose, Sophomore; Crew Daniel Blyman, 8th Grade

3rd: Corona Del Mar JV
A Division: Skipper Katie Hughes, Senior; Crew Camilla Moshayedi, Freshman
B Division: Skipper Eric Aakus, Sophomore; Crew Nick Williams, Sophomore