STAMFORD, Conn. --- Augie Dale (Pewaukee,Wis.) skippered the College of Charleston sailing team to a seven-point victory in A-Division as part of a seventh-place performance at the highly competitive Fiske-Harriman-Sleigh Trophy Coed Showcase, and Alie Toppa (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) paced the women's team to a third-place finish at the Yale Women's to highlight another solid weekend for the Cougars.
 
Charleston placed third out of 14 teams at the always challenging Yale Women's in Stamford, Conn., finishing the two-day regatta with 116 points to edge out fourth-place Harvard by one point. Junior skipper Alie Toppa and senior crew Annabel Carrington (White Stone, Va.) finished second in A-Division with 42 points following race wins in the first and third rotations. Liza Toppa (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) skippered the Cougars to 74 points and a seventh-place finish in B-Division alongside the crew tandem of seniors Caroline Bracken (Bridgewater, Mass.) and Elizabeth Mignon (Bay Head, N.J.).
 
The Cougars turned in a seventh-place finish at the Fiske-Harriman-Sleigh Trophy Coed Showcase on Saturday and Sunday in St. Mary's, Md. against many of the top coed teams in the nation. Charleston finished the regatta with 301 points – two behind sixth-place Boston College and 13 ahead of eighth-place Brown. Dale delivered a sensational performance in A-Division, skippering the Cougars to 112 points and a first-place billing following eight race victories. He teamed with a rotating crew of junior Katie Lounsbury (Jensen Beach, Fla.), senior Carter Cameron (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.), sophomore Oliver Parsons (Stonington, Conn.).
 
In B-Division, sophomore Jack Brown (Newtown Square, Pa.) and junior Steven Leuck (San Diego, Calif.) split skipper duties with a crew cycle consisting of sophomore Mary Morano (Edgartown, Mass.), senior Payton Alexander, Cameron, and Parsons.
 
The Cougars will set sail in a pair of championship regattas next weekend in Jacksonville, Fla., where they will compete in the SAISA Fall Women's Championship on Saturday, October 27, and the SAISA Fall Coed Championship on Sunday, October 28.