Harbor Cup Win Highlights Strong Weekend for Cougars

Friday, March 8

Los Angeles, Calif.

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College of Charleston

Harbor Cup Offshore

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Harbor Cup Win Highlights Strong Weekend for Cougars

3/11/2019 4:37:00 PM | Sailing

LOS ANGELES, Calif. --- The College of Charleston offshore sailing team posted podium finishes in nine of 10 races to win the 2019 Port of Los Angeles Harbor Cup and highlight an impressive weekend, as the Cougars finished fourth or better in three other regattas.

Charleston finished the Harbor Cup seven points clear of California Maritime Academy with a total of 25. The Cougars won three races and placed third or better in six more to finish the three-day regatta in first place. Sailing for the Cougars were: captain William Hundahl. helmsman Jordan Wiggins, main William Comerford, primary Sam Tobio, secondary Key Becker, pit Emily Essi, mast Graham Post, bow Burke Anvari, and squirrel Emily Potter.

Alie Toppa skippered the Cougars to a 12-point win in A-Division to help Charleston finish second at the Navy Spring Women's on Saturday and Sunday in Annapolis, Md. The Cougars finished the regatta with 98 points compared to 78 for first-place Yale. Toppa and crew Annabel Carrington delivered seven podium performances in 11 races, as Nicole Simon combined with crews Clare Perry and Hannah Kinder for 65 points in B-Division.

The Cougars sent two teams out on the water from the J. Stewart Walker Sailing Complex at the Charleston Spring Coed on Saturday and Sunday. Team one finished second with 180 points, while team two was fifth with 195 points.

Skipper William Curtiss and crew Laura Masterson finished second in B-Division with 79 points to pace team one, while Will Martens and Anna Cornetta placed second in A-Division with 101 points. Liza Toppa and Caroline Bracken led the way for team two with 85 points in B-Division, as Marian Williams and Elizabeth Mignon finished fourth in A-Division with 110 points.

Charleston also finished fourth at the St. Mary's Team Race on Saturday and Sunday in St. Mary's, Md. with a 6-3 record. Racing was postponed twice before enough of a breeze kicked up on Sunday to allow for the completion of the round robin. Skippers Steven Leuck, Jack Brown and Dirk Johnson represented the Cougars alongside crews Payton Alexander, Carter Cameron, Oliver Parsons, and Hunter Skinner.

The Cougars are scheduled to sail in two regattas next weekend in Maryland: St. Mary's Women's on Saturday and Sunday in St. Mary's, Md., and the Graham Hall Team Race on Saturday and Sunday in Annapolis, Md.