2010 SSYC Junior Sailing Program News & Race Results
Feed The Need Regatta Results July 1 at Pine Beach Yacht Club
Opti Fleet Overall Results (95 Boats)
Robert Gruskos 2nd Overall, 2nd Blue Fleet
Michael Munger 3rd Overall, 1rst Blue Fleet
Carolyn Kearney 4th Overall, 3rd Red Fleet
Cameron Giblin 14th Overall, 1rst White Fleet
Robbie Gearon 20th Overall, 13th Blue Fleet
Jonathan Biagi 33rd Overall, 19th Blue Fleet
Shannon Kearney 43rd Overall, 27th Blue Fleet
USODA Great Lakes Opti Championships Chautauqua Lake Yacht Club Regatta Results June 19
Opti Fleet Overall Results (85 Boats)
Michael Munger 23rd Overall, 8th Blue
Carolyn Kearney 26th Overall, 18th Red
Brant Beach Yacht Club Annual Spring Regatta Results June 12
Laser 4.7 Fleet
Caroline Garth 1rst Place
Emily Kosinski 3rd Place
Opti Fleet
Audrey Giblin 4th Overall, 1rst Blue Fleet
2009 SSYC Junior Sailing Program News & Race Results
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Giblin Continues to Strive at Opti Midwest Championship in Milwaukee
Oct 9-12 - Milwaukee, WI - Junior Opti sailor Audrey Giblin not only loves sailing Optis, she's also not one to back down from a challenge, so it was no surprise that October found her in Milwaukee, WI at the Midwest Championship. Coach Danielle writes "Audrey Giblin went out in freezing cold conditions all weekend and sailed her best regatta to date. Finishing 54th out of 144, Audrey not only secured a spot at the 2010 Team Trials but she also qualified for the US international team that will be heading to Lake Garda, Italy next spring!!!! To add to the excitement, Gibby has also been invited, by LISOT coach Pepe, to join him at an international clinic in Argentina! We couldn't be happier & prouder...!" Nice, very nice.
Shrewsbury Defeats Bay Head to Win 13th Annual Merrick Team Race
August 18 - Bay Head, NJ - Each year we field many teams at events both local and regional to represent SSYC in various special events – Lavallette Team Race, Merrick Team Race, and the Barclay Cup at Little Egg Harbor. One of the more pleasant duties as Jr. Sailing Chair is to recognize such a team of sailors, something we’re doing again this year for the third consecutive year. This year’s award winners consisted of three young women who made up one of two teams we sent to the 13th Annual Samuel Merrick Team Race at Bay Head Yacht Club. This is the 1st time in seven years that Bay Head Yacht Club has not won the event held on their home waters and marks the 1st time that SSYC has won the regatta held in honor of local Barnegat sailing master Samuel Merrick. The winning team consisted of three young ladies who finished the day with only one loss for the event. An envious record at any regatta and one they should take pride in accomplishing. This year’s outstanding team, as winners of the Merrick Team Race, consisted of Emily Kosinski, Audrey Giblin and Kassi Chrysanthopoulos.
The 2009 Junior Sweepstakes Regatta a Success.
Aug. 10-13 - The Two Rivers - Seriously, how can one ever have more fun on two rivers in just four short days? Even the Commodore harkens back to those glorious days as a junior sailor - throwing jelly fish at his sisters as he waited for the races to get underway! Well, those glory days have never gone away and with another Sweeps under our belts it was a great week. A big thanks goes out to everyone involved - including our brothers and sisters at Monmouth Boat Club, Fair Haven Sailing, Rumson Y.C., Atlantic Highlands and Keyport Y.C. It takes a tremendous amount of work to get it done, so when you see a "Sweeps person," let them know you appreciate the effort. See you in 2010!
Results: (Check back!)
Brant Beach Annual Opti Regatta a Success for SSYC
July 30 and 31 - Brant Beach Y.C. -
Congratulations to the Shrewsbury Sailing & Yacht Club Opti Travel Team and Sailing Program sailors who had two great days of sailing down on Long Beach Island. The team along with coaches Ian Sutherland and Andrew Tamblyn traveled to the Brant Beach Yacht Club for their annual opti regatta, accompanied by members of the program.
In total, over a 160 optis sailed at the event. Leading Team SSYC was greenie sailor Cameron Giblin who won the Green fleet. Cameron was the only SSYC sailor on the green course which consisted of 45 other sailors mostly from the Long Beach Island area. Great job Cameron!
On the Red, Blue, and White course, Team SSYC was lead by Caroline Garth who finished 2nd Overall out of 111 boats and 2nd in the Red Fleet. The rest of SSYC also had great success and here are their final results: Emily Kosinski - 4th/4th Red, Max Neubelt, 5th/5th Red, Carolyn Kearney - 15th/12th Red, Michael Munger - 16th/2nd White, Audrey Giblin - 17th/3rd Blue, Robert Gruskos -28th/9th Blue, Kassi Chrysanthopolous 30th/17th Red, Derek Arnheiter - 33rd/11th Blue, Audrey Meehan - 40th/24th Red, Robby Gearon - 47th/16th Blue, Carson Greengrove - 53rd/20th Blue, and Catherine Munger - 77th/29th Red.
A great job and a shout out to everyone who attended this great event and a big thanks to all the parents who watched the kids down in LBI and for everyone who either carpooled or drove boats down to BBYC. Thanks again! - Brian Hull, Director
Full Results: http://www.bbyc.net/AnnualOpti/index.htm
420 Team's Nunn & Froriep at the 2009 Hyannis Yacht Club Regatta
July 30 - Hyannis MA - Fresh off the recent Nationals, one boat decided to make a week of it and hit the road further north to attend this past week's Hyannis Yacht Club Regatta on the waters of Lewis Bay/Nantucket Sound. Participants from Bermuda, Canada, East Coast and Midwest all converged on the Cape. Charlie Nunn and Dylan Froriep sailing under the SSYC/OGYC burgees attended with Coach Matt and competed with these 104 other would be contenders for top honors, finishing a very credible 38th in a tough field carrying over from the Nationals held just a few days earlier in the week in Jamestown RI. Nice job guys - and big thanks to Dad and Coach Matt.
420 Team at Nationals in Rhode Island
July 27 - Fort Getty State Park, Jamestown, RI - Hosted by the Conanicut Y.C. - Departing after a few quick races on Sunday, the 420 Team headed to scenic Rhode Island for the Nationals and a lovely New England summer event. Fog, rain, a mix of air, some good races and some bad - but according to Coach Matt, all had a good time amid less than perfect conditions. I mean really, who needs to actually see the mark to round it? '09 420 Nationals
Connor Swikart & MIST Team Finish 3rd at Opti National Team Racing Championship
July 22 - At the same time as Jack moves forward in the ladder events, brother Connor's team, MIST, finished 3rd in the Opti National Team Racing Championship last week in San Pedro, CA at Cabrillo Beach Y.C.. He placed 9th overall in the fleet racing. Here are the results:
Team Racing results
Gold fleet
1. West Side, 14 wins, 0 losses/4 wins, 0 losses, 22 points (2nd round robin wins count double).
2. Lauderdale YC, 13-1/3-1, 19 points.
3. MIST, 10-4/2-2, 14 points.
4. Long Island Sailing Optimist Team, 11-3/1-3, 13 points.
5. Team FORR, 10-4/0-4, 10 points.
Jack Swikart Traveling to Jr. Singlehanded Championship Finals
July 24 - Annapolis, MD - Long-time SSYC Junior sailor Jack Swikart has made a pretty smooth transition from Optimists to Lasers as evidenced by his qualifying in the Area C Junior single-handed semi-finals to represent SSYC and Area C for the second year at the Smythe Finals, held this year at Pleon Y.C. in Marblehead in August. Congratulations Jack! The Pleon regatta page: 2009 Jr. Champs
Lavallette Yacht Club - Caryn Wilson Memorial Junior Regatta
July 27 - Lavallette Y.C. - Congratulations to all the Shrewsbury Sailing &
Yacht Club junior sailors who participated in this 250 boat regatta held at
the Lavallette Yacht Club. Shrewsbury’s top opti sailor was Caroline Garth
who finished 9th out of 111 boats in the red and blue fleet. The Race Team
all finished in the top of the fleet and here are their final results: 19th – Robert Gruskos, 20th - Carolyn Kearney, 22nd – Emily Kosinski, 23rd
– Max Neubelt, 32nd – Kassi Chrysanthopolous, 39th – Audrey Giblin, 74th
– Catherine Munger, and 76th Carson Greengrove. In white fleet, Michael
Munger finished 1st out of 52 boats along with his teammates Brittney Slook
finishing 16th and Shannon Kearney who finished 20th overall. SSYC’s top
green fleeter goes out to Cameron Giblin who finished 7th out of 43 boats.
SSYC Junior Olympians have a Great Week
July 20/21 - Island Heights Y.C. - Over 25 SSYC Junior Members participated in this week's Junior Olympic Regatta at Island Heights Y.C. The Chair has done his best to summarize the results (direct from the IHYC site - so please, no cards/no letters if I messed up - after all, it's late). Two very different days with a mix of weather and yet our sailors did an incredible job. A big thanks also to the staff who assisted - Brian Hull, Director, Ian Sutherland, Danielle Soriano, Matt Carmody, Katie Koar & Sarah Mease - plus all of the parents and sailors who trucked the gear and sailed the course, as well as all of the IHYC volunteers who made it happen.
420 - 64 Boats
10th Charlie Nunn & Dylan Froriep OGYC/SSYC, 12th Dan Ricker & Andrew DePaulis, 26th Kendall Van Winkle & Mystery Facebook Crew (fka John Doe)
Opti Gold - Overall - 108 Boats (Red Blue & White Combined)
10th Max Neubelt, 15th Derek Arnheiter, 21st Emily Kosinski, 26th Carolyn Kearney, 31st Caroline Garth, 43rd Robert Gruskos, 53rd Enzo Lucarelli, 56th Kassi Chrysanthopoulos, 72nd Michael Munger, 77th Audrey Giblin, 87th Audrey Meehan
Opti Silver - Overall - 81 Boats (Red Blue & White Combined)
19th Roby Gearon,
41st Brittney Slook, 43rd Shannon Kearney, 61st Carson Greengrove, 72nd John Smallwood, 78th Brendan Edwards
Again, these are the overall scores - looking for Fleet (Red Blue White) standings? Jr. Olympic Results
Asbury Park Press Photos link is here: APP Photos
Congrats to all our Junior Olympians!
Braveheart Regatta
July 18 - Rumson Y.C. - Race Chair Brian Duddy Reports in...
"I want to thank all who participated in the Braveheart Regatta on Saturday. We had a total of 68 participants, nice weather and good racing. I would like to personally thank John Garth, Leighton Waters and the entire SSYC club for helping Rumson CC stage the regatta and bringing many of the participants. As many of you know, I am not a sailor but really enjoy watching my boys sail and interact with others in the sailing community."
The results are out there and we hope to post a link soon....
A gallery of a few photos is here: password "opti" braveheart photos
Barclay Jr. Sailing Team Race
July 17 - Little Egg Harbor Y.C. - SSYC was defending champions of this event, raced continuously since 1928 with the intent of "promoting club loyalty and to encourage sailing among young sailors." Unfortunately, we couldn't three-peat, being edged out in the last race by the sailors at Bayhead Y.C. More on the day, team and results to come and congratulations to the Bayhead Team on a job well done.
Leukemia Cup
July 17 - Beachwood Y.C. - The season gets rough at this point with events all over the bay and up north but a few SSYC sailors did venture down to the 2009 LC. In the 420 Class (38 Boats), Dan Ricker & Jenny Lane finished 2nd, Charlie Nunn & Nick Paggi OGYC/SSYC 6th, Kendall Van Winkle & Gabi Neubelt 13th, Dughan Ahimovic & crew 17th.
A link to the results: 2009 LC Results Look under Regatta Schedules
Powder Puff Regatta
July 10 - Metedeconk Y.C. - There were as many Teddy Bears in pink as sailors at this year's annual Powder Puff Regatta, but rigged and ready the lady SSYC sailors were for a great day on the waters off Metedeconk Yacht Club. This is always a well attended event and this year proved to be the most popular yet with over 250 ladies registering to take to the water.
There were a great many participants and a number of fleets, so let me just hit on the highlights of the merged fleets/top 25 (no bad feelings, I just can't type and the link's below).
Opti Overall - 123 Boats - Emily Kosinski 2nd, Caroline Garth 6th, Kassi Chrysanthopoulos 19th, Audrey Giblin 21st - - 420 Class - 23 Boats - Kendall Van Winkle and Jenny Lane 5th
Full Results Here: '09 Powder Puff Regatta Results
Ironman Regatta
July 9 - Shore Acres Y.C. - A bit overcast, a good breeze and a couple hundred strong young men in boats - what more could one ask of today's youth? Another year and another great Ironman for SSYC and its sailors. Thanks Commodore for the photos!
Opti Fleet - 114 Boats - Again, just the top 25 finishes - Max Neubelt 3rd, Robert Gruskos 5th, Andrew O'Brien 12th, Enzo Lucarelli 20th, Derek Arnheiter 21st, Micahel Munger 23rd.
420 Fleet - 22 Boats - Dan Ricker & Andrew DePaulis 2nd
Iron Man Results Links
420: '09 420results
Optimist: '09 Optiresults
Pine Beach "Feed the Need Regatta"
July 2 - Pine Beach Yacht Club - The annual "Feed the Need Regatta took place at the beautiful, newly renovated Pine Beach Yacht Club. this past week. Over 200 young sailors participated in the event where food is collected for local charities. This year it was estimated that over 1,300 items were collected. I'm still trying to line up some results and a lasting memento of a photo....so please don't hesitate to e-mail me. SSYC donated 135 items, placing 4th behind IHYC, TRYC and Pine Beach's 340 items.
Link to APP:APP Feed the Need Photo
Results: 09 FTN Results
2009 NJ State Optimist Championship
June 25 - Brant Beach Yacht Club - A nice showing here but no story from the sailing faithful. Wind? Weather? Winners? I need all three plus a photo.
Optimist States - 88 Boats - Again see results but in the top 50 Overall: Connor Swikart 3rd, Caroline Garth 25th, Emily Kosinski 31st, Carolyn Kearney 36th, Max Neubelt 37th, Michael Munger 41st, Andrew O'Brien 45th, Enzo Lucarelli 50th.
Overall Results: NJ State OptimistOverall
Fleet Results (see left side, under results): '09 State Results
2009 NJ State High School Sailing Championship
May 27 - Toms River Yacht Club - The 2009 NJ State High School Sailing Championship was won by Rumson Fair Haven Regional High School with a total of nine participating high schools. The scholastic teams include many junior members from SSYC including Jack Swikart, Connor Swikart, Dan Ricker and Jenn Lapp (RFHRHS), Andrew Tamblyn, Kendall Van Winkle and Brett Arnheiter (Red Bank Regional), Kevin Guadagno, Nicole Sikowitz and Jenny Lane (MAST), Hillary Clauss & Emily Kosinski (Red Bank Catholic). Christian Koerwer and Paul Clauss (CBA).
2009 27 May - NJ State High School Sailing Championship