WAC MVP and MIP Awards

Now at the end of our season, the Washington College Sailing handed out its Most Valuable and Most Improved Player Awards.

Carl Horrocks was awarded the MVP Award for the Varsity Sailing Team for this past year, making it the third time Carl has won the award. Carl, also the team's captain, was the mainstay of WAC's performance for the entire year and now he has graduated (Congrats Carl) he will be missed. Carl was also awarded the The Thomas Reeder Spedden Medal, presented to a male and female student for academic standing and achievement in athletics, by the WAC Athletic Department.

Shri Puri was awarded the MIP Award for the Varsity Sailing Team for her improvement over the past year. Shri joined the team having never sailed a small boat and by the end of this spring season was the starting crew for our A Division boat. Shri, only a sohomore, will surely be a large fctor in the future performance of the WAC Sailing Team.

WAC 5th at Conference Championship

The Washington College sailing team equaled their highest finished of fifth of 18 schools at the America Trophy, the MAISA Spring Co-Ed Dinghy Championships, April 29-30 hosted by ODU.

Senior skipper Carl Horrocks and sophomore crews Shri Puri and Alex Starks finished seventh in A Division for Washington, while sophomore skipper Alex Hood and freshman crew Derek Packard and sophomore crew Meredith Dodd were fifth in B Division. WC finished in the top three in four of the final races in B Division.

WAC was a mere 10 points short of qualifying for the ICSA Co-Ed Dinghy National Championship for the first time. Since the team is still young, the future looks bright for the WAC sailors.

Winds on Saturday were 12-22 knots out of the north-northeast in the morning and east-northeast for most of the afternoon shifting back to northeast at the end of the day. A Division completed 10 races on Saturday, while B Division finished eight races. Winds on Sunday were 15-25 knots. Five A Division and seven B Division races were sailed on Sunday.