{"id":1186,"date":"2019-11-11T16:40:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T16:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/waterfront\/?p=1186"},"modified":"2023-04-13T15:27:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T15:27:15","slug":"leo-boucher-22-wins-2019-icsa-mens-singlehanded-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/waterfront\/2019\/11\/leo-boucher-22-wins-2019-icsa-mens-singlehanded-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"LEO BOUCHER (’22) WINS 2019 ICSA MEN’S SINGLEHANDED NATIONALS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Boucher and Reineke Win LaserPerformance Singlehanded National Championships<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. (November 10, 2019) \u2013 The LaserPerformance Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Singlehanded National Championships, co-hosted by Santa Barbara Yacht Club and the University of California Santa Barbara wrapped up today with Leo Boucher (West River, Md.), a sophomore at St. Mary\u2019s College of Maryland, winning the Men\u2019s Championship and Sophia Reineke (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), a junior at Boston College, wining the Women\u2019s Championship.<\/p>\n

The championships included the top 18 men and top 18 women singlehanded sailors in the nation. LaserPerformance, the title sponsor, provided full rig Lasers and Laser Radials for the events. Marlow Ropes was a supporting sponsor for the events.<\/p>\n

The racing on Saturday saw sunny skies, nice breeze starting around 7-10 knots and building to 10-12 knots with 15 knots at the highest point. Ten races were completed for the men in the full rigs and nine for the women in the radials. The competitors sailed in the Santa Barbara Channel on windward-leeward courses with four legs.<\/p>\n

Today there was a short delay in the start of racing due to light winds. Racing got started with the women in the radials around 11 a.m. in light and spotty conditions. The competitors finished up the event with 14 races total in each fleet just before 3 p.m.<\/p>\n

Boucher was sitting in third place after racing yesterday and moved up to win the event today. He placed second in this championship last year making this the second time that St. Mary\u2019s has placed in the top two at this event. This year he is the winner of the Glen S. Foster Trophy, awarded to the first place finisher.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe competition in the fleet was tough and Leo did a great job hanging in there because he didn\u2019t have many chances to pull away from the fleet,\u201d says Bill Ward, director of sailing at St. Mary\u2019s College of Maryland. \u201cIn his last race he tried to stay ahead of the close competition and keep his lead. Leo sails Lasers outside of school and was able to practice at school for the two qualifiers leading up to this event with his teammates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finishing three points behind Boucher in second place is Richard McCann, a sophomore from the University of Miami, and he received the George Griswold Trophy. The top four places all finished within five points of each other.<\/p>\n

Sophia Reineke is the winner of the Janet Lutz Trophy, awarded to the first place finisher in the women\u2019s championship. She finished the regatta nine points ahead of second place, Christina Sakellaris, from Stanford University, who won this event last year. Reineke held onto the lead throughout the regatta, but only by a small margin.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis event is always challenging,\u201d says Reineke, \u201ceveryone out there is more than capable of winning – I think there were three other women on the course who have won this championship before,\u201d she says. \u201cI am happy with my performance, I came to the regatta with three things to work on and I kept them in my head all weekend to achieve. One thing that has been really great is all of the support from my team members at home \u2014 even though it\u2019s a singlehanded regatta, they have been behind me and sent messages and videos of support.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m extremely proud of my team and of course, Sophia,\u201d says Greg Wilkinson, head coach for Boston College.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the regatta, the competitors and find results visit the event website:\u00a0https:\/\/2019singlehanded.collegesailing.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Men\u2019s, Final Results (14 races):<\/strong>
\n1. Leo Boucher \u201922, St. Mary\u2019s College of Maryland, 65
\n2. Richard McCann \u201922, University of Miami, 68
\n3. Gage Schoenherr \u201921, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, 69
\n4. Charles Carraway \u201922, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 70
\n5. Connor Nelson \u201923, Brown University, 85
\n6. Richie Gordon \u201921, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, 99*
\n7. Paul Didham \u201921, California State University Long Beach, 99*
\n8. Vir Menon \u201920, Christopher Newport University, 116
\n9. Carrson Pearce \u201921, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point, 118
\n10. Gavin McJones \u201923, U.S. Naval Academy, 138
\n11. John Kirkpatrick \u201922, Stanford University, 144
\n12. Javier de Urdanibia Panos \u201921, Boston University, 151
\n13. Malcolm Benn Smith \u201921, College of Charleston, 155
\n14. Steven Leuck \u201920, College of Charleston, 159
\n15. Cameron Giblin \u201923, Tulane University, 187
\n16. Jonathan Bailey \u201922, University of Wisconsin, 208
\n17. Erik Skeel \u201920, University of Washington, 224
\n18. Patrick Schmidt \u201921, University of Wisconsin, 239
\n*Head-to-head tie breaker<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s, Final Results (14 races):<\/strong>
\n1. Sophia Reineke \u201921, Boston College, 59
\n2. Christina Sakellaris \u201921, Stanford University, 68
\n3. Charlotte Rose \u201922, Jacksonville University, 76
\n4. Talia Toland \u201921, Tufts University, 90
\n5. Lilly Myers \u201923, Cornell University, 98
\n6. Clara Gravely \u201921, Queens University, 101
\n7. Hallie Schiffman \u201923, Stanford University, 104
\n8. Elizabeth Shanahan \u201923, Boston College, 107
\n9. Louisa Nordstrom \u201920, Yale University, 111
\n10. Haddon Hughes \u201919, Georgetown University, 120
\n11. Hannah Steadman \u201920, Brown University, 121
\n12. Jessica McJones \u201920, U.S. Naval Academy, 131
\n13. Carly Broussard \u201921, Georgetown University, 144
\n14. Alexandra Talbot \u201922, Tufts University, 177
\n15. Ciara Rodriguez-Horan \u201922, Tulane University, 195
\n16. Maartje van Dam \u201923, Jacksonville University, 219
\n17. Siri Schantz \u201923, Ohio University, 229
\n18. Rebekah Janssen \u201921, University of Wisconsin, 245<\/p>\n

Results can be found\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for the Women\u2019s racing and\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for the Men\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Drone footage from Greg Smith is available\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Eric Andresen provided photos for the events and can be found\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Contact: Jennifer Mitchell |Toile \u00e0 Voile for ICSA |\u00a0media@collegesailing.org<\/a>\u00a0| 970-216-7072 m.<\/p>\n

The ICSA sponsors and partners through the 2018-19 season are: LaserPerformance (<\/em>www.laserperformance.com<\/em><\/a>), title sponsor of \u201cLaserPerformance Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Singlehanded National Championship,” title sponsor of \u201cLaserPerformance College Sailing Team Race National Championship\u201d and Official Boat Supplier of the ICSA Spring National Championships. Sperry (<\/em>www.sperry.com<\/em><\/a>), title sponsor of the \u201cSperry College Sailing Women\u2019s National Championship\u201d. Gill North American (<\/em>gillna.com<\/em><\/a>), title sponsor of \u201cThe Gill College Sailing National Championship\u201d. Quantum Sail Design Group (<\/em>www.quantumsails.com<\/em><\/a>), official sponsor of the \u201cQuantum Women\u2019s College Sailor of the Year\u201d. Marlow Ropes (<\/em>www.marlowropes.com<\/em><\/a>), presenting sponsor of the \u201cMarlow Ropes College Sailor of the Year Award\u201d and \u201cOfficial Rope of College Sailing\u201d. US Sailing (<\/em>www.ussailing.org<\/em><\/a>), \u201cThe Robert H. Hobbs Sportsman of the Year Sponsored by US Sailing\u201d and \u201cThe 2019 College Sailing Live Coverage Presented by US Sailing\u201d. Professional Boats (<\/em>www.professionalboats.com\/<\/em><\/a>), official sponsor of the 2019 ICSA Spring National Championships.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\t\t