U.S. Junior Women's Singlehanded Championship
by Jake Fish, US Sailing 22 Jul 2015 12:27 BST
18-19 July 2015
The fleet of 30 Laser Radial sailors put on quite a show this weekend on Lake Ontario at the 2015 U.S. Junior Women's Singlehanded Championship, hosted by the Rochester Yacht Club. In the end, it was Louisa Nordstrom (Osprey, Fla.) who held back several worthy contenders throughout the three days of racing to earn the Nancy Leiter Clagett Memorial Trophy.
Talia Toland (Kirkland, Wash.), Hallie Schiffman (Sarasota, Fla.), and Hannah Steadman (St. Petersburg, Fla.) all made strong runs to the top of the leaderboard at some point during the championship this weekend.
On Friday, the fleet tallied four races in light and variable breezes. Racing was limited on Saturday with just two races. The fleet experienced strong, unusual current on Saturday. The race committee moved the course outside of the current for Saturday's second race. Wind was just 3 to 5 knots for most of the day.
Nordstrom had tie-breaker leads at the end of racing on both Friday and Saturday, with four races on tap for Sunday. The first signal sounded at approximately 10:00am in 10 knots from the Southwest on Sunday. By the final race, the wind was howling with gusts of 19 knots.
Nordstrom won four of 10 races this week. She edged Schiffman by two points. The win qualifies her for the 2016 U.S. Youth Sailing Championship, the premiere youth sailing regatta in the country.
Nordstrom placed second at the U.S. Junior Women's Doublehanded Championship in the Club 420 this past June in Columbia, S.C. She also raced earlier this month in Bristol, R.I. at the U.S. Youth Sailing Championships in the 29er.
"I went into today trying stay positive and not focus on results," said Nordstrom. "Each race is a new opportunity. I'm definitely a light wind sailor, but I was able to keep up with today's heavy conditions and all the hiking."
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Overall Results:
Pos | Bow/Sail | Skipper | Yacht Club | R 1 | R 2 | R 3 | R 4 | R 5 | R 6 | R 7 | R 8 | R 9 | R 10 |
1 | 26 / 204421 | Louisa Nordstrom | Team FOR/Sarasota Youth Sailing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | [12] | 7 |
2 | 33 / 208574 | Hallie Schiffman | Sarasota Sailing Squadron | 5 | [17] | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
3 | 36 / 206059 | Talia Toland | Seattle Yacht Club/Royal Vancouver Yacht Club | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | [8] |
4 | 34 / 199355 | Hannah Steadman | St. Petersburg Yacht Club | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | [30/BFD] | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 5 |
5 | 32 / 205458 | Gabrielle Rizika | Wianno Yacht Club | 8 | [9] | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
6 | 10 / 200123 | Kelly Cole | Oklahoma City Boat Club | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | [30/BFD] | 12 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
7 | 23 / 199342 | Jessica McJones | CALIFORNIA YC | 19 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | [20] | 1 |
8 | 39 / 187760 | Emily Wright | St. Petersburg Yacht Club | 12 | 4 | 3 | 8 | [17] | 4 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 16 |
9 | 22 / 197571 | Blaire McCarthy | St. Petersburg Yacht Club | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 8 | 26 | 17 | [27] |
10 | 25 / 187979 | Lillian Myers | Sarasota Youth Sailing | 16 | 5 | [27] | 22 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 13 |
11 | 31 / 206134 | Jessica Lietz | Sodus Bay Junior Sailing Association | 9 | 14 | 10 | [26] | 10 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 11 |
12 | 20 / 182060 | Amanda Majernik | San Diego Yacht Club | [21] | 18 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 16 | 6 |
13 | 19 / 185840 | Margaret MacCormack | Toms River Yacht Club | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 14 | [20] |
14 | 35 / 200400 | D'amy Steward | Coronado YC/Alamitos Bay YC | [23] | 10 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 9 |
15 | 12 / 199402 | Ciara Dorsay | Team FOR/Sarasota Youth Sailing | 11 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | [21] |
16 | 37 / 201216 | Jessica Williams | Big Blue Sailing Academy | 13 | 19 | 7 | [27] | 15 | 15 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 17 |
17 | 14 / 191263 | Ava Esquier | Rochester Yacht Club | 15 | 13 | [24] | 21 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 10 |
18 | 30 / 198374 | Alexa Ripple | Willamette Sailing Club | 7 | [26] | 17 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 22 |
19 | 11 / 192949 | Coco Dana | St. Francis/San Francisco | 17 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 19 | [25] | 11 | 12 | 11 | 15 |
20 | 28 / 199161 | Megan Ploch | American Yacht Club | 18 | 15 | 19 | 11 | [30/BFD] | 17 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 12 |
21 | 15 / 190191 | Annika Fedde | Ventura Yacht Club | [25] | 16 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 25 | 18 | 14 |
22 | 24 / 187797 | Sydney Monahan | Edison Sailing Center | 14 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 21 | 22 | 18 | [28] | 25 | 23 |
23 | 17 / 194528 | Sloane Kratzman | American Yacht Club | 24 | 23 | 22 | 14 | 14 | [29] | 26 | 16 | 23 | 18 |
24 | 13 / 194255 | Annika Ekholm | Minnetonka Yacht Club | 20 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 25 | [26] | 23 | 21 | 26 | 24 |
25 | 27 / 176743 | Ainsley Parramore | Severn Sailing Association | 27 | 21 | 28 | 17 | 24 | 21 | 24 | 13 | 22 | [30/DNF] |
26 | 18 / 200185 | Charlotte Lenz | Santa Cruz Yacht Club | [28] | 25 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 28 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 19 |
27 | 16 / 172059 | Elizabeth Holiman | Minnetonka Yacht Club | 26 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 18 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 27 | [30/DNF] |
28 | 29 / 181646 | Sydney Register | College of Charleston Sailing Center | 22 | [29] | 29 | 29 | 22 | 23 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 25 |
29 | 38 / 187676 | Elizabeth Wolaver | Henderson Harbor Water Sports | [29] | 27 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 26 |