US Sailing Team at the 2024 Trofeo Princesa Sofía - Day 5
by US Sailing Team 6 Apr 01:15 BST
April 1-6, 2024
It was a slow start to day five of the Princesa Sofía, but all fleets were able to sail on the penultimate day of racing. The wind filled from the typical Palma sea breeze direction, building to 14 knots before tapering off in the later afternoon.
Pending tomorrow's medal race and event completion, Stephanie Roble (East Troy, Wis.) and Maggie Shea (Chicago, IL) will be confirmed to represent the United States at the Paris 2024 Olympics in the 49erFX. Per US Sailing's Athlete Selection Procedures for Paris 2024, the Team USA 49erFX representatives are decided by the lowest combined score from their final regatta placings at two pre-determined events. Based on their 11th place finish at the 2024 49erFX World Championship, Roble / Shea entered this week's regatta with 11 points, while Henken / Tunnicliffe Tobias entered with 26 points from their 26th Worlds finish. Going into tomorrow's medal race, Roble and Shea are mathematically guaranteed to maintain the points gap needed to secure selection.
Paris Henken and Anna Tunnicliffe Tobias are also advancing to the medal race tomorrow, finishing today in 9th overall. Racing for the 49erFX is scheduled to begin at 11:30am local time.
Both US Nacra 17 teams ended the first regatta of their two-event selection process today. US Sailing Team's Sarah Newberry Moore and David Liebenberg finished the Trofeo Princesa Sofía in 25th place, while Carson Crain and Lindsay Gimple finished in 33rd. The second and final event of their Paris selection will take place at the Nacra 17 World Championship in La Grand-Motte, France May 7-12. Read more about how the Nacra 17 team will be selected for Paris 2024 HERE.
Daniela Moroz enters the Women's Formula Kite medal series as the favorite, with a 22-point gap over second place Breiana Whitehead of Australia. Because of her success in the opening series, Moroz and her second-place competitor will skip the semifinals series and move straight to the medal final. Four riders in total will advance to the medal final, where Moroz will only need to win one race to secure overall victory.
In the 49er fleet, USST athletes Andrew Mollerus and Ian MacDiarmid will take the water for the medal race wearing the red jerseys for the third day in a row, signifying their third overall standing. Points are close at the top of the fleet, with only eight points separating fourth and first place, so with finishing places counting for double points, it's sure to be an exciting finish to the week!
In the ILCA 6 fleet, Paris 2024 Nominee Erika Reineke finished off her event with two top-ten finishes, taking advantage of her strength in light air conditions. While she will not be moving on to the medal race tomorrow, she finishes the event in 15th overall. She is followed in the scores by USST athlete Charlotte Rose in 27th, Lilly Myers in 32nd, and Christina Sakellaris in 38th.
Ford McCann, the selected ILCA 7 athlete for Paris 2024, closed out his event in Palma with a 57th place finish in gold fleet. His twin brother, Marshall, finished 96th overall, racing in silver fleet. The brothers will work together to qualify the country at the Last Chance Regatta in Hyères, France in two weeks - any American can achieve "country qualification" with a high enough finish in Hyères, so it's a team effort to secure USA's ILCA 7 berth for this summer's Games.
Paris 2024 Nominees in the Mixed 470, Stu McNay and Lara Dallman-Weiss, ended their regatta in 20th overall, sailing in a strong international fleet of 68 boats including top teams from the 2024 World Championship. After this event the pair will head to Hyères, France for the Qualified Nations portion of French Olympic Week.
The US iQFOiL squad also ended their regatta today, with Paris 2024 Nominee Dominique Stater finishing in 27th in the women's fleet and Selected athlete Noah Lyons finishing 13th in the men's fleet. Lyons now sets his sights on the Last Chance Regatta, where he will work to qualify the USA for Paris 2024 in the men's iQFOiL and confirm his ticket to the Olympics.
USA Standings and Final Results After Day 5:
- Women’s Formula Kite
- 1st – Daniela Moroz, US Sailing Team & Paris 2024 Nominee
- 49erFX
- 9th – Paris Henken (Rio 2016) & Anna Tunnicliffe Tobias (Beijing 2008 & London 2012)
- 10th – Stephanie Roble (Tokyo 2020) & Maggie Shea (Tokyo 2020), US Sailing Team
- Nacra 17 (Final Results)
- 25th – Sarah Newberry Moore & David Liebenberg, US Sailing Team
- 33rd – Carson Crain & Lindsay Gimple
- 49er
- 3rd – Andrew Mollerus & Ian MacDiarmid, US Sailing Team
- Mixed 470 (Final Results)
- 20th – Stu McNay (4x Olympian) & Lara Dallman-Weiss (Tokyo 2020), US Sailing Team
- ILCA 6 (Final Results)
- 15th – Erika Reineke, US Sailing Team & Paris 2024 Nominee
- 27th – Charlotte Rose, US Sailing Team
- 32nd – Lilly Myers
- 38th – Christina Sakellaris
- ILCA 7 (Final Results)
- 57th – Ford McCann, US Sailing Team & Paris 2024 Nominee (pending country qualification)
- 96th – Marshall McCann
- 189th – Thomas Kraak
- Men’s iQFOiL (Final Results)
- 13th – Noah Lyons, US Sailing Team & Paris 2024 Nominee (pending country qualification*)
- Women’s iQFOiL (Final Results)
- 27th – Dominique Stater, US Sailing Team & Paris 2024 Nominee
- Men’s Formula Kite (Final Results)
Quick Links:
Event website: www.trofeoprincesasofia.org/en/default/races/race
Entry list: www.trofeoprincesasofia.org/en/default/races/race-inscriptions
Results: www.trofeoprincesasofia.org/en/default/races/race-resultsall
Tracking: palma2024.sapsailing.com/gwt/Home.html#/event/:eventId=04ae52ad-cf21-4ff2-9c8e-59c2e8e3faf1
Race Schedule: April 1-6 with medal races and medal series racing on April 6.