STANFORD, Calif - Playing host to two more regattas in Redwood City this past weekend, Stanford sailing secured two more event wins at the Bryson Fleet Race and Top-9 Invite.
Conditions proved to be difficult on Saturday with many races being called back, but a much more sailable environment on Sunday allowed for nine total races on the weekend in both events.
“It was another fun weekend on the Redwood Creek, hosting our third event in nine days," head coach Chris Klevan said. "It took a full team effort to put on the regatta for our conference and secure three victories to start the season."
The Bryson Women's Fleet Race saw the Cardinal score 56 points en route to the regatta title. Hawai'i came in second place with 77 points, while USC rounded out the podium with a score of 95.
In the A boat, Ellie Harned (races 1-2) and Ava Cornell (races 3-9) split skipper duties with Piper Blackband (races 1-2) and Alexandra Jones (races 3-9) served as crew. The group earned four top-3 race finishes to finish second in the division with 37 points, finishing only behind Hawai'i with 27 points.
The "B" division group scored the lowest of any crew in the event with 19 points, inlcuding 3 race wins and eight top-3 finishes. Alice Schmid served as the skipper in Saturday's opening two races alongside crew Ashtyn Tierney, before moving over to the crew position in the remaining seven races on Sunday while handing skipper duties to Kit Harned.
The Top-9 Invite saw another dominant performance from Stanford, scoring 74 points to cruise to victory over Hawai'i (115 points), UC Santa Barbara (138 points), and San Diego State (147 points).
Skippers Dylan Sih (races 1-2) and Chapman Petersen (races 3-14), and crew Shay Wood (races 1-2) and Amiya Stroumza (races 3-14) led the Cardinal A boat to a pair of race wins and five top-three finishes to lead the division. The "B" boat was manned by Thomas Whidden and Caroline Geiger throughout the entire regatta, where the pair earned 38 points and a victory in race seven.
"I’m very confident in this group, on many fronts. It seems that our team is ready to put in the work daily to make another run at a championship. Every day is critical to reaching that goal and I think the whole group understands that," Klevan added.
Stanford now enters a two-week hiatus before hitting the road for the first time this spring with the Bob Bavier Open Team Race and SMG Open Team Race on March 8-9.