7 LISOT Sailors in Top 25 at Opti US Nationals - Including Top 4 Girls

LISOT has a very strong showing at this years' USODA Nationals in San Pedro, California.

In one of the best regattas of the year for wind, surf and sun, 7 LISOT sailors placed in the top 25 after a long 4 day series that saw 13 races for the Gold/Silver fleet and 12 races for the Bronze/Pearl Fleet.

LISOT was lead by Drew in 8th, Maeve 10th, Holly 13th, Harry 15th, Reinier 18th, Megan 21st and Lily 22nd.

LISOT girls also dominated - the top 4 were Maeve, Holly, Megan and Lily.

Cabrillo Beach YC ran a terrific event which saw slighly lighter than normal conditions for the first 3 days (12-15 knots) and more typical "hurricane Gulch" winds on the final day with steady breeze over 20 knots and a stiff chop on top of a long ocean swell.

It was common to loose sight of a sailor behind a big wave or swell.

LISOT coaches Trevor Moore (just back from the 49er Worlds in Garda) and Fran Bellocchio did a great job keeping our sailors focused and in shape for the physically demanding event.

Many LISOT kids were featured in Sailgroove.com videos and CBYC press releases - including interviews with LISOT sailor who had bullets

- such as Holly, Harry and Megan.

LISOT finishes were:

Gold/Silver Fleet

8. Drew Gallagher

10. Maeve White

13. Holly Tullo

15. Harry Koeppel

18. Reinier Eenkema van Dijk

21. Megan Grapengeter-Rudnick

22. Lily Katz

49. Maddie Widmeier

51. Ty Ingram

56. Jonathan Lutz

59. Matthew Kaplan

65. Alexandra DelBello

73. Emma White

Bronze/Pearl

13. Florian Eenkema van Dijk

22. Sean Walsh

32. Ian Crane

40. Forrest Simpson

50. Travis Bobley

Congratulations to all for an outstanding regatta.

C420 National Championship Final

Johnstone/DaSilva from Conanicut Yacht Club, Jamestown, RI are 2009 National
Champions
LISOT finishes 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th & 10th overall
1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th in Youth Division (under 17)
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th in Girls Division

Full results at
http://www.conanicutyachtclub.org/files/Club420Nationals_PreliminaryResults_10.pdf

C420 Nationals Conclude Today - Jamestown, RI

After two days and 5 races the scores at the C420 National Championship are extremely close. A number of LISOT teams are in contention.

Racing concludes today and after the 6^th race is completed the sailors will get a throwout – further compressing the fleet.

Follow the results at http://www.conanicutyachtclub.org/sailing/420-nationals.

Here are upcoming events of interest:

LISOT C420 - Hyannis Regatta (July 31-Aug 2), Hyannis, MA - website
LISOT C420 – C420 Team Racing Nationals (Aug 1-3), E Greenwich, RI - website
LISOT Optimist - USODA New England Championship (Aug 4-6), Sail Newport, RI - website
LISOT C420 – Buzzards Bay Regatta (Aug 7-9), Marion, MA – website - website
LISOT Laser -Laser National Championship (Aug 7-9), Brant Beach, NJ - website
LISOT Optimist sailors who are members of the US Team at the Optimist British National Championship (Aug 8-14), Largs, UK - website

USODA Nationals - Day 2 update

The winds delivered again, as promised, in Hurricane Gulch with another perfect 3 race day at Nationals.

Harry Koeppel tops team LISOT in 5th overall after 6 races with one throwout. LISOT's top 5 sailors also include Holly Tullo in 6th, and 6 points behind Harry; Drew Gallagher in14th; Megan Grapengeter-Rudnick 18th and Lily Katz 20.

Racing started again today at 1300, after a 1 hour postponement for wind. The first race was held in 8-10 knots with a modest chop and 2-3 foot swell. By race 2 the breeze was up to 12 or so, and race 3 of the day was run in a fairly solid 15.

Team LISOT results after 6 races (1 throwout):

5. Harry Koeppel

6. Holly Tullo

14. Drew Gallagher

18. Megan Grapengeter-Rudnick

20. Lily Katz

31. Maeve White

39. Reinier Eenkema van Dijk

42. Ty Ingram

51. Jonathan Lutz

55. Maddie Widmeier

60. Alex DelBello

64. Emma White

71. Matthew Kaplan

86. Sean Walah

108. Forrest Simpson

111. Florian Eenkema van Dijk

131. Travis Bobley

139. Ian Crane

With two long days of sailing ahead, and likly 11 or 12 races, the 4-day maraton regatta is just 1/2 over. Plenty can happen, and will.

LISOT's Holly Tullo Wins 2009 Girls Nationals

The LISOT girls were really flying on Wedneday at this years' Girl Nationals -- half of the top 10 finishers were LISOT!

LISOT's Holly Tullo, a member of the USA World Team, conviningly won (by 14 points) the 5 race, no throw-out, single day regatta.

In addition to LISOT girls finishing 5 of the top 10, Holly and Megan Grapengeter-Rudnick each won a race, and all five of girls had had at least one top-five finish in the 58-boat fleet.

Conditions were steller - starting out at 8-10 knots for the first race at noon, and finihsing up with a steady 15 knots for the final race, which ended around 1630.

LISOT finishers:

1. HollyTullo

4. Alex Delbello

5. Maeve White

9. Megan Grapengeter-Rudnick

10. Maddie Widmeier

20. Emma White

Lily Katz, who had a 4th in race 1, retired with a sore knee while in 3rd place during race 2.

LISOT Optimist Coach Pepe Bettini Finishes 5th At 29er Worlds

LISOT Optimist Head Coach, Pepe Bettini, finished 5th at the 29er Worlds in Riva Del Garda, Italy. A very windy regatta, the top boats sailed heavy with Pepe and crew being the lightest by far.

Follow Pepe on the event website at www.29erworlds.org

Ian Crane & Harry Koeppel Love The Game - On Sailgroove

http://www.sailgroove.org/videos/coverage/view_video/235365-optimist-team-racing-national-championship/194849-ian-crane-and-harry-koeppel-love-this-game

 

Team Race Nationals Coverage continues

 

http://blog.lisot.org

LISOT L Advances To USODA Gold Round Robin

Congratulations to the five teams that are sailing off in the Gold Fleet today in the USODA Team Race Nationals

Westside
LYC 4
LISOT L
MIST
Team FOR

LISOT L team members are:

Reinier Eenkema van Dijk
Drew Gallagher
Megan Grapengeter-Rudnick
Lily Katz
Harry Koeppel

Check out the action LIVE beginning at 1200 PST at www.sailgroove.com

Good luck everyone!

Tomorrow is the USODA Girls Nationals and the USODA National Championship starts on Thursday.

Check out http://blog.lisot.org for postings from various events throughout the summer

Travis Fran & Reinier on Sailgroove at Team Race Nationals

http://www.sailgroove.org/videos/coverage/view_video/235365-optimist-team-racing-national-championship/194709-travis-bobley-on-the-language-of-sailing

USODA Team Race Nationals - Alex Delbello & Ty Ingram Featured on Sailgroove

Sailgroove.com is providing coverage of the USODA Team Race Nationals – Two LISOT sailors were featured on Day 1

 

http://www.sailgroove.org/videos/coverage/view_video/235365-optimist-team-racing-national-championship/194569-ty-and-alex-from-a-lisop-team-to-be-named-later

 

 

Results At I420 French Nationals

The regatta is complete. 5 races over 4 days. Either too much or not enough wind.

Complete results: http://www.420sailing.org/docs/uploaded/09Coupe_FinResultsafter5.pdf

I420 French Nationals Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pexoM9HuJlQ

 

LISOT News #2

The summer is in full swing now and so are LISOT sailors. Training and events continue to keep LISOT sailors busy. Here are just some of the class highlights for the last week and the week ahead:

420

Ida Lewis Trophy, July 6-11, Hampton, VA (Club 420)
Straight off the US Youth Championship LISOT had 8 very successful teams at the US Junior Women’s Doublehanded Championship (Ida Lewis Trophy). LISOT teams were 5 of the first 7 in the 37 boat fleet. Congratulations to the winners Chanel Miller & Yuri Namikawa.

1^st - Chanel Miller/Yuri Namikawa
2^nd – Deirdre Lambert/Tracy Doherty
4^th – Sarah Williams/Jane Rew
6^th – Grace Lucas/Tierney Driscoll
7^th – Melany Johnson/Mackenzie Needham
17^th – Olivia Crane/Ali Blumenthal
21^st – Maddie Bricker/Mary Rodman Crawford
32^nd – Claudia Taselaar/Julia Rew

Full results are available at http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_regatta_results.php?regatta_id=2056&show_crew=1

Coastal Living Regatta, July 11 & 12, Newport, RI (Club 420)
Apologies are given for lack of mention of crews but congratulations to all!

2^nd – Graham Landy
3^rd – Markus Edegran
4^th – Chris Schade
5^th – Elliott Morrill
8^th – Evan Read
9^th – IG Schottlaender
14^th – Abby Rohman
24^th – Brogan Savage
28^th – Nick Gallagher

Full results are available at http://www.sailnewport.org/npt/c/cnt/down/09C420.html

ISAF Youth Worlds, July 9-18, Buzios, Brazil (I420)
Results after 4 races

Ian Liberty & Alex Whipple – 21^st
Morgan Kiss & Laura McKenna – 4^th

Follow this event at http://www.isafyouthworlds.com/editions/2009/index.php

International 420 French Nationals, July 14-18, Port-Blanc, Brittany, France (I420)
Head coach Steve Keen leads a team of LISOT sailors at the French Nationals beginning Wednesday, July 14^th.

The LISOT teams are:
Jordan Factor/Matthew Wefer
Marlena Fauer/Christina Lewis
Andrew Mollerus/Charlie Peck
Louis Padnos/Ben Spector
Chris Price/Caroline Attwood
Declan Whitmyer/Ian Storck

Sharpen your French and follow the action at http://420uniqua.fr/

LASER RADIAL

The LISOT Laser Radial group is in training mode working toward the Laser Nationals in Brant Beach, NJ in August. 2008 Swedish Laser Olympian, Rasmus Myrgren, has been working with sailors at clinics at the Old Cove Yacht Club in Cutchogue, NY. This past weekend, July 11 & 12, LISOT sailors dominated the District 8 Old Cove Regatta with Ryan Schmitz 1^st, Spencer Olsson 2^nd and Connor Needham 3rd.

This coming weekend, July 18 & 19, LISOT sponsors another Rasmus Myrgren clinic at Old Cove YC and there is another District 8 regatta at the Southold YC. District 8 results can be found at http://laserd8.tripod.com/news.htm

Congratulations to LISOT sailors Connor Needham and Stefan Kuehn for finishing 1^st and 2^nd at their recent US Sailing Smythe regional elminations. Both will be attending the Area B Semi-finals for the Smythe. Note that the Smythe is sailed in Full rig lasers.

OPTIMISTS

LISOT optimist sailors have been recharging batteries after training with coaches Pepe Bettini & Rasmus Myrgren and competing internationally in the Dominican Republic, Slovenia & Belgium.

This week the team is preparing for the upcoming USODA Team Race Nationals, USODA Girls Nationals and USODA National Championship at Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club in San Pedro, CA. LISOT will have two team in the Team Race Nationals that run July 18-21. They are:

Team L

Reinier Eenkema van Dijk
Drew Gallagher
Megan Grapengeter-Rudnick
Lily Katz
Harry Koeppel

Team I
Travis Bobley
Ian Crane
Alex Delbello
Ty Ingram

Follow the action of all three events at http://www.cbyc.org/optiregatta.asp

For current LISOT news visit our blog at http://blog.lisot.org and for information about future LISOT events and training visit www.lisot.org.

John Bainton Named US Sailing Sailor of the Week

Our friend and coach, John Bainton, was named this week’s US Sailing Sailor of the Week. Read the story at http://media.ussailing.org/US_SAILING_Media_Home/Sailor_of_the_Week.htm.

Congratulations John. We’re proud of you!

International Optimist News

The 2009 IODA North American Championship in the Dominican Republic just concluded with some of the best American results ever. American Chris Williford was the overall winner. Brian Higgins from Argentina was 2nd and Axel Sly, another member of Team USA was 3rd. LISOT sailors did a terrific job with Harry Koeppel 24th, Lily Katz 50th, Gary Prieto 54th, Holly Tullo 70th and Reinier Eenkema van Dijk 95th. Complete results can be seen at www.optinam2009.org/

Currently still in progress is the IODA European Championship and the Flanders Youth Regatta. The Europeans (Slovenia) continue through July 12th and the Flanders Youth Regatta (Belgium) concludes today. Follow LISOT sailors Drew Gallagher at the Europeans and Liza O’Connor and Constantine Spentzos in Flanders on the event websites –

IODA European Championship – www.sailpiran.si/eoc2009
Flanders Youth Regatta - www.nieuwpoortweek.be/