ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Aubin Hattendorf (So., Arlington, Texas) finished sixth at the MAISA Women's Singlehanded Championship to highlight the Navy intercollegiate sailing team's participation in two events over the weekend.
With Hattendorf being the lone sailor for the Midshipmen competing in the 12-boat field at the Faye Bennet MAISA Women's Singlehanded Championship. The competitors came from all over the country, vying for a berth at the National Singlehanded Championship in November.
Only conference champions will receive automatic berths to the aforementioned national championship, while the rest of the field will be filled out by at-large berths.
Hattendorf batted a light wind throughout most of the afternoon prior to recording her best finish of the afternoon, finishing second in the 14th and final race of the event. The combination of good and rough stretches throughout the event left her in the middle of the field, finishing sixth overall.
It will be determined later in the season as to if Hattendorf's finish will earn her a berth in the Singlehanded National Championship.
Navy also participated in the Chesapeake Invitational over the weekend and had three, two-boat teams in the 18-team field.
One of the Midshipmen teams finished 12th overall, with
Cooper Walshe (Fr., New York, N.Y.) and
Julia Christie (So., Annapolis, Md.) coming in 14th in the A Division while
Robert Ziman (Fr., San Carlos, Calif.) and
Hunter Anderson (So., Apollo Beach, Fla.) compiled a 12th-place finish the B Division.
Another Navy team finished seventh overall, with
Gavin McJones (Jr., Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.) and
Catherine Aitken (So., Danville, Calif.) recording an eighth-place finish in the A Division along with the pairing of
Trenton Shaw (So., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) and
Ryan Wahba (Fr., Severna Park, Md.) totaling a fifth-place mark in the B Division.
Rounding out the top performers for the Midshipmen at the Chesapeake Invitational was the team of
Caden Scheiblauer (Jr., Santa Barbara, Calif.) and
Madeline Smith (So., Nokomis, Fla.) who finished sixth in the A Division while
Tanner Kelly (Fr., Westerly, RI) and
Linnea Forsberg (Fr., Chevy Chase, Md.) finishing seventh in the B Division.
Navy will return to action with a pair of events spanning Saturday and Sunday including the Coed/Women's Combined Regatta hosted by Cornell in Ithaca, N.Y. in addition to hosting the Intrepid Trophy Regatta.
