Sailing Team Takes 2nd Place at New England Championship

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Hyannis Yacht Club Barnstable HS, May 11, 2014

The women of the East Greenwich High School Sailing Team finished second
overall Sunday in the 2014 New England Women's Championship.

EGHS team captains Taylor McCann '14 and Julia Gowell '14 led the team as
skippers for the event. Crews were: Danielle Elson '15, Brittany Ingram '15,
Katarina Diepholz '15, Catherine Streich '15.

Race organizers reported that conditions were shifty in Barnstable, out of
the West/South West for most of the morning into the afternoon.  A strong
warm sea breeze arrived just after noon and kicked up to puffs over 20
knots.

The EGHS team raced strongly all day in the 11-boat fleet which represented
schools from around New England. In the end, the lady Avengers finished only
2 points behind first place Tabor and a held a commanding lead over third
place Dartmouth.

The team earned a berth at the event by qualifying earlier this season at
one of the three regional qualifiers.