National Invitational Tournament

Summary

Saturday, May 17:

After significant wind shifts the 2025 National Invitational Tournament at Norfolk Yacht and Country Club started their races at 9:54 AM. Winds ranging from 10 to 17 mph came from the west-southwest with wind gusts up to 31 mph. Sailors experience beautiful, sunny skies with temperatures in the high eighties. Winds built throughout the morning becoming unsailable for team racing. After 22 races, the course moved to the east side of the Hampton Blvd. Bridge to find better sailing conditions. Coaches were put on the water and sailors were ferried to the site for rotating. By 4:14 PM gusts continued and conditions became unsalable in the Lee of the bridge and sailors were sent in.

The day ended having completed all 45 races which represented one full round robin. Green Farms Academy held first place with a 9/0 record, followed by Norfolk Academy with a 6/3 record. There was a 5 way tie for third with Severna Park, Arrowhead, Hampton Roads Academy, Stony Brook, and Barrington all with a 5/4 record.

Sunday, May 18:

On Sunday, sailors reported at 8AM with hopes of getting on the water to knock out a resail and sail-offs only to find no wind. Shortly before 10AM, the wind filled in and we were able to resail race 21 resulting in a win for Norfolk Academy. The 5 way tie for third stood, and a 5 team sail-off round was sailed with a number of course adjustments as moderate winds vacillated back and forth between west and SSW. Winds settled to westerly at 10-15 mph with gusts in the mid teens and we were able to complete a top 6/bottom 4 round with a slight extension to the no start after time.

Green Farms Academy won the regatta and the Founders Trophy with an impressive 13/1 record. They were followed by Norfolk Academy in second place with 10 wins and 4 losses. Hampton Roads Academy won the tie breaker for third over Stony Brook with 8 wins and 4 losses.

Thanks are due to the many people who made the event a success. Ron McLean put in numerous hours going over boats for the event along with the resident high school teams. Thanks goes to ODU and Christchurch School, and a group of individuals who lent us motor boats. Greatest thanks goes to Parker Purrington and Chris Robertson for serving as PRO and to Carter Little for serving as CHUMP along with the rest of the race committee and mark boats.

Attending teams deserve mention for their consistent patience and grace as we worked through the weather related kinks. This was a great group of sailors and coaches.

Final Results

#SchoolTeamRec.SkippersCrews
1Greens Farms AcademyGreens Farms AcademyDragons13/1Glen Foster '26Colin Verrengia '27
Avery Beck '27Caroline Collins '26
Emmet Ennico '25Hayes Cooper '27
2Norfolk AcademyNorfolk AcademyBulldogs10/4James Allgeier '27Owen Peluso '26
Jack Poynter '25Sabrina Casagrande '25
Mady McGee '27Will Poynter '27
Grant Fernandez '27Jack Poynter '25
Juliana Libby '28
Amanda Wong '25
*3Hampton RoadsHampton Roads AcademyNavigators8/6Parker Moore '25Daphne Ambrosino '27
Charlie Moore '27Nicholas Bielewicz '26
Will Chapman '28Patrick Bielewicz '28
Josie Brindley '26
**4The Stony BrookThe Stony Brook SchoolBears8/6Arancha Rivero-Ansed '27JP Panabianco '27
Carlos Gonzalez '28Kevin Kelly '27
Emily Gaillard '25Gisele Brandao '27
Joshua Henson '25
5ArrowheadArrowhead High SchoolWarhawks6/8John Lieber '26Max Sellers '28
Nicholas Berkowitz '28Jackson Bebeau '27
Cole Bebeau '27Mark Sellers '26
6BarringtonBarrington High SchoolEagles5/9Ben Reuter '28Ezra White '28
Cal Naperotic '28Kai Beland '27
Duffy Macaulay '27Enzo Cicione '27
7Severna ParkSeverna ParkFalcons6/6Peter Judge '25Alexandria Still '27
Gavin Morris '25Pierce Brenner '25
Robert Heath '25Madison Cannon '25
Pierce Brenner '25William Albert '28
Maya Kirshtein '26
8East GreenwichEast Greenwich High SchoolAvengers4/8Colin Auvil '26Harper Kelley '25
Sophia Joyce '27Isaac Kaldor '25
Davis Collette '26Davis Collette '26
Griffin Mason '28Aiden Krystoff '27
*9Gig HarborGig Harbor High SchoolTides3/9Finn Deprez '25Cameron Siegert '28
Nico Konyk '25Tru Jackson '27
Bailey Rainbolt '26Nate Dietrich '26
Wesley Wysham '28
b10New Trier HSNew Trier HSTrevian3/9Aiala Angueira Salbidegoitia '26Amalia Lesterhuis '27
Nathan Finkelstein '26Charles Dischner '26
Olivia Gingue '26Camila Benes '26
Ralph Lipford '27Paula Kowalczyk '26
Bennett Waters '26
Sym.Explanation
*Number of races won when tied teams met (2)
**Number of races won when tied teams met (1)
bNumber of races won when tied teams met (0)