MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (May 28, 2017) – Racing was completed today in the LaserPerformance Team Race National Championship on the Cooper River hosted by the College of Charleston. This is the second of three-spring college sailing national championships. The regatta wrapped up a day early due to a bad forecast for Monday, which looks stormy with light winds. The race officials pushed to complete the regatta today. The top sixteen collegiate team racing teams in the nation competed for the national title and the Walter C. Wood Trophy and home team College of Charleston won the title.
The College Sailing/Gill Coed Championship is a four-day event. May 30-31, 2017 is the Coed National Semifinal Championship in which 36 schools compete to see which 18 will go on to the finals. June 1-2, 2017 is the Championship, in which the top 18 from the Semifinals will compete for the College Sailing /Gill Coed National Championship title. 36 qualifiers competing for the Henry A. Morss Memorial Trophy.