
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa claimed its first trophy of the season by winning the Jeff Simon Women¡¯s Regatta, hosted January 28–29, by the University of California, San Diego. It marked the second-straight year that the Rainbow Wahine captured the regatta.
ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½ entered two teams against a field of seven other schools. ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½¡¯s top squad of Mercy Tangredi, Taylor Ledgerwood, Vivian Bonsager and Sophia Shaeffer tallied a regatta low 22 points, winning a tie-breaker over University of California, Santa Barbara, which also had 22 over the two-day event. The B division sailors of Bonsager (skipper) and Shaeffer (crew) were flawless over the weekend, placing first in all five of its races.
ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½¡¯s second team of Morgan Carew, Anna Kalabukhova, Katherine Shofran and Lily Simpson also had a solid weekend, placing third (27), well ahead of its nearest competitor UC San Diego (43). A division sailors Carew (skipper) and Kalabukhoava (crew) finished in the top two in four of five races.
