2014 U.S. Adult Sailing Championship - Benz Faget wins third mallory

by US Sailing on 28 Sep 2014 2014 U.S. Adult Sailing Championship - A balanced field and limited racing usually leads to close races and a crowded leaderboard. This was the situation on Eagle Mountain Lake for the last day at the U.S. Adult Championship, hosted by Fort Worth Boat Club.

After just two races over three days due to lack of wind, Saturday afternoon featured three races for the fleet of talented J/22 teams.

In the end, the Southern Yacht Club’s Benz Faget (Metairie, La.), Randall Richmond (New Orleans, La.), and Thomas Sweeney (New Orleans, La.) came away with the championship. The win for Faget represents his third Mallory Trophy (’99, ’94) and the first for the Southern Yacht Club. Faget is also a member of the New Orleans Yacht Club.

Following another lengthy delay, the late afternoon breeze returned, and the race committee scrambled to set up the race course. Faget won Races three and five today, and three out of five for the championship.

Final Standings – Top Five:

1. Faget/Richmond/Sweeney, Southern Yacht Club, 3-1-1-3-1- ; 9
2. Wilson/Davis/Scull/Stevens, Vineyard Haven Yacht Club, 1-5-3-2-3- ; 14
3. Dyer/Johnson/Arno, Fort Worth Boat Club, 2-3-8-7-2- ; 22
4. Meno/Schwinn/Keller, Fort Worth Boat Club, 5-7-2-4-6- ; 24
5. Quigley/Maher/Bryan, BYC and BSC, 4-4-9-5-5- ; 27

2014 U.S. Adult Sailing Championship - Series Standing - Five races scored:

Bow/Sail	Skipper	Yacht Club		1	2	3	4	5		Total	Pos
Black / 3	Benz Faget/ Randall Richmond Thomas Sweeney	Southern Yacht Club/ Southern Yacht Club / New Olreans Yacht Club		3	1	1	3	1		9	1
Red / 2	Paul Wilson/ Brett Davis Reilly Scull Sonya Stevens	Vineyard Haven Yacht Club/ Holms Hole Sailing Association / New England Multihull Association / Vineyard Haven Yacht Club		1	5	3	2	3		14	2
Pink / 10	Bryan Dyer/ Craig Johnson Matt Arno	Fort Worth Boat Club/ Fort Worth Boat Club / Fort Worth Boat Club		2	3	8	7	2		22	3
White / 8	Fred Meno/ Mike Schwinn Jeff Keller	Fort Worth Boat Club/ Fort Worth Boat Club / FWBC		5	7	2	4	6		24	4
Orange / 5	Charlie Quigley/ Jason Maher David Bryan	BYC and BSC/ Boston yacht club / Boston Sailing Center		4	4	9	5	5		27	5
Purple / 9	Jake Scott/ Blake Billman Max Scott	Rush Creek Yacht Club/ Fort Worth Boat Club / Rush Creek Yacht Club		7	8	4	1	9		29T	6
Blue / 4	Chris Doyle/ Peter Doyle Mike DeDario	Youngstown Yacht Club/ Youngstown YC / Youngstown Yacht Club		6	2	7	6	8		29T	7
Gray / 6	Roger Dougal/ David Varn Meyer Moore	Columbia Sailing Club/ SAYRA / Columbia Sailing Club		8	6	5	8	4		31	8
light blue / 7	Mark deShong/ Luke Merchant Timothy Broome	Boston Harbor Yacht Club/ SBYC/  / Hull Yacht Club /		9	9	6	9	7		40	9