US Sailing Team at Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima - Day 5
by US Sailing Team 1 Sep 2019 02:19 NZST
25 August - 1 September 2019
U.S. Men's Finn, Luke Muller - Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima, day 5 © Jesus Renedo / Sailing Energy / World Sailing
Racing has officially concluded in half of the fleets at the 2020 Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima. Saturday, August 31 featured Medal Races for the Men's and Women's RS:X, 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 fleets, while the remaining fleets concluded their Qualifying Series.
US Sailing Team Athletes, Andrew Mollerus (Larchmont, N.Y.) and Ian MacDiarmid (Delray Beach, Fla.) represented the United States in the Men's 49er Medal Race. They began the day in ninth place. After battling more extreme conditions on Sagami Bay, they managed to finish fourth in the race, bringing them up in the standings to eighth overall.
Since teaming up, Mollerus and MacDiarmid have shown significant progress along the road to Tokyo 2020. With four top-five finishes this week, they have demonstrated has their ability to perform well in a competitive fleet. Their next major regatta will be the 49er World Championships in late November.
Mollerus is looking forward to starting the fall season on a strong note, "Beyond the results at this event, we're just glad to be finding little takeaways to improve on every day. This is a good result for us, it shows that we're able to hang at the top of the fleet, so we're looking forward to a good fall."
Upon wrapping up the Qualifying Series, the United States has three more athletes that will compete in the final set of Medal Races. Luke Muller (Fort Pierce, Fla.) will be sailing in the Men's Finn Medal Race and Atlantic and Nora Brugman (Winthrop, Mass.) will compete in the Women's 470 Medal Race. Both boats qualified for their respective Medal Races in 10th place after another exciting date of racing in over twenty-knot winds.
The Men's and Women's 470s, Lasers, Laser Radials, and Finns will conclude racing on Sunday, September 1 at 12:10, local time. The Women's 470 race is scheduled for 12:10 and the Finn race is scheduled for 2:50. All Medal Races will be streamed live on World Sailing's YouTube channel.
2020 Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima - U.S. Results after Day 5:
- 49er - Andrew Mollerus (Larchmont, N.Y.) and Ian MacDiarmid (Delray Beach, Fla.), 8th
- Finn - Luke Muller (Fort Pierce, Fla.), 10th
- Women's 470 - Atlantic Brugman (Winthrop, Mass.) and Nora Brugman (Winthrop, Mass.), 10th
- Finn - Caleb Paine (San Diego, Calif.), 11th
- Men's 470 - Stu McNay (Providence, R.I.) and Dave Hughes (Miami, Fla.), 14th
- Women's 470 - Carmen Cowles (Larchmont, N.Y.) and Emma Cowles (Larchmont, N.Y.), 14th
- Women's 470 - Nikole Barnes (Miami, Fla.) and Lara Dallman-Weiss (Shoreview, Minn.), 15th
- Nacra 17 - Riley Gibbs (Long Beach, Calif.) and Anna Weis (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), 16th
- 49er - Judge Ryan (San Diego, Calif.) and Hans Henken (Coronado, Calif.), 16th
- Men's RS:X - Pedro Pascual (West Palm Beach, Fla.), 18th
- Laser - Charlie Buckingham (Newport Beach, Calif.), 18th
- 49erFX - Paris Henken (Coronado, Calif.) and Anna Tunnicliffe-Tobias (Pittsburgh, Penn.), 20th
- Women's 470 - Rachel Bryer (Jamestown, R.I.) and Laura Slovensky (Brookhaven, N.Y.), 20th
- Laser Radial - Erika Reineke (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), 20th
- 49erFX - Stephanie Roble (East Troy, Wisc.) and Maggie Shea (Wilmette, Ill.), 26th
- Nacra 17 - Sarah Newberry (Miami, Fla.) and David Liebenberg (Livermore, Calif.), 28th
- Nacra 17 - Ravi Parent (Sarasota, Fla.) and Charlotte Mack (Miami, Fla.), 30th
- Men's 470 - Trevor Davis (Annapolis, Md.) and Trevor Bornarth (Martin County, Fla.), 31st
- Laser - Chris Barnard (Newport Beach, Calif.), 45th
See full results here.