Junior Activities Update

by Todd Fedyszyn Youth Sailing Director

The SPYC Junior Sailing Team has had a busy summer with sailors competing in events all over North America and Europe.

The ILCA North American Championships were hosted by the Alamitos Bay YC and sailed on the water of the Pacific Ocean, the host waters for the 2028 Olympics. Sailing the ILCA 4 fleet, SPYC’s Gloria Privis finished in 4th place overall and was also crowned the ILCA 4 North American Female Champion! Sidney Moyer sailed a strong event as well finishing in 8th place overall in the highly competitive ILCA Fleet.

At the USODA National Championship hosted by the Hampton YC in Virginia, SPYC was well represented with 14 sailors in attendance. SPYC’s John Hartney finished the event in 10th place overall, Dalton Cellemare finished in 22nd place, Thomas Weidner finished in 32nd and was also crowned the White Fleet National Champion. Ethan Cox also finished 70th place overall in the gold fleet. SPYC also had 8 sailors qualify for the 2024 Team Trials Regatta in San Francisco. SPYC’s Opti Team Race Team also finished in 6th place overall in the team race nationals.

SPYC’s Kate Danielson and Jan Mistak made the long trek to Poland to compete in the lLCA Youth World Championship Four hundred sailors from around the globe qualified to represent their country at this prestigious event. Kate finished in 29th place overall in the highly contested female fleet of 140 sailors.

The US Sailing Youth Championships were held out of Roger Williams University in Bristol RI. This prestigious event was also the qualifier for the World Sailing Youth World Championship . In the ILCA 7 fleet, SPYC’s Callen Burnett finished in 5th overall. Kate Danielson and Sidney Moyer competed in the ILCA 6 class with Kate finishing 3rd overall in the girl’s youth world qualifying division.

SPYC’s John Hartney put in a solid performance at the IODA North American Championships in Antigua finishing in 9th overall in a strong international fleet. Leah Abrams also represented the USA at the Ora Cup , hosted on the beautiful waters of Lake Garda in the Italian Alps.