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Captains Sailing Closes Out Competition at the Graham Hall Team Race

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Competing at the United States Naval Academy for the Graham Hall Team Race this weekend, the Christopher Newport sailing team wrapped up their second regatta of the Spring season on Sunday. CNU finished the weekend 1-17 and wrapped up a 16th place finish overall. 

The regatta completed 98 races on the first day before completing the initial round robin on Sunday. The event was then broken into a Gold 6, Silver 6, and Bronze 4 final that resulted in 162 total races over the weekend. 

CNU's lone win came against George Washington University. The Captains crossed the line 2-3-4 to pick up the victory in the team racing format. In the rest of the round robin, CNU added a strong appearance against Hobart and William Smith, finishing 2-3-6, while adding a 3-4-6 finish in four more head-to-head matchups. 

In the Bronze 4 finals the Captains were pitted against Cornell, Old Dominion, and Fordham. Against the Big Red, CNU captured another second-place finish but finished 2-5-6 in the setback. Versus Old Dominion, the Captains crossed 4-5-6, and taking on Fordham, CNU dropped a decision with a 3-4-5 finish. 

Competing in the event for CNU was Aston Atherton, Grace Watlington, Josh Bendura, Braden Silveria, Noah Hubbard, Berend Van der Meer, and Hannah Louise Roethel
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Players Mentioned

Aston Atherton

Aston Atherton

Skipper
6' 5"
Senior
Josh Bendura

Josh Bendura

Skipper
6' 1"
Senior
Noah Hubbard

Noah Hubbard

Crew
6' 0"
Senior
Berend Van der Meer

Berend Van der Meer

Crew
5' 6"
Junior
Grace Watlington

Grace Watlington

Skipper
5' 7"
Senior
Hannah Louise Roethel

Hannah Louise Roethel

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Aston Atherton

Aston Atherton

6' 5"
Senior
Skipper
Josh Bendura

Josh Bendura

6' 1"
Senior
Skipper
Noah Hubbard

Noah Hubbard

6' 0"
Senior
Crew
Berend Van der Meer

Berend Van der Meer

5' 6"
Junior
Crew
Grace Watlington

Grace Watlington

5' 7"
Senior
Skipper
Hannah Louise Roethel

Hannah Louise Roethel

Freshman