Final Results

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.  – The University of Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine sailing team's bid for a spot in the ICSA Women's National Championship finals was denied when Mother Nature halted semifinal competition Wednesday at the Magnuson Hotel Marina Cove on Tampa Bay.
 
Due to a lack of wind, not a single race went off during the second morning of competition. With enough qualifying races completed during the first day of competition, the semifinals were deemed completed in order to commence finals action on Wednesday afternoon.
 
The Rainbow Wahine stood in 12th after the first day and failed to make the cut for the finals. With 160 points, UH was just 14 points behind Hobart and William Smith Colleges which secured the ninth and final spot into the finals. Nine other schools had already qualified for the finals by placing at the top of their respective district championships as a field of 18 teams were set to begin the championship round on Wednesday afternoon.
 
Hawai'i still has a shot at another title when the coed squad competes in the ICSA Team Race Championship, beginning on Saturday, May 25. Women's sailors Madelyn Kennedy, Katrina Berry, Lindsay Stewart, Hanne Nagatani, Ana-Melissa Kea and Kellie Yamada will be joined by Adam Pokras, Mitchell Icard and Giacomo Paoletti as they compete for the Rainbows in the three-day event.