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Thursday, January 8, 2009

Santa Barbara High sailors take gold at Rose Bowl Regatta

At the Rose Bowl Regatta hosted by the University of Southern California sailing team on January 3 and 4, Santa Barbara High School sailors, Oliver Toole (skipper) and Kyle Heffernan (crew) placed first in Gold “A” division. Paul Heffernan (skipper) and Travis Benton (crew) placed eighth in Gold “B” division. The combined scores gave Santa Barbara High third overall in Gold Fleet out of 26 teams. “This is the biggest combined college and high school regatta in the nation,” said event press officer Rich Roberts.

The Santa Barbara High team was very excited about their performance as these wins keep them in contention for qualifying for high school-level national competition. There were only ten points separating first and third, with Point Loma High School finishing first and Newport Harbor High School finishing second.

Also participating in the Rose Bowl Regetta were two teams from Dos Pueblos High School: sailors Sky Adams (skipper) and Nick Perez (crew) placed 14 in the “A” division and sailors Hanna Vincent (skipper) and Hunter Yegendorf (crew) placed 23 in the “B” division.

The next high school regatta is in February and will be hosted by Stanford University.