Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley proclaimed Monday, February 1, 2010, a statewide day of celebration in honor of the St. Mary’s College of Maryland Sailing Team.
The 28-member team comes from 14 states and four foreign countries. The Governor presented the SMCM Sailing Team with a proclamation honoring its 2009 Collegiate National Championship victory yesterday in the Governor’s Reception Room of the Maryland State House in Annapolis.
On June 3, 2009, SMCM won the 2009 ICSA/GILL Co-ed Dinghy National Sailing Championship in San Francisco, the Super Bowl of intercollegiate sailing. This marked the third time in program history that SMCM has captured the Co-ed Dinghy National Championship. Yale University came in second, followed by Georgetown University.
St. Mary’s College has a long history of sailing championships. The Lady Seahawks Sailing Team won the 2007 Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) Women’s National Championship, in Norfolk, Virginia. Since 1993, the college has won 14 national sailing championships and produced more than 100 ICSA All-American sailors.
In this photo: Students on the St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM) sailing team surround Governor Martin O’Malley as he proclaims Monday, February 2, 2010, a statewide day of celebration in honor of the SMCM Sailing Team. The Governor presented the SMCM Sailing Team with a proclamation honoring its 2009 Collegiate National Championship victory yesterday in the Governor’s Reception Room of the Maryland State House in Annapolis.
Bottom row, left to right: Bill Ward, director of sailing and varsity sailing coach; Ben Whitman, of Charleston, South Carolina; Chris O’Donnell, of Mystic, Connecticut; Victor Diaz de Leon, of Lecheria, Venezuela; co-captain Mike Kuschner, of San Francisco, California; Ben Lezin, of Santa Cruz, California; Jesse Kirkland, of Warwick, Bermuda; Joshua Greenslade, of Smiths, Bermuda. Center, left to right: Lauren Schoene, of Annapolis, Maryland; Marina Carlson, of Easton, Massachusetts; Meredith Powlison, of Shelburne, Vermont; Brooke Thomson, of Newport Beach, California; co-captain Megan Magill, of San Diego, California; co-captain Ted Hale, of Annapolis, Maryland; Governor O’Malley; Ainsley Thomson, of Princeton, New Jersey; Frances Kupersmith, of Alexandria, Virginia; Allison Smith, of Pembroke, Massachusetts; Kayla McComb, of Newport Beach, California; Katherine Gluskin, of Duxbury, Massachusetts; Sara Morgan Watters, of Oxford, Maryland; Kelly Wilbur, of Ipswich, Massachusetts; Larry Vote, SMCM acting president; James P. Muldoon, SMCM chairman of the board of trustees. Back row, left to right: Jeremy Wilmot, of Sydney, Australia; Stefanie Glorioso, of Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania; Madeline Jackson, of Bainbridge Island, Washington; Gordon Lamphere, of Lake Forest, Illinois; Michael Menninger, of Newport Beach, California; Wick Dudley, of Queenstown, Maryland; and Adam Werblow, director of the waterfront and head varsity sailing coach.
