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Drexel Sailing Hires Coach Doug Brown
It is our pleasure to announce that the Drexel Sailing Team has hired Doug Brown as head coach.
A few of Doug's accomplishments: He is a US Sailing Level II sailing coach working toward his Level III. Recently he was head coach of the Monmouth Sailing Team (2007-2009) building the program into a competitive club team. He has a rich and diverse sailing background with national campaigns in several boats including Jet-14, Force 5, Sunfish, and Stars to name a few and an Olympic campaign in the Finn class. Doug continues as Director of Sailing at Pocono Lake Preserves, a position which he has held since 2005.
In addition to his sailing background, Doug has a very strong coaching background in hockey. He's been an active coach for 20 years at nearly every level, including pee-wee, college, and adult teams. Currently, Doug runs his own power skating program
Over the next couple weeks, the team officers and Rona will be working closely with Doug to transition into the head coach position. We look forward to a successful Fall 2010 season and many future seasons with Doug.
The officers thank those who helped in the selection process for your gracious support of the Drexel Sailing Team. For any questions, please contact the President, Jennifer Mislinski, at jmislinski@drexelsailing.com. Doug Brown can be reached at drxsailcoach@aol.com.
Sincerely,
The Drexel Sailing Team Officers
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Ocean County 2-on-2 at Ocean County College
Ocean County College
Two-on-Two Team Racing
For the weekend of April 10-11, Drew Bergan, David Schubert, Jennifer Mislinski and Joan Boyle traveled to beautiful Toms River, NJ to compete in the OCC 2 on 2 Team Race Regatta (home to Joan Boyle). The Toms River is always a lovely place to sail with a beautiful view, steady breeze, and essentially no current (compared to the Delaware at least). Although wind was a little more than usual and definitely more than the team was used to, the Drexel Sailing Team held their own. Starting off the day on Saturday with winds at 15-20kts the team’s goal was to just try and survive and maybe win a few races. Being probably the lightest boat on the water, skipper Jen Mislinski and crew Joan Boyle were worried their small size would be a disadvantage. They were proved wrong. After doing a complete round robin the team ended up winning against Princeton University, Villanova University , University of Maryland and Monmouth University; leaving them with a winning record of 4-3 (losing against OCC, Colgate, and Cornell). This winning record put the team in the “Gold” division, which consisted of the top four teams from Saturday’s races (tied for 1st OCC and Cornell, 2nd Colgate, 3rd Drexel). On Sunday the team raced each team in the Gold division twice. The winds were much more tolerable than Saturday, blowing at about 9-11kts. Although the team came out with only one win on Sunday against Cornell the team proved themselves by finishing only inches behind Colgate and OCC. They finally finished 4th out of 8 and let the other teams know that Drexel Sailing is the new competition! Overall, a very successful weekend. Congrats to all!
~ Crew Joan Boyle, ‘10
Central Spring Qualifier at Princeton University
Princeton University
Central Spring Qualifier
We arrived to Raritan Yacht Club Saturday morning with high expectations. The weather was great and we got out on the water quickly. Myself and David Schubert, ('10) sailed A division and President Jennifer Mislinski ('11) sailed B division with crew and team secretary, Joan Boyle ('14). The wind was steady, building to about 12 knots around 1pm. The racing was very close, often with 4 or 5 of the seven boats crossing the finish line in packs. In both divisions we had trouble breaking out of the pack to complete the finishes we needed to qualify for the America's Trophy. Easter Sunday brought a gorgeous day with light winds. The racing was even closer than on Saturday. Drexel will be sailing at the Leroy Grant hosted by William and Mary in two weeks.
-Drew Bergan
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