September 26, 2004

KINGS POINT, N.Y.—Hobart College senior Wiley Wakeman (Groton School/Cohasset, Mass.) finished third with 68 points at the KP Laser Qualifier North. Chris Alexander of Kings Point won the event with a low score of 46. The top three finishers qualify for the Mid Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association Singlehanded Championship on Oct. 9-10, at the Naval Academy.

Competing in 14 races, Wakeman grabbed nine top-five finishes and never finished lower than eighth of 19 sailors. Qualifying for the second consecutive season, he finished seventh a year ago with 120 points.

Also racing for the Statesmen were senior Lee Sackett (Gilmour Academy/Mentor, Ohio), sophomore John Keating (Main Land Regional/Lindwood, N.J.), and first-year Dan Thompson (Mounds View/North Oaks, Minn.). Sackett raced to six top-five finishes, including four victories, to finish 6th with 89 points, while Thompson posted a top-10 result in all but three races for eighth place. Thompson finished the weekend ninth with four top-five finishes for 117 points.

Wakeman joins senior John Storck (St. Anthony’s/Huntington, N.Y.), sophomore Trevor Moore (Woodstock Union/ Pomfret, Vt.), and first-year Jay Mills (Hotchkiss School/Greenport, N.Y.) who qualified for the MAISA Singlehanded Championships earlier this season. Results

1. Chris Alexander (USMMA), 46
2. Dan Ramsay (USMMA), 67
3. Wiley Wakeman (Hobart), 68
4. James Givens (USMMA), 81
5. Todd Kutkiewicz (USMMA), 86
6. Lee Sackett (Hobart), 89
7. Ian Hogan (Queens), 100
8. John Keating (Hobart), 114
9.Dan Thompson (Hobart), 117
10. Stuart Gulke (New York Maritime), 119
11-19. Andrew Whiting (Queens), Nicholas Kaars-Sijpesteign (Queens), Chris Price (New York Maritime), Jared Spoons (Cornell), Nick Nastasi (New York Maritime), Paul Zinger (New York Maritime), Josh Willcus (Army), Mike Hall (Army), David Railsback (Cornell)

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