New York Youth Regional Sunfish Championship	
Mattituck Y.C., Mattituck, Long Island, NY
August 18, 2001

SPICER & ROTHMAN WIN NEW YORK YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS

Forty-eight children, 10-17 years old, participated in the 1st Annual New
York Youth Regional Sunfish Championship hosted by Mattituck Y.C. on the
North Fork of Long Island on Saturday, August 18.  The event was divided into
two divisions, Junior and Midget.  Twenty singles and one doubles boat
participated in the former, while thirteen doubles boats competed in the
latter.  It was a beautiful, sunny day with 5-6 knot northerly breezes
predicted to shift to 10-15 knots from the Southwest in the afternoon.  
Unfortunately, the shift didn't occur until after the Junior fleet was
sailing back to the beach after the last race.  Two courses were laid out so
the Junior division was able to get in five races while the Midget division
sailed four.

In the fourth race of the Junior division, however, only two of the 21 boats
finished within the time limit.  This was unfortunate for Kevin Buruchian of
Highland Lakes Y.C., New Jersey, who otherwise sailed an excellent 1-3-3-4
series but who was not one of the two, who finished the race.  Michael Spicer
of Southold Y.C. on Long Island won the fourth race and the regatta with a
2-6-7-1-2 series.  Katie Koehler of Narrasketuck Y.C. on Long Island placed
2nd in the fourth race and as a result converted a 5-15-5-2-9 series into
third place overall.  In the Midget division, Chelsea Rothman and Henry Rich
of Southold Y.C. out-concentrated the competition to finish 6th in the first
race and then take three bullets to win the championship.

Nine different yacht clubs were represented and the USSCA welcomed 19 new
Junior members to the Class.

JUNIOR DIVISION

Pos.	Name		Home Club		Sail #	R 1	R 2	R 3	R 4	R 5		Total
1	Michael Spicer	Southold yc		78112	2	6	7	1	2		18
2	Kevin Buruchian	Highland Lakes yc 	78275	1	3	3	22	4		33
3	Katie Koehler	Narraskatuck yc		9	5	15	5	2	9		36
4	Todd Kotkiewicz	Moriches yc		69861	3	1	13	22	1		40
5	Daniel Hesse	Wet Pants sa	 	78545	12	4	2	22	3		43
6	Jay Zimmer	Old Cove yc		2425	4	8	8	22	6		48
7	Sarah Pillai	Mattituck yc		4	6	7	1	22	14		50
8	Ariel Koehler 	Narraskatuck yc		7	10	9	4	22	7		52
9	Jessica Anderson Southold yc		78326	11	2	14	22	12		61
10	Megan Keating	Packanack yc		3025	14	17	9	22	8		70
11	Oren Friedman 	Southold yc		78068	13	5	12	22	19		71
12	Mariel Schlecht	Southold yc		90210	8	19	11	22	15		75
13	Chris Moretti	Wet Pants sa		85959	17	13	10	22	13		75
14	Adam Friedman 	Southold yc		AD	20	10	19	22	5		76
15	Jack Hale	Southold yc		77761	16	14	6	22	19		77
16	Trisha Kutkiewicz Moriches yc		78173	19	11	15	22	11		78
17	Beau Robicheaux	Bellport Bay yc		78022	7	18	17	22	16		80
18	Liz Coons	Mattituck yc		17	18	16	16	22	10		82
19	Meghan Pillai	Mattituck yc		11	15	12	18	22	19		86
20	Nicole Flotteron/Pamela Sakowich, Southold yc, 78420	9	20	21	22	19		91
21	Beth Tomao	Mattituck yc		1	21	21	20	22	17		101

MIDGET DIVISION

Pos.	Name				Home Club 		Sail #	R 1	R 2	R 3	R 4		Total
1	Chelsea Rothman/Henry Rich		Southold yc	35	6	1	1	1		9
2	Joey Flotteron/Matthew Flotteron	Southold yc	89232	3	3	2	4		12
3	Andre Lekich/Alex Kraebel		Southold yc	3013	2	2	7	7		18
4	Mary Spicer/Nathaniel Oak		Southold yc	78591	7	4	4	3		18
5	Claire Gregg/Geoffrey Loffredo 		Southold yc	11	1	8	6	8		23
6	Ryan O. Harkin/Richard Harkin		Moriches yc	2555	12	6	5	5		28
7	Brendan Tyson/Aliseo Purpura-Pontoniere	Moriches yc	85920	5	10	11	2		28
8	William Widenor/Corey Fitzgerald	Moriches yc	3056	4	11	10	6		31
9	Mallory Datz/Eli Purpura-Pontoniere	Moriches yc	2888	10	9	3	11		33
10	Kelly Mockridge/Silvao Purpura-Pontoniere Moriches yc	76255	8	5	9	13		35
11	Katie Peterson/Jenna Spates		Mattituck yc	74	9	7	8	12		36
12	Ashley Scuteri/JT Tomao - Bellport Bay yc/ Mattituck yc	8591	11	12	12	10		45
13	Emma Schlein/Ashley Armato		Moriches yc	1	13	13	13	9		48