Teams: Co-Ed Sailing: Press Releases

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

KIRKLAND TO COMPETE IN FOURTH SINGLEHANDED NATIONALS

MEDFORD -- Tufts University senior Zander Kirkland (Warwick, Bermuda/Tabor Academy) placed second in the New England Single-handed Championship held at the University of Vermont on October 8-9. The second-place finish qualifies Kirkland for the Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) Single-handed Championships in Hawaii on November 18-20, his fourth appearance in as many years. The top four finishers in the New England regatta qualify for the national event.

Kirkland performed consistently at the New England championship, notching a top five finish in all but one of his 14 races, and finishing first in a field of 37 sailors twice. The senior amassed a total of just 48 points, 15 points behind three-time New England champion Clay Johnson of Harvard. Tufts senior Brendan Shattuck (Annapolis, MD/Choate) also fared well for the Jumbos, attaining seven top-ten finishes for a total of 151 points, good for eighth place overall.

Last season, Kirkland finished third in the ICSA Single-handed Championship, hosted by the University of Minnesota, with a total of 83 points in 16 races. He was seventh at the 2003 event hosted by Eckerd College. As a freshman in 2002, he took fourth place in Houston.

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