Harwich 3rd at High School Sailing Championship 2002 at MIT

The leaders of the fleet of 19 teams head for the leeward mark of of Boston's West End. Jamie Scarbrough and Shawna O'Loughlin are in boat number 4.

Harwich sailing team members (l to r) Gina Legge, Shawna O'Loughlin, Jamie Scarbrough and Tom Leach beat out BC High for 3rd place at the State High School Sailing Championship on the Charles River.

Boats clearing the pin end of the Starting Line at the Mass Fleet Racing Championships on the Charles River on Friday.

MIT Boat House was a busy place with 19 high school sailing teams represented at the States.

Shawna O'Loughlin about to step out from the Tech Dinghy after a heat.

Tom Leach and Gina Legge (boat 8) pick their way up the fleet as they head along Storrow Drive with the traffic.

Tom and Gina take a break between sets on the MIT Boat House dock.

In the lead Jaime Scarbrough and Shawna O'Loughlin (boat 6) head for the top mark near Memorial Bridge. Scarbrough and O'Loughlin had a first place finish in their third heat.

5/24/02 - CAMBRIDGE - Harwich is 3rd at State Sailing Championship; Nauset is 5th. For the second year in a row the Harwich High Sailing Team has found itself in a neck and neck race with BC High at the State Fleet racing Championship on the Charles River. Last year Harwich was the runner up at MIT in the sixteen race event that went down to the wire with the Eagles winning. This year BC High and the Rough Riders were all even after the first day of racing tied at third both one point out of second behind Marblehead and Hingham. The two tier event has been a must do for two Harwich seniors and co-captains Jamie Scarbrough and Tom Leach over their four years. Going down to the wire and trailing the leaders by 6 points in the 14th race, Scarbrough and crew Shawna O'Loughlin sailed out of dead last after an obligatory 720 after contact with the committee boat and pushed themselves to fifth place finish in the heat. Leach and crew Gina Legge then added to their low point scores for the day of a 3rd and 2nd with a fifth and finally found their groove with a bullet in the last race placing Harwich solidly into third. Scoring for this the 30th annual State Sailing Championship was: Marblehead, 56; Hingham, 67; Harwich, 73; Boston College HS, 78; Nauset, 112; St.Sebastians, 126; Wellesley, 138; Manchester/Essex, 144; St. John's Prep, 152; Dover Sherborn, 161; Noble&Greenough, 174; Buckingham, Brown & Nichols, 198; Linclon Sudbury, 205; Notre Dame, 210; Brookline, 210; Windsor, 230; Boston Latin, 230, North Quincy, 234; Winchester, 249.

5/23/02 - CAMBRIDGE - The Harwich High School Sailing Team ranks one point out of second with 34 points after day one of the 30th Annual Massachusetts High School Fleet Sailing Championships yesterday at MIT. It was a breezy day on the Charles in southwesterly wind. Nauset High stands fifth. The event is a two day contest flooded with private schools, each with long sailing history. Harwich's program is in its fifth year. Harwich's team with 34 points, scored just behind Marblehead (33) and first place finisher Hingham (28). BC High trails Harwich with 37 points and Nauset skippered by Mike Falcone and Peter Schwebec notched 61 points. Doing the work for Harwich were Jamie Scarbrough (skipper) and Shawna O'Loughlin with 17 points, and Tom Leach (skipper) and Gina Legge with 17 points. Scarbrough also earned a first place finish in fifth race of the series. Today Harwich hopes to challenge for the first place position with the same team on the line. Harwich took second place at the event last year behind BC High after leading all teams the first day.