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Jimmy Talbot Memorial Regatta
NOR & ENTRY | RESULTS
September 29, 2007
Skippers Morgan and Alex Kiss led Black River High School to its first MISSA regatta win by outlasting Loyola Academy cousins Davis and Clifford Porter at the Jimmy Talbot Memorial Regatta. Hosted by Chicago Yacht Club's Belmont Harbor Station, the Talbot Regatta is a tribute to the late Chicago Yacht Club Sailing School instructor Jimmy Talbot. Competing in HS420's, sailors represented high schools from five states including Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Warm southerly winds ranged from 7 to 15 knots on Saturday and 10 to 30 knots on Sunday.

Nineteen teams competed in an A and B division round robin format. Black River High School from Holland, Michigan took the team title by finishing first and second in A and B divisions, respectively. Freshman skipper Morgan Kiss with crew Aaron Parach and the B division team of Alex Kiss/Chloe Beighley were followed by the Loyola "A" team of Clifford Porter/Marie Ortino and "B" team of Davis Porter/ Juliann Sargis. Grosse Pointe South's Ian Hollerbach/Sammy Barbour and Brooke Lyon/Spencer Colparte took third. New Trier's team of co-captains Matt Kopecki/Colleen Cozzens with Charlie Hall/Joey Papoutsis finished fourth.

Black River's Morgan Kiss/Aaron Parach were competing in their first MISSA regatta, but their inexperience did not prove to be a handicap as they won A division by three points over the New Trier's senior team of Matt Kopecki and Colleen Cozzens. B division honors went to Loyola's underclassmen Davis Porter/Juliann Sargis. In second place was Black River's crew of Alex Kiss and Chloe Beighley followed by the St Ignatius team of Jenny Zakko, Michael Lee, and Molly Condon.

Separately, Brady Savage of Grosse Pointe North finished first in the Laser Full Rig high school division and third overall in the open division. The Laser Radial division was won by Philip Crain of St John High School located near Houston, Texas. Crain won four of the nine races. He was followed by Tim Zacher of Culver and William Haeger of Lake Forest.
Finally, Jimmy Talbot Junior Sailing Perpetual Trophy was awarded to Philip Crain, the individual (or group of individuals) who demonstrated, to a truly outstanding degree, sportsmanship and/or performance during the event.

Thanks go out to Scott Diamond, Joe Quick, and Chicago Yacht Club for hosting a competitive regatta in which twenty three HS 420 and nine Laser races were completed over two days. The event also included a Saturday evening dinner and band hosted by CYC. Fifteen Laser Radial, seven Laser Full Rig, and eighty five 420 sailors competed.