Red Bull Foiling Generation
US Qualifier
Day 2 Post-Competition
October 15, 2016
Day two of the Red Bull Foiling Generation US Qualifier started this morning with the sun shinning, wind blowing and a very close race. Competition started out with Heat 7, in which all teams had not lost since beginning to race on the rare catamaran foils yesterday. The race started out with strong competitors Ian McDiarmid and Scott Ewing leading and the Muller brothers in a close second. With the tide and the wind being hard to manage, it was still anyone’s game. Aidan Doyle and Neil Marcellini were not giving up easy and quickly took the lead after the first lap. With the Muller brothers tight on their tail, they never gave up and secured first place, with the Muller brothers in a close second. Both teams will advance to the final competition to be held Sunday. Ian McDiarmid and teammate Scott Ewing, along with Maximo Nores and Raul Lopez, still have a chance to bring it all home as they compete in Heat 12 of the Repechage round tomorrow.
Heat 14/FINAL
Luke Muller / Nicholas Muller
Aidan Doyle / Neil Marcellini
Heat13 Finish 1
Heat13 Finish 2
REPECHAGE ROUND
Unfortunately, the midday races saw the wind die down a bit but still trudging along, Romain Screve and Pere Puig secured first and bi-coastal teammates Bram Brakman and Rhodes Garner took second in the three-team Heat 8. Picking up the pace in the third and final round of the day, Martha’s Vineyard-based Rasmus Sayre and Miami, Florida’s Shane Riera took first, followed by local Newport hero and sailing legacy Brandon Read (nephew of Nick Read) with partner Gordon Gurnell.
“It was unfortunate that conditions were not ideal and we were not able to utilize the full force of the foils,” said Head Coach and Extreme Sailing Champion Roman Hagara. “That is the reality of sail racing but we look forward to tomorrow.”
Heat 10
Bram Brakman / Rhodes Garner
Romain Screve / Pere Puig
Jacob Rosenberg / Mimi El-Khazindar
Carson Shields / Chris Manson-Hing
Heat 11
Shane Riera / Rasmus Sayre
Brendan Read / Gordon Gurnell
Quinn Wilson / Riley Gibbs
Leif Bergstrom / Talia Toland
Heat 12
Heat10 Finish 1
Heat10 Finish 2
Heat11 Finish 1
Heat11 Finish 2
Heat 13
Heat12 Finish 1
Heat12 Finish 2
Ian McDiarmid / Scott Ewing
Maximo Nores / Raul Lopez
Tomorrow, Sunday, October 16 at 10:30 AM, Red Bull Foiling Generation US Qualifier will wrap up with all the five races mentioned above and a winning team will stay the week in Newport to compete in the first ever World Final against 14 other countries.
Red Bull Media Contact: Kerri Holt, kerri.holt@us.redbull.com