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Timothy Fitzgerald, Wichita freshman, left, raced in the Sunfish Class World Championship. He finished 15th out of 68 sailors.
Sailing success at home and abroad
By Christina Kessler
ckessler@kansan.com
Kansas sportwriter
A land-locked state like Kansas might be the last place to look for an ocean-sailing champion, but Wichita freshman Timothy Fitzgerald just finished a racing in the Sunfish Class World Championships.
Fitzgerald, who has been sailing since he was 5, faced some of the best small sailboat racers in the world earlier this month in the West Indies. He finished 15th out of 68 racers. Afterward, he said he would have been thrilled just to finish in the top 30.
The sunfish boats Fitzgerald sails are the most common small boats in the world. They are 14
"It was my dream come true. It felt awesome.I was still 15th and won a race at the Worlds. I think I've got a lot to be happy about."
Timothy Fitzgerald Wichita freshman
feet in length and are sailed by one person.
The world championships consist of nine races. At one point during the competition, Fitzgerald was among the top-10 racers, reaching as high as the seventh spot. Fitzgerald achieved his suc
cess in the championships by finishing fifth in one race, 14th in another and winning a third race. Strong winds and rough weather caused Fitzgerald to fall to his final position at 15th place, where he ranked in the top-20 in the other six races.
"It was my dream come true," he said of the race he won. "It felt awesome. I was still 15th and won a race at the Worlds. I think I've got a lot to be happy about."
Fitzgerald said he was now concentrating on missed school work and his other sailing priority the KU Sailing Club.
During fall break, the Kansas sailing team competed in their home regatta against two teams from the University of Texas, a team from University of New
Orleans and a team from Oklahoma State.
Kansas finished first in all the regatta divisions, including individual and school finishes. Fitzgerald and fellow A-division racer, Carolyn Cornett, Wichita sophomore, received trophies for their tie-breaking victory against New Orleans. Kansas also took home first-place honors in the B-division with victories by Libertyville, Ill., junior Rustie Morgan and Kansas City, Kan., junior Carli Timm.
"We see to find out we have a fairly deep team, and are all getting better at boat handling with in our pairs," Fitzgerald said.
— Edited by Katie Nelson
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