HONOLULU — The University of Hawaii sailing team continued its domination of  the Peter Wenner Rainbow Invitational as for the eighth straight time the Rainbow sailors captured their home regatta, held Jan. 20-21, at Keehi Lagoon. 

A total of 16  teams representing 11 schools from across the country and Canada competed in the two-day event. Saturday saw light conditions and a delayed start while Sunday saw the breeze pick up as the regatta concluded with 22 total races completed - 11 each in the A and B division. 

UH fielded four teams with all of them finishing in the top six of the standings. UH's top squad of skippers Erik Anderson and Trey Summers and crew Amanda Turner, Stella Taherian and Kees Horn blew past the field with a regatta low of 55 points, 34 points ahead of its nearest competition.  Competing in the A division, Anderson and Turner were magnificent, winning six of 11 races and finishing in the top two in all but a pair of races.  

The Rainbow Wahine squad featuring Mercy Tangredi (skipper), Morgan Carew, Vivian Bonsager (skipper), and Anna Kalabukhova claimed the women's division and were the regatta runner-ups with a total of 89 points. The  Rainbow Green squad, led by Everett McAvoy (skipper), Sophia Shaeffer, Arden Rathkopf (skipper) and Talia McWilliams, placed fourth, while the Rainbow Wahine White team of Martha Schuessler (skipper), Peyton Lieser, Malia Johnson (skipper) and Holly Coughlan finished in sixth place while competing in the majority of races. With UH breezing to victory, 27 different sailors saw action on the water. 

Next up for the coed team is the PCCSC Top Nine Open, Feb. 17-18, in Redwood City, Calif. The Rainbow Wahine will compete in its next collegiate event at the Jeff Simon Women's Regatta in San Diego, Jan. 27-28.