2009-10 Sailing

Thomas Barrows

  • Weight 0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
  • Highschool Antilles

Biography

2009-2010: William Neely Mallory Award Winnerat Yale Class Day…NEISA Sailor of the Year, NEISA SeniorTrophy…Third at ICSA/Laser Performance Men’sSinglehanded National Championship…Sailor of the Week withBlair Belling 10/9/09.

2008-2009: Finalist for College Sailing Sailorof the Year…Awarded NEISA Sailor of the Week…Finishedfirst in A division at ICSA/Gill Dinghy National Championships withBlair Belling, Jane Macky and Marla Menninger…Named an ICSAAll-American skipper…Re-elected team captain.

2007-2008: Qualified for and represented the USVirgin Islands at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the Laser class,where he placed 21st out of 43 competing nations… Won theICSA Singlehanded National Championships in the Laserclass…Named an ICSA All-American Skipper...Elected teamcaptain.

2006-2007: Competed at the 2007 Pan AmericanGames for the U.S. Virgin Islands and finished ninth…Won BDivision at the ICSA/Gill Dinghy NationalChampionships…Named an ICSA All-American skipper.

Before Yale: 2005 U.S. Youth SinglehandedChampion…2006 ISSA US National High School Team and FleetRace Champion…Sailed and lettered for AntillesSchool…Played and lettered in soccer in high school and wasteam''s leading scorer…Also participated in volleyball andbasketball. 

Residential College: Davenport

Major: Sociology

Favorite Food: Lobster

Hobbies: Biking, playing sports, going to thebeach.

Favorite thing about Yale: “Thepeople.”

Favorite thing about sailing for Yale:“It''s nice to be outdoors and to get out of the city everyweek.”