Karen Mitchell

RACING EXPERIENCE: 

 

 


2009

Spring   BBYRA  - Sonar Skipper -  Fourth Place Overall for Spring Series
04/09     Miami to Key Largo - Sonar Skipper - Second Place
2009      Member US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics SKUD 18 Fleet
01/09     Rolex Miami Olympic Class Regatta - SKUD 18 Skipper - Fourth Place
01/09     Alex Caviglia Bluewater Classic Regatta - SKUD 18 Skipper - Fourth Place

2008

12/08      BBYRA  - Sonar Skipper -  Third Place Overall for 2008
11/08      SE FL PHRF Championships - Sonar Skipper - First Place PHRF 3
10/08      Columbus Day Regatta - Sonar Skipper - Fourth Place
09/08      Conch Cup - Sonar Skipper - Third Place
08/08      IC/North American Challenge Cup, Chicago Yacht Club  - Second Place
06/08      Shake A Leg Miami's Spring to Summer Regatta - First Place - J24/Sonar Fleet
05/08      C-Gull Cup Woman's Regatta - Sonar Skipper - First Place
04/08      Miami to Key Largo Race - Sonar Skipper - Fifth Place
Spring    Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association - Third Place Spring Series - J24/Sonar Fleet 

2007

2007       -Nominated for Rolex Yachts Woman of the Year for 2007
10/08     -Paralympic Trials - SKUD 18 Skipper - Third Place
09/07     -2007 IFDS Disabled Sailing Championship - SKUD 18 Skipper - First Place
               -Qualified the USA for a Spot in the 2008 Paralympics
08/07     -C. Thomas Clagett Regatta, Disabled Sailing Team Qualifier - SKUD 18 Skipper - Tied for First Place
08/07     -IC/North American Challenge Cup, Chicago Yacht Club  - First Place - For Five Consecutive Years
03/07     -Disabled/Open Midwinter Regatta - SKUD 18 Skipper - First Place
03/07    -Awarded The Gruson/Milam Trophy–Sailing Performance Award - Best Outstanding Female Skipper
              -2007 SKUD 18 US Disabled Sailing Team Member
01/07     -Rolex Miami Olympic Class Regatta - SKUD 18 Skipper - Third Place

2006

12/06     -Americas Regatta - SKUD 18 Skipper - Third Place - Disabled Sailing Team Qualifier - Top USA Team
               -Awarded The Gruson/Milam Trophy–Sailing Performance Award - Best Outstanding Female Skipper
11/06     -SE FL PHRF Championships - J 24 Skipper - Second Place
11/06     -Conch Cup - Miami, FL - Sonar Skipper - First Place 
10/06     -Paralympic Pre-Trials - Newport, RI - SKUD 18 Skipper - Second Place
08/06     -Dennis Conner International Yacht Club Challenge - Manhattan Yacht Club, NY - Shared J 24 Helm with Bulgarian
                 Team - Fifth Place
08/06   -C. Thomas Clagett Regatta, Disabled Sailing Team Qualifier - SKUD 18 Skipper - First Place
              -Ranked #1 2006 SKUD 18  US Disabled Sailing Team Member
              -Awarded Seamanship Award

08/06   -IC/North American Challenge Cup, Chicago Yacht Club  - First Place

              Made US Sailing History by winning for Four Consecutive Years

05/06     -SE FL 2005 PHRF Regatta - Hurricane Make-up - J 24 Skipper - First Place
05/06     -Goombay Regatta - J 24 Skipper - First Place
05/06    -Named US Sailing's Sailor of the Week
04/06     -Miami to Key Largo Race - Sonar Skipper - Second Place PHRF 3
03/06     -Disabled/Open Midwinter Regatta - Martin 16 Skipper - Second Place Overall - First Place of Disabled Teams
03/06    -Awarded The Gruson/Milam Trophy–Sailing Performance Award - Best Outstanding Female Skipper
03/06     -Miami Race Week - J 24 Skipper
03/06   -Shake-A-Leg Miami Midwinter Regatta – Freedom Skipper – First Place

01/06   -Miami Olympic Class Regatta – Sonar Skipper – Fourth Place

01/06   -Key West Premier Race Week – J 24 Skipper  

2005 

12/05    -Second Place over all for 2005 PHRF 3 – Sonar Skipper
11/05    -Americas - Two Person Martin 16 Skipper - Third Place
11/05    -Awarded The Gruson/Milam Trophy–Sailing Performance Award - Best Outstanding Female Skipper

08/05   -C. Thomas Clagett Regatta, Newport, RI.  Sonar Skipper - Second Place

08/05   -IC/North American Challenge Cup, Chicago Yacht Club  - First Place

             Made US Sailing History by winning for Three Consecutive Years

08/05   -Second Place over all for 2005 PHRF 3 Spring Series - Sonar Skipper

06/05   -Toronto Land’s End NOOD – Two Person Martin 16 Turbo Fleet Skipper

05/05   -Goombay Regatta – Sonar Skipper – First Place

05/05   -C Gull Cup – Sonar Skipper – First Place

04/05   -Miami to Key Largo Race – Sonar Skipper – Second Place PHRF 4

04/05   -Charlotte Harbor Leukemia Cup –Two Person Martin 16 Skipper - Third Place

04/05   -Martin 16 Midwinter Regatta – Two Person Martin 16 Skipper - Third Place

04/05   -North American Championship – Two Person Martin 16 Skipper – Second Place

04/05    -Awarded The Gruson/Milam Trophy–Sailing Performance Award - Best Outstanding Female Skipper
02/05   -Shake-A-Leg Miami Midwinter Regatta – Freedom Skipper – Second Place
01/05   -Miami Olympic Class Regatta – Sonar Skipper
01/05   -Key West Premier Race Week – J 24 Skipper  

2004

12/04   -First Place over all for 2004 PHRF 4 – Sonar Skipper

12/04   -First Place over all PHRF 4 Fall Series – Sonar Skipper

08/04   -IC/North American Challenge Cup, Chicago Yacht Club - Freedom 20 Skipper - First Place

07/04   -First Place Over All PHRF 4 Spring Series – Sonar Skipper

06/04   -Crew on Tenacious, 213 Foot Tall Ship, in the Tall Ship Challenge Race

05/04   -J-22 World Championships (130 boats) – J-22 Skipper – Fifty-fifth Place

04/04   -Miami to Key Largo Race – Sonar Skipper – Second Place PHRF 4

04/04   -IFDS Two-Person World Championship – Martin 16 Skipper – Fourth Place

 -Awarded The Gruson/Milam Trophy–Sailing Performance Award - Best Outstanding Female Skipper

03/04   -North American Championship – Two Person Martin 16 Spinnaker Fleet – Seventh Place

02/04   -Shake-A-Leg Miami Midwinter Regatta – Freedom 20 Skipper – First Place

01/04   -Miami Olympic Class Regatta – Sonar Skipper

 2003

12/03   -Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association - Second Place Overall For 2003 in PHRF 4

12/03   -Awarded Full Participation Award in BBYRA for 2003.

11/03   -Paralympic Sailing Team Trials – Sonar Skipper – Fifth Place

-Awarded The Gruson/Milam Trophy–Sailing Performance Award - Best Outstanding          Female Skipper

10/03   -Rolex International Women’s Keelboat Championship –J 22 Skipper

09/03   -Nielson Virgin Cup, Woman’s Yacht Racing Association – Sonar Skipper - First Place

08/03   -Mobility Cup, Kingston, Ontario -Single-handed  (Martin 16), Second Place Gold  Fleet

            -Double Handed Spinnaker Regatta – Sonar Skipper - Fifth Place

-C Gull Cup, Woman’s Yacht Racing Association – Sonar Skipper - Third Place

08/03   -IC/North American Challenge Cup, Chicago Yacht Club - Freedom 20 Skipper - First Place

05/03   -CRAB Cup, Annapolis, MD - Freedom 20 Skipper - First Place

03/03   -Awarded The Gruson/Milam Trophy–Sailing Performance Award - Best Outstanding  Female Skipper

-NACC, Martin 16 Double-Handed Skipper, St. Petersburg Yacht Club – Fourth Place

            -Midwinter Regatta, Shake-A-Leg  Miami – Freedom 20 - Second  Place

01/03   -Miami Olympic Class Regatta – Sonar Skipper

            -2.4mR Midwinter Regatta - Miami, FL.

 2002 

12/02   -Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association - Second Place Overall For 2002 in ARF

11/02   -2.4mR Pre-Paraplympic Trials Regatta, St. Petersburg Yacht Club - Sixth Place

10/02   -Woman’s Yacht Racing Association Race – Sonar Skipper - First Place

            -Coconut Grove Sailing Club Annual Regatta – Sonar Skipper - First Place

            -Columbus Day Regatta, Coral Reef Yacht Club – Sonar Skipper - Second Place

09/02   -Nielson Virgin Cup, Woman’s Yacht Racing Association – Sonar Skipper - First Place

08/02   -Mobility Cup, Kingston, Ontario - Single-handed Martin 16, First Place Gold Fleet

IC/North American Challenge Cup, Chicago Yacht Club - Freedom 20 Skipper - Third Place

06/02   -IC/North American Challenge Cup Regional Trials, Miami, FL. - Freedom 20 - First Place  

-CRAB Cup, Annapolis, MD – Freedom 20 Skipper - First Place

-Woman’s Yacht Racing Association - First Place Overall for 2001-2002 Season

05/02   -SunBurn Regatta, Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association Race - First Place

-C-Gull Cup, Woman’s Yacht Racing Association Regatta - First Place in WYRA Fleet

04/02   -Sonar International Disabled Midwinter Regatta, St. Petersburg Yacht Club - Fourth Place

03/02   -Coral Cup, Woman’s Yacht Racing Assoc. Regatta - First Place in Red Fleet, First Place Overall

-Midwinter Regatta, Shake-A-Leg  Miami - Freedom 20 - Fourth Place

02/02   -Woman’s Yacht Racing Association Race - Sonar Skipper - Second Place

-NOOD Regatta, St. Petersburg Yacht Club, St. Petersburg, FL. – Sonar Skipper - Fifteenth Place

-Sonar Midwinter’s, St. Petersburg Yacht Club – Sonar Skipper -Twenty-fifth Place

01/02   -Miami Olympic Class Regatta – Sonar Skipper - Fifth Place

 2001 

11/01   -Woman’s Yacht Racing Association Race - Sonar Skipper - First Place

10/01   -Disabled Worlds, St. Petersburg Yacht Club - Sonar Skipper

-Columbus Day Regatta, Coral Reef Yacht Club (ARC Fleet) - Sonar Skipper - Second Place

8/01     -Mobility Cup, Victoria, BC Canada - Single-handed boat Martin 16 - Eighth Place

-Millennium Regatta, Shake-A-Leg Newport, RI. -  Freedom 20 Skipper - First Place

-IC/North American Challenge Cup, Chicago Yacht Club - Freedom Skipper - Second Place

7/01     -Sail Newport Regatta, Shake-A-Leg Newport, RI. - Freedom 20 Skipper - First Place

6/01     -IC/North American Challenge Cup Regional Trials, Miami, FL. - Freedom 20 Skipper - First Place

5/01     -CRAB Cup, Annapolis, MD - Freedom 20 Skipper - First Place

3/01     -Coral Cup, Woman’s Yacht Racing Association Regatta - Sonar Skipper -First Place in Red Fleet

-Midwinter Regatta, Shake-A-Leg Miami, FL. - Freedom 20 Skipper - Third Place

2000

10/00   -Columbus Day Regatta, Coral Reef Yacht Club - Sonar Skipper- Fifth Place ARC Fleet

08/00     -IC/North American Challenge Cup, Chicago Yacht Club - Freedom 20 Skipper - Third Place

06/00     -IC/North American Challenge Cup Regional Trials, Miami, FL. - Freedom Skipper - First Place

04/00     -Paralympic Trials, St. Petersburg Yacht Club, - Sonar Skipper - Seventh Place

03/00     -Midwinter Regatta, Shake-A-Leg Miami, FL. - Freedom 20 Skipper -First Place

 1999 

11/99   -The Americas Regatta - St. Petersburg Yacht Club - Sonar Skipper - Eleventh Place

10/99   -Columbus Day Regatta, Coral Reef Yacht Club -Freedom 20 Skipper - Sixth Place in ARC Fleet

08/99     -IC/North American Challenge Cup Chicago Yacht Club - Freedom Skipper - Second Place

            Won:  Sportsmanship Award

06/99     -IC/North American Challenge Cup Regional Trials, Miami, FL. - Freedom 20 - First Place

3/99     -Midwinter Regatta, Shake-A-Leg Miami - Freedom 20 Skipper - Third Place

            Won: Sportsmanship Award

 1998 

8/98     -Conch Cup, Miami Yacht Club, FL. - First Place

-IC/North American Challenge Cup Chicago Yacht Club - Freedom Skipper – Twelfth Place

7/98     -Sail Newport Regatta, Shake-A-Leg Newport, RI. - Freedom 20 Skipper - First Place

6/98     -IC/North American Challenge Cup Regional Trials - Freedom 20 Skipper - Second Place

3/98     -Midwinter Regatta, Shake-A-Leg Miami, FL. - Freedom 10 Skipper - Fifth Place,

            Won: Most Improved Skipper Award

SAILING EXPERIENCE:

11/96 Graduated from U.S. Sailing Association Basic Sailing Instructor's Course.
5/95 to Current -- Teach Basic and Advance Sailing Courses and held head instructor position.  Teach a mixed population of able and disabled youths and adults from local universities, the Miami Police Dept.'s gang unit and the Youth at Risk group, as well as various other organizations.
8/94 to Current - Skipper for various SAL/Miami functions and events.
7/94 Completed Advanced Sailing Course at Shake-A-Leg/Miami.
6/94 Completed Basic Sailing Course at Shake-A-Leg/Miami.

OTHER ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS:

1984-1991 - Swam competitively in regional, national and international
Wheelchair Olympics.  Represented the United States in international
swimming competitions in England, Sweden and California.
1983-90 - Won 25 Gold and Silver medals in regional competition.
1984-87 - Won 15 Gold and Silver medals in national competition.
1986-87 - Won 6 Gold and Silver medals in international competition.
1984-86 - Held several Regional swim records.

1985 - Won Most Valuable Female Athlete Award

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