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Robert Hunter
- Position:
- Skipper
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- New Haven, Conn.
- High School:
- Antilles
Bio
AS A SENIOR (2021-22):
• Placed fifth in Team Race National Championship
• Won John Jackson Memorial Team Race and Szambecki Team Race
• Placed second at the Hood Trophy, Danmark Trophy, and Geiger Team Race
AS A SOPHOMORE (2019-20):
Competed in the Rudkin Team Race on March 7-8 as BC placed fifth overall. Hunter was a skipper with crew Laura Ferraris as BC won 11 of 13 races … Boston College won the Norman Reid Trophy (Oct. 19) as the team went 9-1. Hunter and Elizabeth Russell were paired to help in the victory … Hunter and teammate Elizabeth Russell combined to place sixth with 29 points in the B Division at the Captain Hurst Bowl. The Eagle placed fifth overall with 17 teams competing (Oct. 12) … At the Coed Showcase Qualifier B Regatta, Hunter and teammates Jack DeNatale and Eliza Wright placed third with 112 points in the B Division. The team placed fourth overall against 18 teams (Oct. 5) … Skippered the B Division boat alongside teammates Katharine Bowman and Declan McGranahan as BC finished ninth overall at the Danmark Trophy race (Sept. 28) … At the Sherman Hoyt Trophy race, Hunter and teammates Elizabeth Russell and Katharine Bowman placed sixth out of 17 teams in the B Division. The team placed fifth overall (Sept. 21) … Hunter and teammate Laura Ferraris finished seventh out of 19 teams at the Hatch Memorial. The team finished 11th in the event (Sept. 14) … Hunter and teammate Zoe Ting placed sixth in the B Division at the Harry Anderson Regatta. The team placed fourth overall in the event (Sept. 7).
AS A FRESHMAN (2018-19):
Helped the Eagles place third at the Arctic Circle Team Racing Invitational (Mar. 10) … Placed second at the 38th Lynne Memorial Marchiando Trophy (Mar. 31) … Named Eagle of the Week after placing second in Division B at the Norman Reid Trophy Regatta (Sept. 23).
BEFORE BC:
Varsity sailing at the Antilles School...1st place Baker National Team Race Championship 2018... Mallory Fleet Race National Championship 2017 & 2018...National Honor Society Member.
PERSONAL:
Son of Richard Hunter and Jennifer Planeta... brother Ryan (age 20)... enrolled in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences majoring in Economics and Political Science.
• Placed fifth in Team Race National Championship
• Won John Jackson Memorial Team Race and Szambecki Team Race
• Placed second at the Hood Trophy, Danmark Trophy, and Geiger Team Race
AS A SOPHOMORE (2019-20):
Competed in the Rudkin Team Race on March 7-8 as BC placed fifth overall. Hunter was a skipper with crew Laura Ferraris as BC won 11 of 13 races … Boston College won the Norman Reid Trophy (Oct. 19) as the team went 9-1. Hunter and Elizabeth Russell were paired to help in the victory … Hunter and teammate Elizabeth Russell combined to place sixth with 29 points in the B Division at the Captain Hurst Bowl. The Eagle placed fifth overall with 17 teams competing (Oct. 12) … At the Coed Showcase Qualifier B Regatta, Hunter and teammates Jack DeNatale and Eliza Wright placed third with 112 points in the B Division. The team placed fourth overall against 18 teams (Oct. 5) … Skippered the B Division boat alongside teammates Katharine Bowman and Declan McGranahan as BC finished ninth overall at the Danmark Trophy race (Sept. 28) … At the Sherman Hoyt Trophy race, Hunter and teammates Elizabeth Russell and Katharine Bowman placed sixth out of 17 teams in the B Division. The team placed fifth overall (Sept. 21) … Hunter and teammate Laura Ferraris finished seventh out of 19 teams at the Hatch Memorial. The team finished 11th in the event (Sept. 14) … Hunter and teammate Zoe Ting placed sixth in the B Division at the Harry Anderson Regatta. The team placed fourth overall in the event (Sept. 7).
AS A FRESHMAN (2018-19):
Helped the Eagles place third at the Arctic Circle Team Racing Invitational (Mar. 10) … Placed second at the 38th Lynne Memorial Marchiando Trophy (Mar. 31) … Named Eagle of the Week after placing second in Division B at the Norman Reid Trophy Regatta (Sept. 23).
BEFORE BC:
Varsity sailing at the Antilles School...1st place Baker National Team Race Championship 2018... Mallory Fleet Race National Championship 2017 & 2018...National Honor Society Member.
PERSONAL:
Son of Richard Hunter and Jennifer Planeta... brother Ryan (age 20)... enrolled in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences majoring in Economics and Political Science.
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