BAU Sailing Team Returns with 5 Trophies

The two-day 10th Campus Cup sailing races organized by the Marmaris International Yacht Club (MIYC) have concluded. With a total of 5 trophies, the Bahçeşehir University Sailing Team broke the record for "the team that took the most trophies to the museum" in the history of the Campus Cup races.

In the races held in Marmaris Bay and open only to university students, 450 sailors in 38 teams from 26 universities competed.

The universities taking part in the Campus Cup races were Başkent, Bahçeşehir, Beykent, Bilgi, Boğaziçi, Doğuş, Dokuz Eylül, Ege, Hacettepe, Istanbul, Istanbul Technical, İzmir Institute of Technology, Kadir Has, Kocaeli, Koç, MEF, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman, Nişantaşı, METU, Piri Reis, Sabancı, Süleyman Demirel, Turkish Aeronautical Association, Yaşar, Yeditepe and Yıldız Technical universities.

The Bahçeşehir University Sailing Team competed in different classes with 3 boats and lifted the first-place trophy in the IRC-2 (Engin Özgen), IRC-3 Bahçeşehir (Berk Balta) and IRC-3 Bahçeşehir (Berk Balta) classes.

In the overall ranking across all classes, the BAU Sailing Team also became IRC 1, 2, 3 Overall Champion and IRC 4, 5, 6 Overall Champion, breaking the record for the team that took the most trophies to the museum in Campus Cup history with a total of 5 trophies.