May 30, 2002
HONOLULU, HI - The Old Dominion University women's sailing squadfinished the first day of the 2002 ICSA Women's North American Collegiate SailingNational Championships in first place with 45 points after races. Regatta host and defending National Champion University of Hawaii is in second place with 54 points,followed by St. Mary's College of Maryland with 60.
Sailing for ODU who ranked second nationally during the regular season areSally Barkow (Nashotah, WI.), Cara Gibbons-Neff (Annapolis, MD.), Corrie Clement(Metarie, LA.), Lliz Bower (Fairport, NY.) and alternates Debbie Capozzi (Bayport, LA.) And Anna Tunnicliffe (Perrysburg, OH).
Old Dominion's B divison boat skippered by Corrie Clement with Tunniclife,and Bower had two first place finishes one second and two thirds for a total of 14 points in their six races, 14 points better than their closest opponent. The A-Division boat skippered by Sally Barkow along with crew Gibons-Neff and Capozzi had two second place finishes and a total of 31 points in their six races. Racing will continue today.
ICSA WOMEN'S NORTH AMERICAN COLLEGIATE
SAILING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Honolulu, HI.- University of Hawaii
1. Old Dominion31-14=452.Hawaii26-28=543.St. Mary's34-26=604.Yale36-27=635.Coll. Of Charleston34-47=816.Brown57-30=877.Conn. College36-52=888.Tufts30-61=919.Georgetown56-46=10210.Stanford53-52=10511.Boston University37-71=10812.Hobart/Wm Smith82-38=12013.South Florida58-82=14014.Wisconsin97-72-16915.Texas90-86=17616.Michigan83-97=18017.Washington88-96=18418.Marquette100-102=202
ODU Sailors: A-Division:Sally Barkow, Cara Gibbons-Neff, Debbie CapozziB-Division: Corie Clement,Anna Tunnicliffe, Elisabeth Bower