Nov. 17, 2002
The Old Dominion women's sailing team, ranked #1 in the nation, finished first in the Atlantic Coast Championship held this weekend at Connecticut College. In other sailing action, the #17 coed squad took ninth in the Atlantic Coast Dinghy Championships. Both events included the best competition from up and down the Atlantic Coast.
The Lady Monarchs combined for 101 points, finishing first in the both the A and B divisions to earn the victory. Brown Universtiy led after the first day of sailing, but lost their to lead to ODU and ended up losing by 20 points. Yale came in third with 180 overall points for the regatta. Twenty six races were held in the rainy conditions with 16 teams competing.
The coed team finished ninth at the Dinghy Championships at the US Coast Guard Academy with 290 total points. Sixteen teams competed in the event and St. Mary's College took the win with 148 points. Harvard and USMMA rounded out the top three. The A division for ODU took eighth, while the B squad took 14th.
Both teams conclude the fall season next weekend at the annual MAISA-SAISA regatta held in Charleston, SC.
Women's Atlantic Coast Championship26 races, Connecticut College
ABTot1 ODU 49521012 Brown 56651213 Yale 94861804 Georgetown 106 79 1855 Connecticut Co 125 63 1886 Harvard 73 121 1947 Dartmouth Col 93 103 1968 St. Marys 81 116 1979 Tufts 82 130 21210 South Florida 102 116 21811 Hobart/WmSm 159 80 23912 Charleston 116 128 24413 Queen's 162 125 28714 Navy 133 173 30615 Boston Univ 169 160 32916 Cornell 170 171 341ODU Sailors: A Div (Clement, Bower) 49, 1st, B Div (Capozzi, Gibbons-Neff, Bourne) 52, 1st
Atlantic Coast Dinghy Championships32 Races, US Coast Guard
A B Tot1. St. Mary's College 89 59 148 2. Harvard University 90 74 164 3. USMMA -Kings Point 110 120 230 4. Boston College 129 112 241 5. Tufts University 98 145 243 6. Hobart/Wm Smith Coll 114 130 244 7. Brown University 112 150 262 8. Yale University 138 151 289 9. Old Dominion Univ. 130 160 29010. Coll. of Charleston 158 135 29311. Coast Guard Academy 140 155 29512. Washington College 165 133 29813. Mass. Inst. Tech. 145 167 31214. US Naval Academy 178 138 31615. Georgetown Univ. 148 206 35416. Univ. of So. Florida 220 144 364
ODU Sailors: A Div (Kerr, Cobb, Berg) 130 points, 8th place B Div (Saralegui, Higgins, Fernandez) 160 points, 14th pl.