Oct. 25, 2005
NORFOLK, VA - Old Dominion freshman sailors claimed sixth place at the MAISA Freshman Regatta this weekend with 201 points. 16 races were completed in 10-15 mph winds Saturday and Sunday. Mike Brown (Hampton, VA), Wick Smith (Chapel hill, NC), and Elyssa Albert (Percellville, VA) sailed in A division for a total of 113 points and eighth place. Gillen Elder (Norfolk, VA) and Jaci Finney (Hampton, VA) finished fifth in B division with 88 points. The top seven teams in the competition qualify for the Atlantic Coast Freshman Championships set to take place at Brown University later this season.
Also this weekend, ODU women's sailors took 17th and 28th place at the MAISA Women's Singlehanded competition. Cara DiSanti (Seacliff, NY) took a 17th place finish with 257 points, while Alissa Ayres (Trenton, NJ) scored a 28th place finish with 396 points.
Finally, the results are in from the Hanbury Cup Regatta held this weekend at the CNU Sailing center and Old Dominion finished fourth with 110 points. The courses were modified trapezoids and modified triangle, with great conditions of solid winds 5-20 mph switching from the south and northwest. Sixteen races were held in A and B divisions using both 420s and FJs. In A division, Michael Smith (Newport News, VA) skippered with Lisa Shapiro (Reston, VA) crewing on Saturday, while Sunday Matt Kepner (Sadus Point, NY) and Shapiro paired up for a total of 51 points. Mark Birkmeier (Delphos, OH) and Bryan Otis teamed up in B division to grab fourth place with 59 points.
MAISA Freshman Regatta Results A B TOT
1. HOBART/WMSMITH 39 33 722. ST. MARY'S 58 64 1223. NAVY 71 55 1264. WASHINGTON COLL 55 93 1485. GEORGETOWN 83 72 1556. ODU 113 88 2017. KING'S POINT 108 99 2078. NY MARITIME 107 110 2179. FORDHAM 134 131 26510. COLUMBIA 192 159 35111. QUEEN'S 197 170 36712. MARYLAND 157 214 37113. CORNELL 172 209 38114. ARMY 206 205 41115. WILLIAM AND MARY 232 225 45716. Z BYE 272 272 544
MAISA Women's Singlehanded ResultsA division = 16 Races TOT1. ST. MARY'S 3 88 Katie Smith2. ST. MARY'S 1 99 Jenny Gervais3. COLUMBIA 104 Katie Simon4. NAVY 4 113 Charlotte Hill5. GEORGETOWN 3 114 Jackie Schmitz6. VIRGINIA 1 127 Leah Hoepfner7. GEORGETOWN 2 134 Derby Anderson8. KING'S POINT 155 Allison Davis9. GEORGETOWN 4 187 Blaire Herron10. NAVY 1 197 Catherine Long11. ST. MARY'S 2 199 Lauren Durfee12. LOYOLA 1 202 Elise Paul13. HOBART/WMSMITH 4 204 Lauren Anderson14. NAVY 2 224 Maggie Reynolds15. ST. MARY'S 4 231 Maggie Lumkes16. WASHINGTON COLL 2 238 Jenn Tonks17. ODU 1 257 Cara DiSanti18. GEORGETOWN 1 258 Jessica Stewart19. QUEEN'S 276 Sara French20. HOBART/WMSMITH 2 292 Marilyn Cassedy21. WASHINGTON COLL 1 298 Meredith Dodd22. HOBART/WMSMITH 1 301 Kate Brush23. HOBART/WMSMITH 3 344 Kate Wilson24. NAVY 3 346 Kristen Ullman25. LOYOLA 2 346 Alicia St. Jean26. NY MARITIME 367 Daniella Gamache27. VIRGINIA 2 388 Mare Morales28. ODU 2 396 Alissa Ayres
Hanbury Cup ResultsScoresA Div.B Div. Team Total1. Georgetown3649852. CNU Silver4553983. CNU Blue55461014. Old Dominion51591105. Virginia66681346. Virginia Tech 103741777. Maryland1001222228. William & Mary 120105225