Nov. 2, 2005
NORFOLK, VA - ODU Sailing earned a seventh place finish at the War Memorial Regatta this past weekend with 180 points. Old Dominion hosted the event in blustery 12-24mph north-northwest winds on Saturday with FJ's sailing eight races in A and B divisions around gold cups and windward-leewards with gates. Sunday's racing included six other A and B division races in west-northwest winds 3-15mph. The top eight teams in the competition qualified for the Atlantic Coast Championships November 12-13.
In A division, Charles Higgins (Arlington, TX) skippered as Jennifer Adams (Montclair, VA), and Ryan Kozoriz (Yorktown,VA) took turns crewing finishing first place for Old Dominion with 56 points. David Tunnicliffe (Pittsburgh, PA) and Jaclyn Finney (Hampton, VA) paired up for the first couple races of B division, but as the wind picked up Bobby Noonan (Fort Lauderdale, FL) and Bryan Otis (Reston, VA) were brought in to add more weight to the boat. ODU finished ninth in B division with 124 points.
The Seahawks of Saint Mary's College took first at the regatta with 109 points.
Sailing Monarchs Cara DiSanti (Seacliff, NY), Elyssa Albert (Purcellville, VA), Alissa Ayers (Trenton, NJ), and Jaclyn Finney will travel to Bronx, NY this weekend for the MAISA Women's Fall Championship.
War Memorial Results: A B TOT1. St. Mary's 67 42 1092. Georgetown 63 74 1373. Hobart Wm Smith 60 83 1434. Kings Point 75 76 1515. Navy 89 71 1606. Washington College 65 102 1677. Old Dominion 56 124 1808. U Penn 128 64 1929. NY Maritime 108 139 24710. Hampton 162 117 27911. Fordham 131 155 28612. Cornell 189 152 34113. Ocean County 178 186 36414. Maryland 193 189 38215. Virginia 185 206 39116. Loyola 198 217 41517. Christopher Newport 224 197 42118. Princeton 225 206 431