Nov. 20, 2006
CHARLESTON, SC -- The Monarch sailing team raced in 14 heats over the weekend at the College of Charleston in South Carolina and never finished out of the top 10. With 18 of the best sailing teams on the east coast in attendance neither the A division nor B division boats finished worse than 10th in any one heat. The Monarchs raced to a fifth place finish with four freshmen on deck.
In the Monarchs A division boat, U.S. Olympian Kyle Rogachenko skippered fellow freshman Laura Speas. The pair won the first heat of the weekend and added a second place finish on Sunday.
Two more freshman were on board the B division boats in Wilson Stout and Jillian Martin. Stout and Martin finished fifth in B division just five points out of second. The tight 2-3-4-5 finish between College of Charlesston, the Cougars, Washington College and ODU might have had a different result had the weather cooperated. Unfortunately, both divisions were only able to complete 7 races on the weekend.
Stout and Martin finished as high as second and were in the top six in five of the seven heats. It was newcomer Martin's first career appearance and she should prove a valuable asset for the team in the spring.
ODU's fall season comes to a close with a great deal of anticipation for success in the spring including what should be a very exciting team racing season for the Monarchs.
Final ResultsSAISA/MAISA C of C 11/18-19/06 4:29 PM 11-19-06REGATTA HIGHLIGHTS:Another beautiful day in Charleston. Racing was postponed until noon due to lack of wind.Southerly filled in nicely to about 8 to 10 knots and was relatively steady.There was a strong ebb tide to begin with, a brief time of slack tide, and then a flood tide built through the conclusion of racing. 3 races in each division were completed with goldcups and triangle windwards as courses. There were no brakedowns or protests filed.Big thanks to C of C undergrads for helping in running races and keeping the rotation going. A division = 7 Races B division = 7 Races A B TOT1. Charleston 19 32 512. Cougars 19 34 533. St. Mary's 39 20 594. Washington College 43 36 795. Old Dominion 43 37 806. Eckerd 42 49 917. South Florida 58 51 1098. Christopher Newport 69 44 1139. Maryland 69 57 12610. Hampton 69 70 13911. Florida 56 85 14112. Florida Atlantic 78 77 15513. Miami 75 89 16414. Army 116 71 18715. Tennesse 70 121 19116. N. Carolina State 103 103 20617. Ocean County 110 102 21218. Virginia Tech 122 119 241Old Dominion A 1 9 10 5 2 6 10 43 B 4 9 6 2 5 7 4 37 5 23 39 46 53 66 80 80