May 23, 2007
NORFOLK, VA -- Top ranked St. Mary's College of Maryland is currently at the top of a tight leaderboard after one day of racing at the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) Women's National Championship sponsored by PENTAX and Vanguard. The Seahawks have a one point advantage on the defending national champion Cougars of the College of Charleston. Also close behind and racing well on the first day was the Naval Academy and the University of California - Irvine.
The first day offered an unusually shifty breeze on the Elizabeth River but clear skies and high temperatures made for excellent regatta conditions. Fighting the shifty breeze the best on the day was Charleston's B division skipper Allie Blecher with crew Christina Murray and Julia Southworth. The Cougars B division boat sailed among the top four in all six B division races winning twice. Blecher is out in front in B division with just 14 total points. Navy and Dartmouth are tied for second in B division with 31 points apiece.
In A division, the top skipper on the day was Adrienne Patterson of St. Mary's with 27 total points to include four top three finishes. The first place Seahawks sailed among the top ten in all twelve races held in both divisions on the first day.
St. Mary's is in the lead with 60 points, followed by the Charleston team with 61 points. With 71 points Navy is in third and UCI ends day one in fourth with 79 points. Rounding out the top five is Stanford with 81 points followed by Tufts with 88. Boston College with 96, Harvard with 106, Dartmouth at 107 and Wisconsin with 110 points fills out the top ten. Boston University and Georgetown nearly broke the top ten with 112 and 113 points respectively while William Smith (137), Old Dominion (143), Washington (158), South Florida (171), Michigan (178), and Texas (181) round out the competition after day one.
Action will continue off the coast of the ODU Sailing Center on campus Thursday at around 9:45 am.
Day One Results:
ICSA Women's National Championship Old Dominion University May 23-25, 2007
Day One: Clear skies, cool breeze, and temperatures in the mid-70's madea great day for sailing. The wind was offshore out of the east tosoutheast today at Old Dominion University. This particular directionproduced some unusually shifty breeze creating very challengingconditions for the women. Although shifty, the breeze held consistent at10 to 12 knots throughout the day with an occasional lull finding its wayacross the race course.
A B TOT1. St. Mary's 27 33 602. Charleston 47 14 613. Navy 40 31 714. UCI 32 47 795. Stanford 41 40 816. Tufts 45 43 887. Boston College 43 53 968. Harvard 61 45 1069. Dartmouth 76 31 10710. Wisconsin 60 50 11011. Boston Univ. 42 70 11212. Georgetown 53 60 11313. William Smith 65 72 13714. Old Dominion 66 77 14315. Washington 73 85 15816. South Florida 94 77 17117. Michigan 88 90 17818. Texas 73 108 181
1 2 3 4 5 6 TOT
1St. Mary's A 2 3 6 3 3 10 27 B 2 8 3 4 10 6 33 4 15 24 31 44 60 60
2Charleston A 11 1 9 2 13 11 47 B 1 4 1 3 2 3 14 12 17 27 32 47 61 61
3Navy A 6 6 1 11 7 9 40 B 7 1 2 13 7 1 31 13 20 23 47 61 71 71
4California-Irvine A 3 10 3 9 1 6 32 B 10 9 6 15 3 4 47 13 32 41 65 69 79 79
5Stanford A 1 16 5 4 12 3 41 B 6 5 4 5 8 12 40 7 28 37 46 66 81 81
6Tufts A 4 14 2 7 11 7 45 B 4 10 7 6 5 11 43 8 32 41 54 70 88 88
7Boston College A 15 8 13 1 2 4 43 B 11 11 5 10 9 7 53 26 45 63 74 85 96 96
8Harvard A 12 5 11 12 6 15 61 B 5 2 8 8 13 9 45 17 24 43 63 82 106 106
9Dartmouth A 18 17 12 8 5 16 76 B 9 3 15 1 1 2 31 27 47 74 83 89 107 107
10Wisconsin A 8 4 15 16 9 8 60 B 8 6 13 2 11 10 50 16 26 54 72 92 110 110
11Boston University A 9 2 16 10 4 1 42 B 3 16 14 7 14 16 70 12 30 60 77 95 112 112
12Georgetown A 7 7 10 17 10 2 53 B 13 12 12 14 4 5 60 20 39 61 92 106 113 113
13William Smith A 5 18 7 13 17 5 65 B 14 13 9 16 6 14 72 19 50 66 95 118 137 137
14Old Dominion A 17 11 4 6 15 13 66 B 12 15 10 9 16 15 77 29 55 69 84 115 143 143
15U of Washington A 10 15 8 14 14 12 73 B 17 17 16 12 15 8 85 27 59 83 109 138 158 158
16U of South Florida A 16 13 14 15 18 18 94 B 16 14 11 11 12 13 77 32 59 84 110 140 171 171
17Michigan A 13 9 18 18 16 14 88 B 15 7 17 17 17 17 90 28 44 79 114 147 178 178
18U of Texas A 14 12 17 5 8 17 73 B 18 18 18 18 18 18 108 32 62 97 120 146 181 181
A division = 6 Races
TOT 1. St. Mary's 27 Adrienne Patterson '08 Melissa Pumphrey '07 / Jen Chamberlin '09 2. California-Irvine 32 Whitney Loufek '07 Megan Pluth '08 3. Navy 40 Katie Whitman '07 Trisha Kutkiwiecz '09 4. Stanford 41 Evan Brown '08 Jo Madsen '07 5. Boston University 42 Janel Zarkowsky '09 Kerry Sullivan '08 6. Boston College 43 Martha Pitt '09 Lily Beck '09 7. Tufts 45 Kaity Storck '08 Lyndsey Gibbons-Neff '08 8. Charleston 47 Andrea Savage '09 Rebecca Bestoso '10 / Dani Neri '08 9. Georgetown 53 Blaire Herron '08 Emily Siguler '0710. Wisconsin 60 Patricia Schmidt '08 Beccah Steffensen '0711. Harvard 61 Megan Watson '09 Christina Dahlman '0712. William Smith 65 Kate Brush '07 Kate Wilson '0813. Old Dominion 66 Cara DiSanti '07 Alissa Ayres '0914. U of Texas 73 Nataleigh Vann '08 Betsy Marger '0915. U of Washington 73 Hayley Siegenthaler '07 Kasey Weiss '0716. Dartmouth 76 Becca Dellenbaugh '10 / Kendall Reiley '09 Steph Gagnon '10 / Anne Megargel '0917. Michigan 88 Christina Falcone '07 Caitlin Fortune '0818. U of South Florida 94 Kim Witkowski '09 Kirsten Murray '08
B division = 6 Races
TOT 1. Charleston 14 Allie Bleacher '10 Christina Murray '10 / Julia Southworth '08 2. Navy 31 Charlotte Hill '08 Maggie Reynolds '08 3. Dartmouth 31 Adele Wilhelm '08 / Kendall Reiley '09 Kate Hacker '07 / Betsy Bryant '08 4. St. Mary's 33 Sara Morgan Watters '10 Mattie Farrar '08 5. Stanford 40 Taylor Grimes '09 Katherine Schlosser '07 6. Tufts 43 Emily Randall '07 / Gretchen Curtis '07 Emma Creighton '07 / Jen Giroux '07 7. Harvard 45 Roberta Steele '09 Lauren Brants '09 8. California-Irvine 47 Ashley Simpson '09 / Danielle Richards '08 Caitlin Robinson '07 9. Wisconsin 50 Anna Bargren '07 Jen Kulkoski '0910. Boston College 53 Becky Mergenthaler '07 Mallory Fontenot '0811. Georgetown 60 Emily Babbitt '09 Jamie Loeks '0812. Boston University 70 Anna Miniutti '10 Lauren Kugel '0713. William Smith 72 Lauren Anderson '07 Maria Trainor '1014. Old Dominion 77 Katrina Williams '10 Elyssa Albert '0915. U of South Florida 77 Kristin Britt '09 Ali Kirchofer '0916. U of Washington 85 Michelle Stitzer '08 Hannah Darrin '1017. Michigan 90 Maria Falcone '09 Lisa Vandenbossche '0718. U of Texas 108 Kristen Johnston '07 Sarah Parker '07 / Nicola Kirkham '08