May 31, 2012
AUSTIN, TEXAS - The Old Dominion University women's sailing team is in 12th place after day one of the 2012 Intercollegiate Sailing Association’s (ICSA) Women’s National Semi-Final on Lake Travis in Austin.
Six rotations by both A and B division races were completed on Wednesday while the A division also completed their seventh and eighth races. College of Charleston was in the first place after the opening day, followed by Connecticut College and Rhode Island.
Sophomore skipper Corina Radtke along with junior crew Shannon Wilkins and senior crew Jordan Stock were in 12th place in the A-Division race with a score of 88 while freshman skipper Andrea Luna along with senior crew Arianna Baker and Jessica Milligan were in 10th place in the B-Division race with a score of 54.
The event begins with a single round robin First Round of qualifying races for the 18 women’s teams who have made it to a semifinal round, but not yet made it to the final competition round. The First Round group will race until they complete at least the required number of races (16) for nine teams to join the nine previously qualified Finals teams to compete for the Gerald C. Miller Memorial Trophy. Once the 18 final teams have been determined the Finals racing will commence in a single round robin and continue until June 2. For the nine women’s teams that did not make it to the Final round a Women’s Clinic will be run simultaneously for them to participate in.
The Women’s Championship will culminate in an awards banquet at 6:30 p.m. on June 2 with dinner and the announcement of the winners of the event. In addition to the racing awards, the announcement of the ICSA Women’s All-America Team will be made as well as the Quantum Women’s Sailor of the
Year.
Live media coverage of the regattas including results can be found at the Live Media link at 2012nationals.collegesailing.org. The University of Texas will provide daily text and photo updates for each of the regattas. On May 31-June 5, Chris Love Productions will also provide video highlights, presented by Maclaren.