St. Petersburg, Fla. - Old Dominion women’s sailing concluded their season on Sunday after finishing 14th out of 18 schools at the semi finals of the ICSA Women’s Fleet Race National Championship hosted by South Florida.
Old Dominion competed in 10 races in two divisions, the Monarchs’ A division boat finished with 89 points while the B Division boat finished with 132 for 221 total points. Stanford finished in first with their A division finishing with 51 points and their B division tallied 30.
ODU’s A Division boat was composed of sophomore skipper Marina Conde and junior crew Molly Hanson. The Silver and Blue’s B Division boat featured junior skipper Gianna Dewey, freshman skipper Arabella Duer, senior crew Cadence Goodnight, freshman skipper Petra Humphrey, and junior crew Morgan Auth.
Harvard placed second with 98 total points and Charleston took third with 117. Dartmouth (121), Roger Williams (137), and Tufts (138) finished third through sixth, respectively. Boston College (157) ended the day in seventh and Jacksonville (173) placed eighth while Rhode Island (205) finished in ninth.
Fordham (205) finished just outside the qualification zone in 10th place due to a head-to-head tiebreaker going in favor of the Rams. Connecticut (210), St. Mary’s (218), and Hobart & William Smith (220) finished 11-13th, respectively. Old Dominion (221) finished in 14th and Columbia (243) placed 15th. Rounding out the standings are UC Santa Barbara (277), NC State (289), and Vermont (312) who finished 15-18th, respectively.
The top nine teams at the semi final reached the final that takes place from May 17-18. The top nine teams from the Women’s Western National Semi Final meet the top nine finishes from the ICSA Women’s Fleet Race National Championship. The Bowdoin Polar Bears (106) acclimated to the warm weather in south Florida and finished in first place. Yale (107) and Cornell (109) were both in striking distance but placed second and third, respectively. Brown (116) grabbed fourth place with a comfortable margin of fifth placed U.S. Coast Guard Academy (155). Georgetown (156) was a point off fifth to finish in sixth and George Washington (162), MIT (164), and Tulane (183) rounded out seventh through ninth, respectively.