NORFOLK, Va. - Old Dominion sailing is headed to New Haven, Connecticut, and Providence, Rhode Island for two competitions this weekend. ODU competes in the Open ACC Championship open fleet race in Providence, Rhode Island and Yale's Women’s Regatta in New Haven, Connecticut on October 24-25.
All events will take place on Saturday and Sunday and will last all day.
The ODU open team is competing a Connecticut College in the Atlantic Coast Tournament. The boats are the 420E and the FJ, both are doublehanded collegiate boats. There are 18 teams in this event. From the MAISA conference, George Washington, Christopher Newport, Fordham, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy and Webb Institute. Out of conference teams the Monarchs will see are Connecticut College, Eckerd College, University of South Florida, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, UC Santa Barbara, University of Wisconsin, University of Rhode Island, San Diego State University, Jacksonville University, and University of Michigan.
The women's sailing team is competing at the Yale Women's Regatta. The boats are the 420E and the FJ, 18 teams are competing. From the MAISA conference, George Washington University, Columbia, the Naval Academy, and Fordham University is in attendance. Out of conference teams are Yale, Brown, Roger Williams University, Dartmouth, Tufts, University of Rhode Island, Connecticut College, Northeastern University, Coast Guard Academy, Stanford, College of Charleston and Tulane.
For both the open and women's team, this is the last weekend of regular season play before the fall conference championships and the singlehanded national championships.
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ODU’s open sailing team heads to Annapolis, Maryland for the War Memorial Regatta. The Silver and Blue's women's sailing team is in Ithaca, New York for the MAISA Women's Fall Conference Championships. All events will take place on Saturday October 31st - November 1st and will last all day.