Feb. 18, 2003
Charleston, SC - The Stanford University Sailing Team dominated the field of 18 of the nation's top college sailing teams at the annual Charleston Spring Intersectional Regatta, February 15-16, hosted by the College of Charleston at their sailing center in Mt Pleasant, SC. Long regarded as the first Spring Regatta in college sailing, this victory marks Stanford as the team to beat leading up to the national Championships in June.
An astounding 9 point margin in B division secured the win for the Cardinal in the two-division regatta. A-Division team, Skipper Ted Conrads '03 and crew Lucy Horton '05, placed a close third in the very deep A division, "Ted and Lucy did a great job of staying in the top 3 for the regatta," while freshmen phenom Brian Haines and Junior Taylor Clark captured B division and the win for the Cardinal. "Haines and Clark showed incredible boat speed and great decision making," commented Coach Kehoe. "Brian kept a cool head in light air and a tough fleet, while Taylor continues to be one of our strongest competitors when under pressure."
Sailing on Saturday was just like sailing at home with big breeze and current, however the sailing on Sunday was an all together different story. The blizzard that hit the East Coast on Sunday provided the team with driving rain and very shifty wind. The Cardinal dealt well with the difficult conditions presented to the fleet. Hometown Charleston rallied hard to combat a 25 point deficit but the Cardinal prevailed. "The College of Charleston sails in the exact location of the race course every day so they knew the ins and outs of the current and tricky winds" commented Coach Kehoe. "Our guys worked hard with the driving rain and very shifty winds on Sunday."
Charleston Spring Intersectional College of Charleston
A division = 14 Races B division = 14 Races A B TOT
1. Stanford 74 61 135 2. Charleston 65 70 135 3. Dartmouth 85 86 171 4. Boston College 63 113 176 5. Brown 99 84 183 6. ODU 76 117 193 7. St. Mary's 124 81 205 8. Georgetown 122 104 226 9. UC/Irvine 128 111 239 10. URI 120 139 259 11. Washington College 118 160 278 12. UC/Berkeley 138 140 278 13. University of Texas 196 111 307 14. UNC 202 150 352 15. Christopher Newport 209 182 391 16. Maryland/BC 168 224 392 17. Florida 204 226 430 18. Duke 204 238 442