April 16, 2003
Providence, RI - The Stanford Women's sailors competed in the annual Dellenbaugh intersectional at Brown University in Providence this past weekend. With the majority of the women's team returning from Winter Quarter abroad, this regatta was their chance to get back in the swing of things leading up to the Pacific Coast Championships April 26-27. With 18 of the top teams in the country competing in this last major intersectional of the year before Nationals in June.
The Stanford Women earned 11th overall at Brown. Saturday's Nor'easter weather brought wind and rain, in A-Division, skipper Jen Porter sailed the first six races with crew Liz Shearer. In B-DIvision, Ashley Frush took the water with Jessie Duncan (races 1,2) and then Shadi Mehraein (races 3-7). After Saturday's 8 races, the Cardinal women were solidly in 8th overall.
Sunday's weather conditions were more challenging, as winds blew through erratically. In one race, conditions would change from light to windy and back to light. Many teams had their worst races of the series in thes conditions, and the Stanford team was no exception. The Stanford women dropped from 8th to 11th overall. Racing in the four races Sunday were the teams of Jen Porter/Jessie Duncan in A-Div and Liz Shearer/Shadi Mehraein in B-Div.
The bright spot in the weekend's disappointing performance was beating in-district rival USC. The Trojan women finished 15th in the 18-team fleet. The Women will next face USC and other in-district rival U Hawaii along with the other PCIYRA teams to battle for the two berths to the Women's Nationals (Detroit, June 2-4). Stanford will have the advantage of sailing in their home waters as they host Women's PCC's on April 26-27 in Redwood City.
A B TOT 1. St. Mary's 37 37 74 2. Brown 69 64 133 3. Old Dominion 72 87 159 4. Hobart/William Smith 112 51 163 5. Charleston 70 101 171 6. Tufts 77 95 172 7. Harvard 95 103 198 8. Dartmouth 129 74 203 9. Boston College 83 134 217 10. Georgetown 109 112 221 11. Stanford 117 114 231 12. Connecticut College 133 108 241 13. Yale 143 141 284 14. Boston University 166 124 290 15. Southern California 104 188 292 16. Rhode Island 180 137 317 17. Bowdoin 162 183 345 18. North Carolina 187 200 387