April 20, 2004
King's Point, New York: Competing in the annual Admiral's Cup Regatta at the US Merchant Marine Academy the Cardinal Coed sailors earned 4th behind top-ranked teams from Harvard, St.Mary's of Maryland and Dartmouth. Admiral's Cup is the last major intersectional event before the National Championship. Over the course of the two day event, 18 races were held in each of three fleets. The Stanford Sailors, who have seen their national ranking drop to 8th in recent weeks, were happy to put together a strong finish.
The highlight of the regatta was freshman Emery Wager's third place in the singlehanded C Division. "Wager has come a long way this year," commented Coach Kehoe, "he came in as an amazing sailor, and after this year of training, he's become a great college sailor." Over the course of the event, Wager's scores improved to keep the Cardinal points ahead of 5th place Georgetown.
The second highpoint of the regatta had to be the expertise of Stanford's crews. In this regatta, the A and B Divisions sail two types of doublehanded boats- Vanguard 15's and FJ's, switching after race 9 in the 18 race event. In a strategic move to exploit the talents of each crew, Coach Kehoe sailed senior Taylor Clark in the V15 all weekend, and junior Lucy Horton in the FJ. "Our women are incredibly versatile, and were able to adjust to each skipper's sailing style easily." Sailing in the back of the boats, skippering for these talented crews were sophomore Brian Haines in A Division, and junior Peter Deming in B Division.
ADMIRALS CUP FINAL SCORES A B C TOT 1. Harvard 100 112 52 264 2. St. Mary's 120 114 127 361 3. Dartmouth 158 117 89 364 4. Stanford 158 137 104 399 5. Georgetown 155 133 114 402 6. Brown 113 117 189 419 7. Hobart/WmSmith 182 115 135 432 8. Tufts 140 164 134 438 9. Boston College 114 146 181 441 10. Old Dominion 152 139 160 451 11. USMMA-Kings Point 129 129 224 482 12. Navy 190 177 122 489 13. Charleston 176 209 159 544 14. Roger Williams 270 196 142 608 15. Washington College 178 246 292 716 16. Mass. Maritime 200 265 299 764 17. Cornell 248 253 282 783 18. Michigan State 284 310 276 870
Cascade Locks, Oregon: April 17-18, U Washington and Western Washington hosted the Rainier Cup in "The Gorge." Stanford earned 5th overall at this test event for the 2004 Dinghy, Women's and Team Race Nationals. "Current played a huge factor in the racing," Commented COach Brent Harrill,"Our Stanford players figured out the current early, giving them a huge advantage." Sailing on the Stanford team: A Div, Liz Rountree and Julie Pitts, B Div, Andy Mesher and Haley Champion. Earning 10th overall, Sailing for the Stanford Women: Ashley Frush and Jo Madsen in A Div, Liz Shearer and Margia Corner in B Div. "We hope to be back here in June for all three disciplines at the Nationals in June," added Harrill.
Rainier Cup FINAL RESULTS A B TOT 1. USC 76 39 115 2. Hawaii 62 67 129 3. Washington 55 85 140 4. Hawaii Women 101 62 163 5. Stanford 89 82 171 6. USC Women 79 94 173 7. Old Dominion 99 76 175 8. UCSB 101 83 184 9. TAMUG 105 89 194 10. Stanford Women 114 108 222 11. Washington Women 101 149 250 12. Western Wash. 124 162 286 13. Portland State 155 144 299 14. Oregon 148 163 311 15. Western Wash. Women 190 175 365 16. Oregon Women 210 223 433 17. Lewis and Clark 210 247 457 18. Linfield 228 247 475
This weekend, the 8th ranked Stanford Women's Team travels to U Hawaii to compete against the other Pacific Coast Teams for a berth at the National CHampionships (to be held at Cascade Locks, May 26-28). The 10th ranked Coed and Team Race Teams will battle for a similar berth to Nationals (Cascade Locks, May 30-June 4) at the PCC's hosted by Stanford April 30 and May 1-2.