Oct. 20, 2004
Stanford, CA - A rainy, windy weather system pounded the east coast all weekend, making racing conditions tough for both the Stanford Women's and the Coed Sailing Teams. Sailing only 6 races at Yale, the women landed in 10th overall, while the Coeds earned 9th after a full rotation of 20 races at Navy.
The Connecticut shoreline was hit hardest, with wind and waves at Yale Yacht Club topping out at 20 knots and 6 feet, respectively. All the competitors at the annual Yale Women's Regatta remained on shore most of Saturday and Sunday, waiting for a break in the weather so the 18 teams could hit the water. "It's a long way to travel for what ended up as only 6 races in each division, " commented Coach Jay Kehoe.
On Saturday, Liz Rountree and crew Julie Pitts hit the water for Stanford in A-Division. The duo had a great start and pulled a 9, 6 in the extreme conditions. Their second set was fraught with difficulties, resulting in a 12, 17. In B-division, Caroline Young sailed with Jo Madsen for the first set, with results of 14, 11. For the next set, Becca Levin crewed for Young and the duo managed a 4, 8. Racing was abandoned for the remainder of the day, leaving the Stanford team in 10th overall.
On Sunday the conditions were similar- and after some postponements for the strong wind to settle down, A-Division hit the water, resulting in two top finished for Rountree/Pitts. This set brought Stanford up to 8th overall. Unfortunately, the wind built and B-Division was unable to get a set of races off. According to the college rules, the races in A must be dropped from the scores, and the Stanford Cardinal dropped back down to 10th overall.
Yale Women's Intersectional School |A B Total ------------------------------------------------- 1) Yale |8 10 18 2) Brown |9 21 30 3) Charleston |13 28 41 4) Dartmouth |23 21 44 5) St. Mary's |20 36 56 6) Boston College |31 26 57 7) Bowdoin |37 35 72 8) Connecticut College |45 29 74 9) Hobart/William Smith |41 39 80 10) Stanford |44 37 81 11) Coast Guard |37 49 86 12) Univ. of Vermont |44 42 86 13) Boston University |52 36 88 14) Tufts |54 36 90 15) Navy |46 48 94 16) Old Dominion |61 56 117 17) Providence College |47 75 122 18) Harvard |64 60 124 19) Roger Williams |74 65 139
In Annapolis, the wind was not quite as bad, ranging from 12-20 knots. The 20 teams at the Navy Fall Intersectional were able to get off a full 20 races in two days. The highlight for the Cardinal sailors was sophomore Emery Wager earning 3rd in C-Division (sailing singlehanded Lasers). Wager was bested by Georgetown's Andrew Campbell and Harvard's Clay Johnson. "This is a good practice run for Emery, " said Coach Brent Harrill, who will accompany Wager to the ICSA Singlehanded Nationals this weekend in Minnesota.
Sailing in A-Division, Peter Deming and Lucy Horton earned 15th. Freshman Eddie Conrad made a strong debut in his first big Intersectional, earning 11th in B-Division. Conrad sailed with veteran crews Anna Vu and Ali Salatti (in the windier races). Also making his debut in a major Intersectional was senior Andy Mesher, who earned 10th overall in D-Division, sailing a singlehanded Laser.
Navy Fall Intersectional A B C D TOT 1. Kings Point 143 110 116 57 426 2. Yale 113 80 159 182 534 3. Hobart W/S 145 155 159 81 540 4. USC 91 100 173 195 559 5. Tufts University 182 131 112 154 579 6. Georgetown 198 151 69 162 580 7. St. Marys 186 156 157 118 617 8. Harvard 191 278 69 105 643 9. Stanford 217 202 108 186 713 10. Navy 213 189 183 139 724 11. Charleston 173 205 246 153 777 12. Washington College 175 151 270 208 804 13. Univ. Rhode Island 184 203 191 284 862 14. Old Dominion Univ. 172 192 251 279 894 15. Eckerd 265 272 208 240 985 16. Texas A&M Galv 183 271 336 313 1103 17. Wisconsin 310 300 289 339 1238 18. Michigan 355 354 312 251 1272 19. Maryland 355 312 390 341 1398 20. Cornell 334 373 307 387 1401
This weekend the Stanford Team welcomes back their alumni at the Annual Alumni & Friends Regatta. This year the event takes on the name of Drew Gashler '88. Past team captain, Gashler was killed January 1st in an avalanche while skiing at Lake Tahoe.