Sailors Finish 6th, 8th, 2nd at Three Major EventsSailors Finish 6th, 8th, 2nd at Three Major Events

Sailors Finish 6th, 8th, 2nd at Three Major Events

Sailors Finish 6th, 8th, 2nd at Three Major Events

April 19, 2006

Women earn 6th at Brown
The Stanford Women sailors competed at the Annual Dellenbaugh Intersectional at Brown April 15-16. Making her skippering debut, Freshman Taylor Grimes and veteran crews Joanna Madsen and Carrie Denning earned an impressive 3rd in B Division. Sailing for the Card in A, senior Liz Rountree and sophomore Sarah Schoknecht earned 13th. Saturday brought a foggy start with S/SE winds at 6 to 9 knots. Until the sun came out, the fog burned off, and the seabreeze filled out of the S/SW at 8-12 knots for the afternoon races. Sunday's conditions were typical spring sailing in New England, a beautiful day with temps in the 50's and a shifty/gusty N/NW wind at 10-20 knots with some higher puffs.

20th Annual Dellenbaugh Women's Trophy

 ABTOT
1. Charleston5752109
2. Navy9837135
3. Yale101103204
4. Georgetown12384207
5. Dartmouth104116220
6. Stanford16470234
7. Brown114136250
8. Harvard107143250
9. St. Mary's of Md112138250
10. U South Florida129123252
11. Connecticut College104153257
12. Tufts108153261
13. MIT174153327
14. Coast Guard190169359
15. Boston U187184371
16. Columbia161218379

Stanford coeds earn 8th at Admiral's Cup
The Stanford coed sailors sailed in shadow of New York City at the US Merchant Marine Academy at King's Point. Saturday with the wind slow to fill on Long Island Sound, the fleet waited around until the seabreeze filled at 3:25 pm. Six races were completed in each division, halted only by the impending sunset at 7pm. On Sunday, racing began in a light northerly and built all day. Sailing in A, juniors Brian Haines and Becca Levin earned 5th. In B division sophomore Eddie Conrad and senior Anna Vu / sophomore Jonah Greenberger finished 12th. In C division, sailing a single-handed Laser, junior Emery Wager Wager finished 4th.

Admiral's Cup

 ABCTOT
1. Hobart/Wm Smith1497180300
2. St. Mary's124107132363
3. Harvard148109112369
4. Kings Point16712680373
5. Charleston104135143382
6. Yale16614676388
7. Georgetown97151154402
8. Stanford135165109409
9. Dartmouth101131205437
10. Tufts199164121484
11. Navy193158146497
12. Brown141153210504
13. Roger Williams166167247580
14. Old Dominion204226150580
15. Conneticut College186197223606
16. Washington College190172265627
17. New York Maritime203244236683
18. Hampton240287206733

Stanford coeds 2nd at Rainier Cup
Hosted by U Oregon, April 15-16 sailors from eight western universities experienced the unpredictable conditions that the legendary sailing at the Gorge presents this time of year. Saturday, sailors waited until 3pm until there was enough wind to get started. Sunday, sailors waited until 1:30 for breeze. After five races over the two day regatta, Stanford stood in 2nd overall. Sailing for Stanford, freshman TJ Tullo and sophomore Beth Hoover earned 3rd in A Division. Sophomore Craig Page and freshman Merrit Kennedy earned 2nd in B Division.

Rainier Cup

 ABTOT
1. U of Washington131528
2. Stanford231740
3. U of Oregon182442
4. U Washington Women252550
5. UCLA342559
6. Portland State U314172
7. UCLA women522678
8. W Washington Women403979
9. Western Washington U483684
10. Lewis & Clark325991
11. U Oregon Women593998
12. Oregon State U356398
13. Lewis & Clark Women5449103
14. Washington State U6573138

This weekend, the Cardinal Women are off to UC Santa Barbara to compete in the Women's Pacific Coast Championships. The top two teams at this event will go on to compete at the ICSA National Championship in Charleston, South Carolina (May 24-26, 2006).