Oct. 3, 2006
(Redwood City, CA) Stanford hosted its first event of the year September 30-October 1, and the #1-Ranked Stanford Women's team showed up in full force to win by 11 pts over U Hawaii. The Bryson Women's Regatta was plagued by light air all weekend, but sailing two fleets simultaneously allowed all but one race to be completed. The Cardinals showed off their depth rotating in seven different sailors throughout the weekend. Saturday's starters Caroline Young, Leigh Hammel, Joanna Madsen in A-Division along with Taylor Grimes and Katherine Schlosser in B-division coupled a lot of firsts with a few bad scores to give the team a 5-pt lead going into Sunday. Juniors Evan Brown and Carrie Denning sailed consistently on Sunday while freshman Leigh Hammel tried her hand at skippering B-division. Going into the last race Stanford was 3 pts up on Hawaii, and decided to put the hammer down, subbing Grimes and Schlosser back into B to finish up the event with firsts in both divisions.
Bryson Women's Regatta A B Total
1. Stanford 33 29 62
2. University of Hawaii 40 33 73
3. University of So Cal 29 62 91
4. UC Irvine 41 59 100
5. U Washington 57 46 103
6. UC San Diego 73 49 122
7. Cal 91 86 177
This weekend the Cardinal women head to the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland to defend their No. 1 ranking against the top east coast teams. The Coed Team, currently ranked 11th will be competing for top honors at the Stoney Burke Regatta at Cal's Treasure Island sailing venue.