3/4/2004

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Georgetown University Coed Sailing Team climbed to No. 5 and the Women's Sailing Team held strong at No. 9 as the Hoyas competed in two regattas last weekend. The results are as follows:

Bob Bavier Team Race @ College of Charleston
Georgetown Sailors:
Tyler Haskell '04/ Emilie Lincoln '04
Thatcher Spring '04/ Chris Harvey '04
Bill Jorch '04 /Paulina Szyrmer '04

Overall
1. Georgetown (13-1)
2. St. Mary's (11-3)
3. College of Charleston (9-5)
4. Brown (7-7)
5. Dartmouth (4-10)
6. Old Dominion (4-10)
7. Eckerd (4-10)
8. South Florida (4-10)

The Hoyas won the first team race intersectional of the 2004 season in convincing fashion.  Two round robins were sailed amongst the 8 teams and Georgetown finished the first round robin at 7-0.  The next round robin saw continued dominance with the only loss coming to South Florida in a very close race.

Washington College Team Race @ Washington College
Georgetown Sailors
Ed duMoulin / Jessica Stewart
Berry Kurland / Kelly Lanzara
Kyle Bergeron / Chirs King

Overall Results
1. St. Mary's College (11-1)
2. Georgetown (7-5)
3. King's Point (6-6)
4. Maryland (5-7)
5. Old Dominion (6-4)
6. Washington College (4-6)
7. Pennsylvania (0-10)

The Hoya team consisted of five sophomores and one freshman.  Despite their relative inexperience they sailed well and actually beat the top teams from Kings Point and Washington College.  St. Mary's dominated the event with their only loss coming to Georgetown.

The new rankings are out and the team is moving up.

COED (prev. rank)
1. Harvard (1)
2. Hawaii (6)
3. Tufts (5)
4. USC (7)
5. Georgetown (12)
6. Dartmouth (2)
7. Brown (4)
8. Kings Point (3)
9. Boston College (8)
10. Hobart/Wm. Smith (9)
11. Charleston (15)
12. St. Mary's (11)
13. MIT (10)
14. Stanford (13)
15. UC Irvine (14)
16. South Florida (19)
17. Eckerd (17)
18. Old Dominion (18)
19. Washington College (16)
20. Coast Guard --
Also receiving votes: Rhode Island, Tulane

WOMEN (prev. rank)
1. Brown (1)
2. Dartmouth (2)
3. Harvard (3)
4. Tufts (4)
5. Yale (5)
6. Charleston (6)
7. Old Dominion (7)
8. USC (8)
9. Georgetown (9)
10. UC Irvine (11)
11. Navy (10)
12. Stanford (12)
13. Hobart/Wm. Smith (13)
14. Hawaii (14)
15. St. Mary's (15)

This weekend the Hoyas will be competing in two regattas:

John Jackson Memorial Team Race @ Georgetown
Old Dominion Spring Regatta @ Old Dominion