November 8, 2001

WASHINGTON, D.C.— The Georgetown University Sailing Team competed in two regattas last weekend, highlighted by a third place finish by the freshman at the Old Dominion 11.

Four Georgetown sailors competed at the MAISA Freshman Regatta at Old Dominion, where the Hoyas finished in third place with a combined score of 83 points. Steve Streit (Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich) and Megan O’Neill (Huntington Beach, Calif./Mater Dei) finished fourth in the "A" division with 56 points, while Cordo Carraher (Oxford, Mass./St. Andrew’s School) and Dorothee Bergin (Wellesley, Mass./Wellesly) swept the "B" division with 27 points.

Georgetown’s women’s team also competed this weekend at the MAISA Women at Navy, where they finished in fifth place overall with 101 points. The "B" division team of Shelly Wentworth (Centerville, Mass./Barnstable), Leah Williams (South Dartmouth, Mass./Tabor Academy) Elizabeth Ryan (Marblehead, Mass./Marblehead) and Katherine Penberthy (Rowayton, Conn./The Taft School) finished fifth with 47 points, while the "A" division team of Elizabeth Sampson (Larchmont, N.Y./Mamaroneck) and Melanie Wood (Skaneateles, N.Y./Skaneatles) finished in fifth place with 54 points.

The Hoyas will compete in three regattas this upcoming weekend—the Coed Atlantic Coast Championships at the College of Charleston, the Freshman Atlantic Coast Championships at Brown and the Women’s Atlantic Coast Championships at Navy.