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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jan Harley <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> , Media Pro Int'l, 401-849-0220 for ICSA Or Michelle Martin <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> , PENTAX Media Contact, 303.728.0224 COUNTDOWN STARTS TO A PICTURE PERFECT 2007 ICSA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Norfolk, Virginia (May 17, 2007) - With their textbooks shelved and already collecting dust, the final test of the year for college sailors - the Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) National Championships sponsored by PENTAX Imaging Company and Vanguard Sailboats - is set to get underway next week when competitors from 24 schools race for three titles: the ICSA Women's National Championship (May 23-25), the ICSA/APS Team Race National Championship (May27-29), and the ICSA/Gill Coed National Championship (May 30-June 1). Each school qualified for the national championships through conference eliminations, with only nine schools qualifying to compete in all three events: College of Charleston (Charleston, S.C.), Dartmouth College (Hanover, N.H.), Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.), Hobart/William Smith Colleges (Geneva, N.Y.), St. Mary's College (St. Mary's City, Md.), U.S. Naval Academy (Annapolis, Md.), University of South Florida (St. Petersburg, Fla.), University of Washington (Seattle, Wash.), and the University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wisc.). PENTAX Imaging Company joins Vanguard Sailboats - a longtime ICSA supporter - in sponsoring the 2007 ICSA National Championships. To document all the action - ashore and on-the-water - each school competing at the ICSA/Gill Coed National Championship will be provided a PENTAX Optio W30 digital camera which features blur reduction and is waterproof in depths up to 10 feet. Parents and friends who can't be there in person will want to regularly check out the images captured by the teams and uploaded to the ICSA website (www.collegesailing.org <http://www.collegesailing.org/> ) from which a "PENTAX Photo of the Day" will be chosen. PENTAX Imaging Company is an innovative leader in the production of digital SLR and compact cameras, lenses, flash units, binoculars, scopes, eyepieces and mobile printers and scanners. For more than 80 years, PENTAX technology has developed durable, reliable products that meet the needs of consumers and businesses. With headquarters in Golden, Colorado, PENTAX Imaging Company is a division of PENTAX of America, Inc. For more info, visit: www.h20camera.com <http://www.h20camera.com/> Almost Like Being There: For the third consecutive year, noted sailing commentator Gary Jobson (Annapolis, Md.) will produce a one-hour program on the championships for ESPNU, which is set to air July 20, 2007. Check www.jobsonsailing.com <http://www.jobsonsailing.com/> to confirm airtime. The Details: The ICSA National Championships sponsored by PENTAX Imaging Company and Vanguard Sailboats brings together sailors representing seven North American conferences to compete in three distinctive events. In the Women's and Dinghy events, each of the 18 schools fields a separate A and B division team. Weather permitting, each division sails eighteen 20- to 30-minute fleet races over three days for a total of 36 races. A team's final score is determined by the combined results of its sailors in A and B divisions. The Team Race Championship pits each college's three-boat team against another's in a round-robin series of matches with the top-four of 14 teams proceeding to a double round-robin championship series to determine the overall winner. Conference eliminations qualified 18 colleges to compete in the women's championships; 14 for the team racing championship; and 16 qualified for the dinghy championship, with an additional two teams selected at-large. To learn more about ICSA, visit www.collegesailing.org <http://www.collegesailing.org/> . For additional information on the sponsors of these championships, please visit them online: www.gillna.com <http://www.gillna.com/> , www.apsltd.com <http://www.apsltd.com/> , www.quantumsails.com <http://www.quantumsails.com/> and www.teamvanguard.com <http://www.teamvanguard.com/> . -end- (Complete list of Teams Qualified to compete in the 2007 ICSA National Championships follows) May 23-25, 2007 - ICSA Women's National Championship hosted by Old Dominion University Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) Boston University (Boston, Mass.) College of Charleston (Charleston, S.C.) Dartmouth College (Hanover, N.H.) Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.) Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.) Hobart/William Smith Colleges (Geneva, N.Y.) Old Dominion University (Norfolk, Va.) St. Mary's College (St. Mary's City, Md.) Stanford University (Stanford, Calif.) Tufts University (Medford, Mass.) University of California (Irvine, Calif.) University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.) University of South Florida (St. Petersburg, Fla.) University of Texas (Austin, Texas) University of Washington (Seattle, Wash.) University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wis.) U.S. Naval Academy (Annapolis, Md.) May 27-29, 2007 - ICSA/APS Team Race National Championship hosted by the US Naval Academy College of Charleston (Charleston, S.C.) Dartmouth College (Hanover, N.H.) Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.) Hobart/William Smith Colleges (Geneva, N.Y.) St. Mary's College (St. Mary's City, Md.) Texas A & M Galveston (Galveston, Texas) University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.) University of South Florida (St. Petersburg, Fla.) University of Southern California (Los Angeles, Calif.) University of Texas (Austin, Texas) University of Washington (Seattle, Wash.) University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wis.) U.S. Naval Academy (Annapolis, Md.) Yale University (New Haven, Conn.) May 30-June 1, 2007 - ICSA/Gill Coed National Championship hosted by the US Naval Academy Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) College of Charleston (Charleston, S.C.) Dartmouth College (Hanover, N.H.) Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.) Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.) Hobart/William Smith Colleges (Geneva, N.Y.) St. Mary's College (St. Mary's City, Md.) Stanford University (Stanford, Calif.) Texas A & M Galveston (Galveston, Texas) University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, Ind.) University of South Florida (St. Petersburg, Fla.) University of South Alabama (Mobile, Ala.) University of Washington (Seattle, Wash.) University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wis.) U.S. Naval Academy (Annapolis, Md.) Yale University (New Haven, Conn.) At Large: Brown University (Providence, R.I.) University of California (Irvine, Calif.) (end)
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