FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jan Harley <mailto:[email protected]> , Media Pro Int'l, 401-849-0220 for ICSA logo.jpg Perfect Day Two At 2009 ICSA WOMENS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Yale Current Series Leader San Francisco, Calif. (May 26, 2009) The conditions were perfect on day two of racing at the 2009 Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) Womens Championship as the ladies racing for the title were kept on the City Front course just outside the breakwater at the St. Francis Yacht Club. We couldnt have had better sailing, said ICSA President Mitch Brindley who noted that a large crowd of spectators were on hand to see all the action. The breeze, which peaked in the mid 20s, allowed six races to be completed in A-Division, and eight in B-Division. The most challenging set of the day was the last one races seven and eight in B Division which was sailed in ebb current. Under the new format for this championship, the nine teams that had a bye during yesterdays semi-final round by virtue of their conference performance College of Charleston (Charleston, S.C.), Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.), St. Marys College (St. Marys City, Md.), Stanford University (Palo Alto, Calif.), Texas A&M Galveston (Galveston, Texas), University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wisc.), Western Washington University (Bellingham, Wash.), William Smith College (Geneva, N.Y.) and Yale University (New Haven, Conn.) today had their first shot at the nine teams who qualified from the semis. Of the top-nine from the semis Old Dominion University (Norfolk, Va.), Dartmouth College (Hanover, N.H.), Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.), Boston University (Boston, Mass.), Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Mass.), University of Rhode Island (Kingston, R.I.), Connecticut College (New London, Conn.), Brown University (Providence, R.I.) and Eckerd College (St. Petersburg, Fla.) BU, Brown, Dartmouth and Georgetown benefitted the most from the new format as none of those four would be competing under the old system. It must be déjà vu for the ladies from Yale University (New Haven, Conn.) not only are the same pair sailing together in each division, as they did in 2008 they hold the lead heading into the final day of racing for the title, although with just a slim six-point lead over second-placed Old Dominion at 79 points. Senior Jane Macky (Auckland, New Zealand), with junior Marla Menninger (Newport Beach, Calif.), is third overall in A-Division, while the B-Division duo of senior Kate Hagemann (Marion, Mass./Naples, Fla.) and sophomore Liz Brim (New York, N.Y.) are second in B-Division. They will have to work hard to stave off ODUs junior skipper Katrina Williams (Pembroke, Bermuda) sailing with senior Alissa Ayres (Trenton, N.J.) and junior Ashley Brusso (Portsmouth, Va.), who are the current leaders in A-Division. ODUs sophomore skipper Stephanie Roble (East Troy, Wisc.), with freshman Arianna Baker (East Moriches, N.Y.), are eighth in B-Division. Boston College, the defending champions, leads the B-Division and stands third overall with 88 points. For complete scores: www.collegesailing.org/nas/spring09/womensresults.asp Racing, which resumes with race seven in A-Division, will determine the champion at the conclusion of the event tomorrow. Stanford is co-hosting the championship with St. Francis Yacht Club, with sponsor support from Luminaria Medispa. Each school fields a separate A and B division team and, weather permitting, each division sails 20- to 30-minute fleet races in rotation. A team's final score is determined by the combined results of its sailors in A and B divisions. About the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association: ICSA is the governing authority for sailing competition at colleges and universities throughout the United States and in some parts of Canada. To learn more please visit: www.collegesailing.org <http://www.collegesailing.org/> . ICSA is sponsored by Gill, Annapolis Performance Sailing, Marlow Ropes, Quantum Sails, LaserPerformance and US SAILING: www.gillna.com <http://www.gillna.com/> , www.apsltd.com <http://www.apsltd.com/> , www.bainbridgeint.com <http://www.bainbridgeint.com/> , www.quantumsails.com <http://www.quantumsails.com/> , www.laserperformance.com/main/ and www.ussailing.org -end-
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