I've followed (on an inconsistent basis) the regular college rankings lists in the past 15 or so years. I was one of the three coaches (along with Gary Bodie & Ken Legler) who did the rankings for Sailing World for about 7 years back in the late 80s to early 90s.
The reason I wanted to lend some applause today is the inclusion of an MCSA team (Wisconsin) at 6th. Winning the Harry Anderson at Yale and the Fall Fury regatta at home on the same weekend clearly had a lot to do with that, so huge kudos to the Badgers for the big dual regatta victories! One of the biggest problems (to my eyes) with college sailing in recent years is the continued slide of competitive depth almost completely towards New England and Mid Atlantic. With the exception of a few select SA and PC teams, the rest of the country has been ignored, and the incentive for high school sailors who are serious about being involved at the highest levels has been diverted almost exclusively to the EAST coast only. Sometimes the first step is as simple as a small group of individual sailors from one team stepping up... and stepping on some toes. It's been a lot of years, but welcome to the latest example: Wisco! In my humble opinion, it's way past time for the entire ICSA to work on behalf of the greater good to help spread the wealth. The entire ICSA will grow healthier if we all work to grow together. What can the ICSA do to help the Midwest? The Northwest? The Southeast? I'll step down now off the soap box. Respectfully, Blake Middleton -----Original Message----- From: Meredith Powlison <[email protected]> To: icsa <[email protected]>; collegerankings <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Sep 15, 2011 10:44 am Subject: [ICSA] SW's College Sailing Rankings, September 15, 2011 The latest Sailing World College Rankings, presented by Sperry Top-Sider, are now online at http://bit.ly/re2T49 The top five teams are: Coed Total Points 1. Yale [8] 359 2. Boston College [3] 338 3. Harvard [1] 326 4. Georgetown [3] 309 5. Roger Williams 292 Women¹s Total Points 1. Yale [7] 257 2. Boston College [4] 256 3. Brown [7] 210 4. Rhode Island [1] 188 5. Connecticut College 171 ---- Get the rankings when they are released by signing up as a fan of Sailing World¹s facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/sailingworld, or via twitter, http://twitter.com/sailingworldmag ________________________________________________ icsa mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=icsa Unsubscribe: Send a blank email to [email protected] ________________________________________________ icsa mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=icsa Unsubscribe: Send a blank email to [email protected]
