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College Sailing Coed National Championship - Semi-finals Day 1

by Jennifer Mitchell on 4 Jun 2014
Day One of the semi-finals of the GILL Coed National Championship held at the College of St. Mary's in St. Mary's City, MD. Brian Schneider
Today was the first day of the Gill Coed National Championship Semi-Finals, hosted by St. Mary’s College of Maryland. The top 36 collegiate sailing teams in the nation reported to the regatta venue on the St. Mary’s River in St. Mary’s City, Md. to compete for 18 spots in the championship finals, which will begin on Thursday, June fifth.

The semi-finals are divided into two fleets, an Eastern and Western semi-final fleet, each with 18 teams. The top nine teams from each fleet will advance to the finals on Thursday. The sailors are racing on an inner and outer trapezoid course in both FJs and Z420s. Each fleet sails one type of boat one day and swaps boats the next day. Today, the Western fleet sailed in 420s on the outer course and the Eastern in FJs on the inner course.

This morning the skies were mostly sunny with temperatures in the high 70s, rising to the 80s by the afternoon. Clouds and a thunderstorm came through in the late afternoon.



Racing got underway around 9:30 a.m. today, but the winds were light and spotty at around five knots from the southwest and dying. The race officials were able to complete two races in A-division and B-division in both of the fleets this morning, but the wind died out and the sailors went to shore to wait for more breeze.

After trying to get on the water a couple of times this afternoon the breeze never filled in. A thunderstorm came through around 5 p.m. and the race officials were hoping for wind to fill after that, but unfortunately it still did not. By about 7 p.m. the officials called the racing for the day and they will try again tomorrow.

After the few races today in really light conditions Yale University is in the lead in the Western fleet and Georgetown University is in the lead in the Eastern fleet. Yale did not place out of the top three in either division today and Georgetown got three firsts and a sixth place finish.



'We had two great starts today and we didn’t get too trapped at the edges,' Bill Healy says, assistant coach for Yale. Despite the wind forecast for tomorrow predicting more light air, Healy says, 'We are not worried about tomorrow. We had two great races today.'

Sailing for Yale is: Graham Landy '15 with Katherine Gaumond '15 in A-division and Ian Barrows '17 with Meredith Megarry '17 in B-division.

'Today was mostly about straight line boat speed,' Mike Callahan says, head coach for Georgetown. 'We were happy to not have a bad finish,' he says. With so few races completed today and a final championship still to go Callahan says, 'You don’t want to dial it back [in this portion of the event], but you need to balance not taking too many risks.'

Sailing for Georgetown is: Nevin Snow '16 with Katia DaSilva '15 in A-division and Alex Post '15 with Bettina Redway '16 in B-division.

There are still 16 races to sail in both A and B-division in each fleet. The first warning for racing is at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow. No race can start after 5 p.m.



Top Nine Teams Eastern Semi-Final, Day 1:
1. Georgetown University, 9
2. Connecticut College, 10
3. U.S. Naval Academy, 16
4. College of Charleston, 18
5. Dartmouth College, 23
6. Tufts University, 28
7. University of California at Santa Barbara, 35*
8. Stanford University, 35*
9. U.S. Coast Guard Academy, 35*
* Head-to-head tiebreaker

Top Nine Teams Western Semi-Final, Day 1:
1. Yale University, 8
2. Bowdoin College, 18
3. Brown University, 21
4. University of Hawaii, 22
5. St. Mary’s College of Maryland, 24
6. Old Dominion University, 25*
7. University of South Florida, 25*
8. Harvard University, 29
9. Eckerd College, 32
* Number of high-place (1) finishes

Gary Jobson and Chris Love will be filming portions of the Championships for an ESPNU segment, which will initially air on July 13.

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. Visit website to learn more.

 Complete Results:

Gill National Champs first round-East:

Score summary

      School Team A   B   TOT
  1 Georgetown Hoyas 2   7   9
  2 Connecticut College Camels 7   3   10
  3 Navy Midshipmen 8   8   16
  4 Charleston Cougars 9   9   18
  5 Dartmouth Big Green 15   8   23
  6 Tufts Jumbos 17   11   28
* 7 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos 20   15   35
* 8 Stanford Cardinal 17   18   35
* 9 Coast Guard Bears 22   13   35
  10 Pennsylvania Quakers 14   23   37
  11 Michigan Wolverines 12   26   38
** 12 Virginia Wahoos 20   23   43
** 13 Wisconsin Badgers 20   23   43
  14 Jacksonville Dolphins 30   23   53
  15 Oregon State Beavers 32   30   62
  16 UW Milwaukee Panthers 29   35   64
  17 Texas A&M Galveston Aggies 33   32   65
  18 New College New College 35   35   70
Sym. Explanation
* Head-to-head tiebreaker
** Number of high-place (8) finishes

 Gill National Champs first round-West:

Score summary

      School Team A   B   TOT
  1 Yale Bulldogs 5   3   8
  2 Bowdoin Polar Bears 14   4   18
  3 Brown Bears 15   6   21
  4 Hawaii Rainbows 10   12   22
  5 St. Mary's Seahawks 14   10   24
* 6 Old Dominion Monarchs 8   17   25
* 7 South Florida Bulls 7   18   25
  8 Harvard Crimson 5   24   29
  9 Eckerd Tritons 18   14   32
  10 Fordham Rams 23   15   38
  11 Boston College Eagles 16   28   44
  12 Washington College Shoremen 29   20   49
  13 Minnesota Gophers 26   24   50
  14 CSU Long Beach 49ers 27   25   52
  15 Tulane Green Wave 31   28   59
  16 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 30   32   62
  17 Washington Huskies 32   31   63
  18 Clemson Tigers 32   32   64
Sym. Explanation
* Number of high-place (1) finishes

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