Women's Sailing Places Seventh at ICSA Women's National Championship
May 29, 2007
For the second consecutive year, Boston College finished seventh at the ICSA Women's National Championship. The event was held at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., from May 23-25.
St. Mary's captured first place, followed by College of Charleston and Stanford in second and third place. Navy, Harvard and Cal-Irvine rounded out the top six.
The Eagles were led by sophomores Martha Pitt and Lily Beck, who sailed to seventh in A division in the 16-race regatta. Senior Rebecca Mergenthaler and junior Mallory Fontenot split B division with sophomore Lauren Gillooly and junior Emily Flint. The four combined to take eighth in the division.
The Eagles entered the championship ranked sixth in the nation, after having finished third at the conference championships.
Head Coach Greg Wilkinson expressed his pride in the team's accomplishments.
"Our women's team rallied this spring after losing our top skipper," Wilkinson said. "That was not easy on anyone, and it was a real team effort just to get to nationals this year. We would have loved to finish in the top 5, but we are happy with our result. We were the second NEISA Conference finisher and we had our first women's All-American honoree since 2002."
For full results, go to: http://www.collegesailing.org/nas/spring07/results.asp?RegattaID=201
At the conclusion of the championship, Pitt gained ICSA All-America honorable-mention accolades. Just one month ago, Pitt had received All-Conference honors, along with teammates Leigh Kempton and Emily Flint. Pitt is the first BC women's skipper to gain All-Americas status since current Olympic hopeful Carrie Howe '03 received honorable-mention honors in both 2001 and 2002.
Results A B Total
1. St. Mary's 62 70 132
2. Charleston 110 66 176
3. Stanford 101 103 204
4. Navy 124 92 216
5. Harvard 107 112 219
6. UC-Irvine 85 142 227
7. Boston College 121 138 259
8. Tufts 154 126 280
9. Boston University 120 168 288
10. Georgetown 147 155 302
11. Wisconsin 170 136 306
12. Dartmouth 167 141 308
13. Old Dominion 180 181 361
14. William Smith 216 158 374
15. Michigan 208 237 445
16. U of South Florida 244 203 447
17. U of Washington 212 246 458
18. U of Texas 208 263 471
