April 12, 2005

San Francisco, Calif. - This year's St Francis Regatta drew a record 31 college sailing teams from across the country to sail in the legendary waters of San Francisco Bay this past week end. For the 13th year in a row, Stanford and St. Francis Yacht Club co-hosted the popular event.

Conditions were perfect for the two-day event. Both Saturday and Sunday were classic SF Bay conditions, with breeze building from 6-15 knots thru each day. Over the two days, 12 races were held in each division.

Sailing for Stanford, sophomores Emery Wager and Becca Levin made their first appearance in A-Division. The duo sailied a very consistent regatta, but ended up 3rd to UCI's Frank Tybor and USC sailor/Olympic hopeful Mikee Mitterling. In B-Division, freshman skipper Eddie Conrad and junior crew Anna Vu sailed a solid day Saturday, ending the day third in B. On Sunday, seniors Pete Deming and Lucy Horton took over B-Division for the Cardinal, ending the regatta with first place in B.

The Cardinal Coed Sailors spent the majority of the regatta in 2nd place overall, ahead of 4th-ranked USC. In the last set of B races, USC had a string of better finishes, to pull them three points ahead of Stanford.

Sailing for Stanford's 4-ranked Women's team, freshman Evan Brown and Mariana Beardsworth started in A-Division. Sophomores Caroline Young and Alexa Binns sailed B-Division. The Stanford Women were 7th overall after Saturday. On Sunday, Seniors Liz Rountree and Julie Pitts subbed into A-Division, and were able to better the women's overall performance to 5th overall.

Professional Photos of the event by Chris Ray: www.shutterfly.com/pro/crayivp/colleger"

The Stanford Coeds head to New York this weekend to compete in the Admiral's Cup at the US Marchant Marine Academy at King's Point. Twenty of the nation's top teams are scheduled to attend.

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