April 20, 2004

King's Point, New York: Competing in the annual Admiral's Cup Regatta at the US Merchant Marine Academy the Cardinal Coed sailors earned 4th behind top-ranked teams from Harvard, St.Mary's of Maryland and Dartmouth. Admiral's Cup is the last major intersectional event before the National Championship. Over the course of the two day event, 18 races were held in each of three fleets. The Stanford Sailors, who have seen their national ranking drop to 8th in recent weeks, were happy to put together a strong finish.

The highlight of the regatta was freshman Emery Wager's third place in the singlehanded C Division. "Wager has come a long way this year," commented Coach Kehoe, "he came in as an amazing sailor, and after this year of training, he's become a great college sailor." Over the course of the event, Wager's scores improved to keep the Cardinal points ahead of 5th place Georgetown.

The second highpoint of the regatta had to be the expertise of Stanford's crews. In this regatta, the A and B Divisions sail two types of doublehanded boats- Vanguard 15's and FJ's, switching after race 9 in the 18 race event. In a strategic move to exploit the talents of each crew, Coach Kehoe sailed senior Taylor Clark in the V15 all weekend, and junior Lucy Horton in the FJ. "Our women are incredibly versatile, and were able to adjust to each skipper's sailing style easily." Sailing in the back of the boats, skippering for these talented crews were sophomore Brian Haines in A Division, and junior Peter Deming in B Division.

ADMIRALS CUP FINAL SCORES  A    B    C  TOT
 1. Harvard               100  112   52  264
 2. St. Mary's            120  114  127  361
 3. Dartmouth             158  117   89  364
 4. Stanford              158  137  104  399
 5. Georgetown            155  133  114  402
 6. Brown                 113  117  189  419
 7. Hobart/WmSmith        182  115  135  432
 8. Tufts                 140  164  134  438
 9. Boston College        114  146  181  441
10. Old Dominion          152  139  160  451
11. USMMA-Kings Point     129  129  224  482
12. Navy                  190  177  122  489
13. Charleston            176  209  159  544
14. Roger Williams        270  196  142  608
15. Washington College    178  246  292  716
16. Mass. Maritime        200  265  299  764
17. Cornell               248  253  282  783
18. Michigan State        284  310  276  870

Cascade Locks, Oregon: April 17-18, U Washington and Western Washington hosted the Rainier Cup in "The Gorge." Stanford earned 5th overall at this test event for the 2004 Dinghy, Women's and Team Race Nationals. "Current played a huge factor in the racing," Commented COach Brent Harrill,"Our Stanford players figured out the current early, giving them a huge advantage." Sailing on the Stanford team: A Div, Liz Rountree and Julie Pitts, B Div, Andy Mesher and Haley Champion. Earning 10th overall, Sailing for the Stanford Women: Ashley Frush and Jo Madsen in A Div, Liz Shearer and Margia Corner in B Div. "We hope to be back here in June for all three disciplines at the Nationals in June," added Harrill.

Rainier Cup FINAL RESULTS   A    B  TOT
 1. USC                    76   39  115
 2. Hawaii                 62   67  129
 3. Washington             55   85  140
 4. Hawaii Women          101   62  163
 5. Stanford               89   82  171
 6. USC Women              79   94  173
 7. Old Dominion           99   76  175
 8. UCSB                  101   83  184
 9. TAMUG                 105   89  194
10. Stanford Women        114  108  222
11. Washington Women      101  149  250
12. Western Wash.         124  162  286
13. Portland State        155  144  299
14. Oregon                148  163  311
15. Western Wash. Women   190  175  365
16. Oregon Women          210  223  433
17. Lewis and Clark       210  247  457
18. Linfield              228  247  475

This weekend, the 8th ranked Stanford Women's Team travels to U Hawaii to compete against the other Pacific Coast Teams for a berth at the National CHampionships (to be held at Cascade Locks, May 26-28). The 10th ranked Coed and Team Race Teams will battle for a similar berth to Nationals (Cascade Locks, May 30-June 4) at the PCC's hosted by Stanford April 30 and May 1-2.