Aug. 27, 2012

STANFORD, Calif. - Stanford sailing will begin the fall season with respective rankings of fourth (coed) and eighth (women), according to Sailing World's College Rankings released Monday. Sailing World's college rankings are determined by an open coaches poll.

At the 2012 national championships, the Cardinal finished eighth in both team racing and coed nationals while placing 13th in the women's nationals.

Four student-athletes were earned All-America honors following the 2012 national championships as Kevin Laube and Oliver Toole were named All-American skippers and Kelly Ortel was named an All-American crew member. Skipper Sally Mace also earned All-American accolades.

The Cardinal won an unprecedented six Pacific Coast Collegiate Sailing Conference titles during the 2011-12 season, which was a league first. The Cardinal was one of six teams to compete at all three national championships.

Sailing World's Preseason Poll
Coed			Total Points
1. Georgetown [7]	270
2. Yale [3]		247
3. Charleston [4]	242
4. Stanford		239
5. Roger Williams	208
6. Hobart/Wm. Smith	191
7. Brown		182
8. Boston College	174
9. St. Mary's		154
10. Dartmouth		147
11. Tufts		145
12. Navy		113
13. Harvard		111
14. South Florida	82
15. Old Dominion	73
16. MIT			69
17. Connecticut College	52
18. Boston University	51
19. SUNY Maritime	50
20. Wisconsin		47
Also receiving votes: Miami (Fla.) (26 points),
Rhode Island (23), Vermont (10), Eckerd (9), Cornell (7),
Fordham (5), Bowdoin (4)
Women's		Total Points
1. Yale [10]		201
2. Boston College [2]	150
3. Dartmouth [1]	148
4. Connecticut College	138
5. Georgetown [1]	134
6. Navy			132
7. Brown		114
8. Stanford		111
9. Rhode Island		104
10. Charleston		103
11. St. Mary's		60
12. South Florida	58
13. Harvard		57
14. Tufts		37
15. Eckerd		21
Also receiving votes: Cornell (20 points),
Hobart/Wm. Smith (20), Vermont (12), Bowdoin (11),
Roger Williams (11), Coast Guard (10), Boston University (9),
MIT (4), Old Dominion (4), Hawaii (3)
[X] - denotes first-place votes