USF sails past UF to make the Nationals

[twillybull]

exciting

If you're sailing on the boat it is absolutely exciting.  It takes abs of steel, good strength and endurance, balance and quick thinking to be successfull in sailboat racing.  Dinghy racers need to be well versed in swimming too!  > 

[Mama_Bull]

USF finished in 10th place in the Women's National Championship. Considering that USF wasn't even ranked coming into the event, that's a pretty good showing. Nice to see we finished ahead of the US Naval Academy.  ;D 

[twillybull]

USF finished in 10th place in the Women's National Championship. Considering that USF wasn't even ranked coming into the event, that's a pretty good showing. Nice to see we finished ahead of the US Naval Academy.  ;D 

Not a bad showing at all! GO BULLS BEAT THOSE SQUIDS!!! 

Hey Mama, do you know if/when the coed Nationals are?  Any chance USF will make it? 

[Mama_Bull]

USF finished in 10th place in the Women's National Championship. Considering that USF wasn't even ranked coming into the event, that's a pretty good showing. Nice to see we finished ahead of the US Naval Academy.  ;D 

Not a bad showing at all! GO BULLS BEAT THOSE SQUIDS!!! 

Hey Mama, do you know if/when the coed Nationals are?  Any chance USF will make it? 

USF made all three of their national championships, including that one.

ICSA/Gill Coed Dinghy National Championship

(Henry A. Morse Trophy)

June 2-4, 2008 http://nyyc.org/collegenationals/

http://www.collegesailing.org/nas/spring08/coedresults.asp

[Mama_Bull]

TAMPA -- The University of South Florida women's sailing team finished in 10th place at the 2008 ICSA Women's National Championship in Newport, Rhode Island.

Hosted jointly by Brown University and Salve Regina, the conditions were excellent for the Bulls on the final day of competition.  The winds were varying from 22 knots down to 5 knots.

USF sailors came into the championship unranked but were able to post a showing that impressed their head coach.

Complete Standings | May 27 Recap | Championship Blog

“With four freshmen, two juniors, and only one senior at Nationals, the team should have some very competitive years in the future,†said USF head coach Allison Jolly.  “We are happy with the results and the way we represented the University of South Florida the last three days.â€Â

The Bulls finished with 351 points.  The 2008 Championship went to Boston College with a combined low score of 189.

USF, St. Mary’s, Stanford and College of Charleston were the only schools to finish in the top-10 that are not located in the Northeast.  USF was the only school from Florida in the championship.

Kim Witkowski ('09) sailed with Liz Foy ('08), Christine Sayler ('11), and Diana Cabili ('11) to finish 13th in A division. 

Rachael Silverstein ('11) sailed with Darby Smith ('11), Ash Landes ('09), and Christine Sayler ('11) to finish 9th in B division. The work was Silverstein was the second best among all freshman skippers.

Of the 30 schools taking to the water in Newport, only eight qualified to compete in all three events: Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Mass.), Brown University (Providence, R.I.), College of Charleston (Charleston, S.C.), Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.), St. Mary’s College (St. Mary’s City, Md.), Stanford University (Palo Alto, Calif.), USF (St. Petersburg, Fla.), and the University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wisc.).

The Bulls will also compete in the ICSA/APS Team Race National Championship May 30-June 1 and the ICSA/Gill National Championship June 2-4.

Finals Results:

1. Boston College

2. Brown University

3. Yale University   

4. Stanford University

5. College of Charleston   

6. St. Mary's College 

7. Georgetown

8. Tufts University   

9. Boston University 

10. University of South Florida 

11. Naval Academy     

12. U of Wisconsin     

13. Hobart/William Smith

14. Eckerd College     

15. U of Hawaii         

16. Texas A&M University A

17. Western Washington 

18. Northwestern   

http://www.gousfbulls.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7700&ATCLID=1475208

[Ricky the Bull]

USF in 8th after day one. Pretty good showing....GO BULLS

Hey, I'm in Boston.  How far am I away from this event?  How do you watch a sailing event...doesn't it cover a bunch of area???

GO BULLS!!!

I'll be in Boston (Newton, actually) next week.  Maybe one evening for a beer or three?

[Mama_Bull]

Team Races start today.

ICSA/APS Team Race National Championship

(Walter C. Wood Trophy)

May 30-June 1, 2008

Follow the results at:

http://www.collegesailing.org/nas/spring08/teamraceresults.asp

[Mama_Bull]

USF finished 9th overall in the team competition. Too bad we just missed playing in the top 8 round robin in the first round as we then went 5-0 in our bracket.

Final Results

Place Team Record

1 Boston College 14-3

2 Georgetown 11-6

3 Charleston 9-8

4 Brown 8-9

5 Harvard 7-7

6 St. Mary's 7-7

7 Stanford 4-10

8 Navy 2-11

9 South Florida 5-0

10 USC 4-1

11 Wisconsin 3-2

12 U/Washington 2-3

13 Texas 1-4

14 Notre Dame 0-5

Next up is the coed championship which begins today.

http://www.collegesailing.org/nas/spring08/coedresults.asp

Later Edit: USF placed 12th in the coed championship.