May 26, 2006

CHARLESTON, SC. - The Old Dominion University women's sailors placed 14th at the Intercollegiate Sailing Association's (ICSA) national championships. After 18 races in both A and B division, ODU compiled 395 points. Host College of Charleston was crowned national champion with 207 total points.

Sailing A division for ODU were skipper Cara DiSanti (Seacliff, NY.), and crew Alissa Ayres (Trenton, NJ.), Jaci Finney (Hampton, Va.) and Jenica Ryan. They placed 14th with 194 total points. Alana O'Reilly and Susan Lintern of the College of Charleston won A division with 98 points.

Sailing B division for ODU were Mo Castruccio (Pleasanton, CA) and Elyssa Albert (Leesburg, VA.). They tallied 201 points for 13th spot. Taylor Grimes and Becca Levinson of Stanford won the division with 97 points.

ICSA Women's National Championships College of Charleston May 24 - 26, 2006

                                 FINAL RESULTS
        A division = 18 Races     B division = 18 Races
                            A    B  TOT
 1. Charleston             98  109  207
 2. Georgetown            144  105  249
 3. St. Mary's            150  108  258
 4. Stanford              162   97  259
 5. Dartmouth             162  118  280
 6. Navy                  144  143  287
 7. Boston College        139  161  300
 8. Harvard               135  169  304
 9. South Florida         168  145  313
10. Hobart                121  206  327
11. Tufts                 146  195  341
12. Hawaii                186  167  353
13. Yale                  219  148  367
14. Old Dominion          194  201  395
15. Texas                 179  238  417
16. Wisconsin             265  224  489
17. Michigan              210  291  501
18. Washington            259  256  515
ODU BOATS
A Division: Cara DiSanti, Alissa Ayres, Jaci Finney and Jenica Ryan 14th (194 pts)
B: Division: Mo Castruccio and Elyssa Albert  13th (201 pts)