June 3, 2005

AUSTIN, TX--The Old Dominion women's sailing finished fourth with 194 points after 14 races at the ICSA (Intercollegiate Sailing Association) North American National Championships held at the Austin Yacht Club on Lake Travis. Harvard captured the title with 160. ODU's A Division boat of Anna Tunnicliffe (Perrysburg, OH.) and Emily Bartlett (Annapolis,MD.) won that Division with 72 points, eight points ahead of Harvard's Genny Tulloch and Emily Simon.

Tunnicliffe and Bartlett finished racing with two firsts, four seconds and three thirds In 14 races.

The B Division boat sailed by Jennifer Adams(, Maureen Castruccio (Pleasanton, CA.), and Cara Disanti(Seacliff, NY.) combined for 122 points and eighth place. They completed competition with one first, two seconds and a fourth in 14 races. Stanford's Caroline Young and Rene Levin won B Division with 70 points. ODU returns to action on June 8th when they compete for the Co-Ed Dinghy National Championship in Austin.

ICSA WOMEN'S SAILING NORTH AMERICAN
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (Final Results)
Austin Yacht Club-Lake Travis
1. Harvard			80-80=160
2. Charleston			98-84=182
3. Georgetown			100-90-190
4. ODU			        72-122=194
5. Conn.College 		84-117=201
6. Dartmouth			120-89=209
7. Stanford			144-70=214
8. Yale				106-109=215
9. Brown			 98-127=225
10. Navy			102-124=226
11. St. Mary's			 111-140=251
12. Eckerd	.		 170-130=300
13. Hobart WM Smith		 161-161=322
14. Wisconsin			 195-149=344
15. Southern Cal.		 211-150=361
16. Minnesota			 138-223-361
17. Texas A&M Galveston	         191-213=404
18. Washington		         216-222=438
ODU Boats
A-Division: Tunnicliffe and Bartlett  1st (72 pts)
B-Division: Castruccio, Adams 8th (122 pts)