Nov. 23, 2003

ST. PETERSBURG, FL - Junior Anna Tunnicliffe (Perrysburg, OH) made history Sunday afternoon in the waters off Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL by winning her second consecutive Intercollegiate Sailing Association/Vanguard Women's Singlehanded Championship and Janet Lutz Trophy, with 47 points. Tunnicliffe is the first sailor ever to win two consecutive women's singlehanded championships and the win gives the ODU sailing program its 14th national title. Her nearest competitor was Harvard's Genny Tulloch, who had 74 points.

"Anna had a really good regatta," ODU Sailing Head Coach Mitch Brindley said. "She was solid throughout and she held the lead during the entire event."

ODU has now won 31 individual and team national championships.

ICSA/Vanguard Women's Singlehanded Championship:
1.  Anna Tunnicliffe, Old Dominion		47
2.  Genny Tulloch, Harvard			74
3.  Sloan Devlin, Harvard			97
4.  Jennie Philbrick, Harvard			106
5.  Alexa Bestoso, Navy				115
6.  Julie Papanek, Yale				115
7.  Anne Davidson, Brown			116
8.  Katie Clausen, USC				121
9.  Sara Wilkinson, Charleston			130
10. Jenny Gervais, St. Mary's			132
11. Christina Falcone, Michigan			135
12. Nathalia Mulhem, Texas			150
13. Ashley Frush, Stanford			153
14. Jeanne Herman, Charleston			163
15. Lindsay Allen, St. Thomas			175
16. Hayley Siegenthaler, Washington		212