Boston College Eagles Triumph in Dramatic Fashion, snatching 2008 ICSA Women's National Championship Title from Brown University in Final Race.
Skipper Leigh Kempton sailing with Emily Flint help secure the win with three bullets in four races. Martha Pitt and Lily Beck also sailed strong for the Eagles, placing second in their division.
For the Brown Bears, who were leading the Eagles by 2 points with a race to go, this year's finish is bittersweet but full of promise. The Bears will return skippers Charlotte Lipschitz and Elizabeth Barry, along with all but one of the team's crews. Barry proved to be the low point star of the Championships, winning B Division with a total of 68 points. Her last day was her most dominant with four 1st place finishes in four races. Barry is first year at Brown.
Yale finished third as skipper Jane Macky led A Division with a division low 80 points. The Lady Bulldogs had been up by as many 27 during the second day, and led going into Wednesday's final races. But some difficulties in the later races unidid the team, as BC and Brown sharpened their own results to move ahead.
Stanford improved to 4th on the regatta, after sitting outside the top five for the bulk of the event.
Charleston managed to steal into the fifth position amongst a very strong final set.
Women's National Championship 2008 SRU, BR, NYYC May 26-28, 2008
12:56 PM 5-28-08
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 TOT
1 Boston College A 2 5 10 13 9 12 2 4 1 3 4 7 7 3 1 1 1 4 89 Eagles B 3 1 4 7 7 9 10 3 5 2 1 4 1 15 2 5 16 2 97 5 11 25 45 61 82 94 101 107 112 117 128 136 154 157 163 180 186 186
2 Brown University A 10 2 3 10 5 3 10 13 4 8 6 9 3 7 5 5 8 9 120 Bears B 1 4 RDG 8 5 1 2 1 4 5 2 7 3 17 1 1 1 1 68 11 17 24 42 52 56 68 82 90 103 111 127 133 157 163 169 178 188 188
3 Yale University A 6 4 2 4 8 4 8 3 3 2 8 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 80 Bulldogs B 4 3 1 1 1 4 6 5 3 4 OCS 13 4 14 5 4 15 16 122 10 17 20 25 34 42 56 64 70 76 103 121 129 147 156 164 183 202 202
4 Stanford University A 1 9 1 DSQ 15 10 5 2 8 1 5 2 1 1 2 2 5 2 91 Cardinal B 7 5 16 11 10 3 1 4 2 3 9 8 5 8 4 9 6 4 115 8 22 39 69 94 107 113 119 129 133 147 157 163 172 178 189 200 206 206
5 Charleston A 9 11 4 2 4 2 4 6 11 11 9 4 2 6 16 7 3 1 112 Cougars B 6 9 8 10 4 6 7 7 6 6 OCS 1 9 1 6 2 2 3 112 15 35 47 59 67 75 86 99 116 133 161 166 177 184 206 215 220 224 224
6 St. Mary's College A 8 6 5 6 10 5 7 7 7 7 2 6 11 5 14 11 2 17 136 Seahawks B 2 2 3 3 9 8 5 2 1 1 RDG 3 8 7 13 10 3 8 99 10 18 26 35 54 67 79 88 96 104 117 126 145 157 184 205 210 235 235
7 Georgetown A 7 3 9 3 7 13 12 5 10 12 3 3 14 13 15 6 7 6 148 Hoyas B 5 8 2 2 2 2 8 8 8 7 3 9 7 11 7 8 5 5 107 12 23 34 39 48 63 83 96 114 133 139 151 172 196 218 232 244 255 255
8 Tufts University A 4 1 6 1 2 1 1 1 5 4 1 1 15 2 6 15 15 13 94 Jumbos B 12 6 6 5 6 7 11 14 9 DSQ 10 11 12 9 16 7 11 6 177 16 23 35 41 49 57 69 84 98 121 132 144 171 182 204 226 252 271 271
9 Boston University A 14 12 8 7 3 11 6 8 9 10 15 13 13 15 3 17 10 16 190 Terriers B 14 16 DSQ 12 11 11 4 12 7 13 5 2 2 5 3 3 4 11 154 28 56 83 102 116 138 148 168 184 207 227 242 257 277 283 303 317 344 344
10 U of South Florida A 3 7 11 5 13 9 11 11 12 13 12 15 6 12 13 12 12 14 191 Bulls B 11 7 7 9 3 5 3 6 10 9 7 15 14 3 10 15 14 12 160 14 28 46 60 76 90 104 121 143 165 184 214 234 249 272 299 325 351 351
11 Naval Academy A 5 8 7 DSQ 12 7 9 12 6 5 7 11 8 16 7 13 6 5 163 Midshipmans B 16 13 11 14 12 17 13 11 11 14 6 16 10 4 9 12 7 9 205 21 42 60 93 117 141 163 186 203 222 235 262 280 300 316 341 354 368 368
12 U of Wisconsin A 15 16 14 9 11 15 3 9 2 6 10 12 10 11 9 3 11 10 176 Badgers B 8 17 13 15 13 12 16 9 13 10 4 5 11 13 12 13 10 17 211 23 56 83 107 131 158 177 195 210 226 240 257 278 302 323 339 360 387 387
13 Hobart/William Smith A 13 13 16 11 1 6 14 17 15 9 14 16 5 8 17 9 13 8 205 Herons B 10 12 5 6 8 14 17 17 16 11 8 14 15 10 14 16 13 13 219 23 48 69 86 95 115 146 180 211 231 253 283 303 321 352 377 403 424 424
14 Eckerd College A 11 10 12 8 6 8 17 10 DSQ 15 11 10 9 9 8 10 9 7 189 Tritons B 13 11 9 16 16 15 14 15 14 DSQ 11 12 16 12 11 14 12 14 244 24 45 66 90 112 135 166 191 224 258 280 302 327 348 367 391 412 433 433
15 U of Hawaii A 18 DNF 17 14 14 17 15 15 14 17 16 8 17 14 11 16 14 12 268 Rainbows B 9 10 10 13 14 16 9 10 15 12 13 6 13 2 15 6 9 10 192 27 56 83 110 138 171 195 220 249 278 307 321 351 367 393 415 438 460 460
16 Texas A&M University A 17 17 DNF 16 18 18 18 16 16 18 18 17 18 18 18 18 18 15 313 Aggies B 15 RAF 15 4 15 10 12 13 12 8 12 10 6 6 8 11 8 7 191 32 68 102 122 155 183 213 242 270 296 326 353 377 401 427 456 482 504 504
17 Western Washington A 12 15 13 12 16 14 13 14 13 14 13 14 12 10 10 8 16 11 230 Vikings B 17 15 12 18 17 13 15 16 17 15 15 18 17 18 17 18 17 15 290 29 59 84 114 147 174 202 232 262 291 319 351 380 408 435 461 494 520 520
18 Northwestern A 16 14 15 15 17 16 16 18 17 16 17 18 16 17 12 14 17 18 289 Wildcats B 18 14 DNF 17 18 18 18 18 18 16 14 17 18 16 18 17 18 18 310 34 62 96 128 163 197 231 267 302 334 365 400 434 467 497 528 563 599 599
A division = 18 Races
TOT 1. Yale University 80 Jane Macky '09 Marla Menninger '10 1-2,5-10 Sarah Lihan '10 3-4,11,12 2. Boston College 89 Leigh Kempton '09 Emily Flint '08 3. Stanford University 91 Evan Brown '08 Kelly McKenna '10 13- HBurroughs '11 1-12 4. Tufts University 94 Kaity Storck '08 Lyndsay Gibbons-Neff '08 5. Charleston 112 Allison Blecher '10 CMurray '10 1-2,5,6,13 HWatt '11 3,4,7-12 6. Brown University 120 Charolotte Lipschitz '10 All Meris Tombari '08 All 7. St. Mary's College 136 Adrienne Patterson '08 KWilbur '10 5-6,13 JChamberlin '09 1-4,7-12,14 8. Georgetown 148 Blaire Herron '08 L Fogwell '085- 9. Naval Academy 163 Charolette Hill '08 All Mary Hessler '09 1-14 10. U of Wisconsin 176 Patti Schmidt '08 Beccah Steffensen '08 11. Eckerd College 189 Cara Vavolotis '10 All Meghan Mahoney '10 1-12 LDallman-Weiss '11 13-14 12. Boston University 190 Janel Zarkowsky '09 KSullivan '081,2,5-1 BMalloy '10 3,4,11,12 13. U of South Florida 191 Kim Witkowski '09 Liz Foy '08 1-11,14 CSayler '11 12-13 14. Hobart/William Smith 205 Kelly Crane'11 Kate Wilson '08 1,2,13-14 SYuskaitis '11 3-12 15. Western Washington 230 Molly Jackson '09 Katie Bury '09 16. U of Hawaii 268 Rebecca Mabardy '09 All DBaldwin '10 1,2,11-14 EMagee 3-10 17. Northwestern 289 Liz Hines '09 All Teresa Fox '09 1-12 HKnowlton '11 13-14 18. Texas A&M University 313 Andrea Rodriquez '11 Danielle Ram'11 1-6 MDominguez '09 7-10
B division = 18 Races
TOT 1. Brown University 68 Elizabeth Barry '11 Maria Mahlen-Haug '09 Jenny Adler '11 2. Boston College 97 Martha Pitt '09 Lily Beck '09 3. St. Mary's College 99 Sara Morgan Watters '10 SFlowe '10 3-4,7-12 MFarrar '08 1-2,5-6,13-14 4. Georgetown 107 Emily Babbitt '09 CJohnson '10 SBrodie '09 JLoeks '08 5. Charleston 112 Shannon Heausler '10 Dani Neri '08 Kathryn Metscher '10 6. Stanford University 115 Taylor Grimes '09 Sarah Schoknecht '08 7. Yale University 122 Kate Hagemann '09 Elizabeth Brim '11 13,14 Rebecca Jackson '10 1-12 8. Boston University 154 Anna Miniutti '10 SWhalen'10 1-8,11- EKilcline '08 9-10 9. U of South Florida 160 Rachael Silverstein '11 ALandes '09 14 DSmith '11 1-13 10. Tufts University 177 Meghan Pesch '11 1-6,9-12 CSwanson '11 7-8,13- MGinley '08 1-6 CStarr '08 7-8,13 PTautz 9-12,14 11. Texas A&M University 191 Christine Barbour '10 Merafi Doniaguez '10 Jill Noack '09 12. U of Hawaii 192 Hannah Tuson-Turner '11 All JMcLoughin1,2,5,6 PMagasim 11-14 DHall 3,4,7-10 13. Naval Academy 205 Trisha Kutkiewicz '09 ALL ETaynor '10 7-10,13,14 KAdler '09 1-6,11-12 14. U of Wisconsin 211 Christine Porter '11 Joanna Clark '11 Allie Valentor '10 15. Hobart/William Smith 219 Caroline Patten '11 EPelo '10 1,2,9,10,13,14 LLark '11 3-8,11,12 16. Eckerd College 244 Charolette Dorris '11 ALL LDallman-Weiss '11 1-6 MShuman-Goodier '11 7-12 17. Western Washington 290 Katie Stephens '10 Calla Ward '10 Mallory Abston '10 18. Northwestern 310 Erin Miller '08 All MLaitos '09 1-8,11-12 ASnyder '10 9-10,13-14
