Sperry Women's Western Semifinal

Summary

Tuesday, May 27:

The 2014 Sperry Top-Sider College Sailing Women's National Championship began on a beautiful and warm day in Annapolis with the winds blowing out of the West at 5-10 knots. The Western Semifinal began the regatta sailing FJs. The course was set off Triton Point near the entrance to Annapolis Harbor. All races were W4 courses. Even though the West is one of the most challenging directions to race from in Annapolis, PRO Gary Bodie and his team of volunteers did a terrific job of getting off quality races all day. Assisting Gary on the Race Committee were Taran Teague, Pat Dawson, Dan Corzenwitz, Jim Wojcik, Frieda Wildey, Bob Gebbia and members of the Navy Sailing Team. The light and shifting winds forced numerous course adjustments, but Gary and his team were on top of things all day. Don Becker and his judge team of Morgan Wilson, Dick Morin and Maureen Mills kept the competitors honest all day on the water. Approaching thunderstorms forced the RC to end the day at 5:30 PM after race 6B.

Wednesday, May 28:

On the Second day of competition, racing began right on time off Triton Point again in a Westerly. The Western Semifinal switched to sailing the new Z420s for Wednesday's racing. The skies were more overcast this day however and the temperature was cooler, with a few rain showers. After the first set, the wind shifted Northwest and the course was moved into the Severn River off the Robert Crown Center. The wind was light, 3-8 knots all day and variable, forcing numerous course changes again. PRO Bodie kept his team busy again shifting the boats and the marks throughout the day to stay ahead of the changing conditions. On this day most races were W4 courses, but a few W3 and W5 courses were used in the second races of some of the sets. After race 10B, the wind got really light and shifted 160 degrees to the East. After a quick course adjustment, races 11A and 11B were completed to close out the event just before the cutoff time. One protest was filed on land and later withdrawn.

Congratulations to the top 9 teams who advanced on to the final round of the 2014 Sperry Top-Sider College Sailing Women's National Championship.

After racing, competitors were treated to a regatta dinner in Dahlgren Hall at the Naval Academy. At the dinner, Scott Ikle from Hobart and William Smith Colleges was awarded the Graham Hall award for outstanding service by a college sailing professional. His team also won the US Sailing grit award for finishing ninth int eh Eastern Semifinal along with Wisconsin from the Western.

Score summary

SchoolTeamABTOT
1YaleBulldogs442569
2DartmouthBig Green365692
3Coast GuardBears5052102
4CharlestonCougars5555110
5NavyMidshipmen8547132
6HawaiiRainbows6488152
7BowdoinPolar Bears6990159
8South FloridaBulls9964163
9WisconsinBadgers7889167
10CornellBig Red8584169
11FordhamRams8090170
12Western WashingtonVikings124131255
13Texas A&MAggies133133266
14IowaHawkeyes153151304

Score history

The following chart shows the relative rank of the teams as of the race indicated. Note that the races are ordered by number, then division, which may not represent the order in which the races were actually sailed.

The first place team as of a given race will always be at the top of the chart. The spacing from one team to the next shows relative gains/losses made from one race to the next. You may hover over the data points to display the total score as of that race.

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