St Marys Get the Win

St. Mary’s College of Maryland won the 2002 Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) / Gill North American Coed Dinghy Championship with 203 points.

Harvard entered the final B-division set with a two-point lead over St. Mary’s, with Hawaii another two points back. After race 17B, St. Mary’s took a three-point lead over Harvard. At the start of 18B, the final race, both St. Mary’s and Harvard started prematurely and had to return to restart. St. Mary’s B-division team, senior Brent Jansen (Weston, Mass.) and junior Galen Largay (Woodbury, Ct.) battled back to a seventh place finish to clinch the regatta. Jansen and Largay won the B-division. St’ Mary’s, junior Danny Pletsch (Sarasota, Fla.) and sophomore Jen Vandemoer (Centerville, Mass.) placed second in A-division. Junior Dave Perkowski (Toms River, N.J.) crewed for Pletsch in two races in day one.

Final results:
1. St. Mary’s ,112, 91, 203pts
2. Harvard, 113, 97, 210 pts
3. Hawaii, 80, 139, 219 pts
4. Old Dominion, 127, 103, 230 pts
5. Boston College, 130, 107, 237 pts
6. Charleston 117, 124, 241 pts
7. Tufts 129, 124, 253 pts
8. Dartmouth 141, 120, 261 pts
9. Stanford 140, 137, 277 pts
10. Yale 152, 156, 308 pts