Sailing Finishes Fourth at ICSA Women’s National Championship

Thursday, May 20

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ICSA Women's National Championships

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Sailing Finishes Fourth at ICSA Women’s National Championship

5/20/2021 5:41:00 PM | Women's Sailing, Coed Sailing

Results

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Brown University sailing placed fourth at the 2021 ICSA Women's National Championship behind a score of 224, moving up two spots on Thursday on the second and final day of competition on the Severn River.

Racing for the Gerald C. Miller Trophy at the two-day, single round robin event hosted by Navy, the Bears moved from sixth place after day one into fourth as the Bears' A division entry vaulted from ninth to seventh, and the team's B division boat maintained its positioning in second place over the course of the regatta's 16 race rotations.

In the team standings, Brown trailed third-place Boston College (205) by 19 points, second-place Tulane by 22 points, and first-place College of Charleston (201) by 23 points. The Bears topped fifth-place Stanford (232) by eight points and bested 13 other schools in the 18-team field.

After standing in ninth place in its division after day one, Brown's A division boat moved into seventh with a final score of 133. The entry came in first in races 13A and 15A on day two as a part of that effort. Junior Olivia Belda (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and senior Annabelle Hutchinson (Annapolis, Md.) represented Brown in the A division.

The Bears' B division boat held steady in second place in its division over both days, finishing with a score of 91. The boat came in first place in race 16B on day two after notching first-place finishes in races 5B and 9B on day one. Sophomore Caroline Bayless (Annapolis, Md.) and junior Maddy McGrath (San Diego, Calif.) competed for Brown in the B division.

Junior Madeleine Montagner (Boston, Mass.), junior Emma Montgomery (Winthrop, Mass.), and senior Elizabeth Rolfes (Bainbridge Island, Wash.) served the Bears as reserves.

Brown qualified for the women's national championship after winning the New England Championship on April 17. The Bears also captured the NEISA Coed Championship and placed third at the NEISA Team Race Championship, qualifying for nationals based on those results. Brown and Boston College are the only two teams in the NEISA to qualify for all three (women's, coed, team race) spring college sailing national championships.

In program history, Brown has won five ICSA Women's National Championships, coming in 1985, 1988, 1989, 1998, and 2019. Overall, the Bears have finished in the top three at the women's national championships 13 times. That number includes seven runner-up finishes (1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2008, 2016) and one third-place finish in 2015.

Next month, Brown will race at the ICSA Team Race National Championship (June 2-3) and the ICSA Coed National Championship (June 7-8). Both events will also take place in Annapolis, Md.

Team Standings
1. College of Charleston: 201
2. Tulane: 202
3. Boston College: 205
4. Brown: 224
5. Stanford: 232
6. Navy: 254
7. Rhode Island: 261
8. St. Mary's (Md.): 283
9. Tufts: 285
10. Hobart and William Smith: 290
11. Georgetown: 300
12. Old Dominion: 337
13. South Florida: 339
14. George Washington: 365
15. U.S. Coast Guard: 393
16. UC Santa Barbara: 395
17. Jacksonville: 409
18. Texas: 498