HARVARD UNIVERSITY TAKES HUGE LEAD DURING SECOND DAY OF 2003 ICSA/GILL NORTH AMERICAN COED DINGHY CHAMPIONSHIP

DETROIT, MICHIGAN (June 9, 2003) - Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.) crushed the competition during the second day of the 2003 Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) / Gill North American Coed Dinghy Championship at Bayview Yacht Club. With 108 points, they have a 48-point lead over second place St. Mary's College's (St. Mary's City, Md.) 156 point tally. University of Hawaii (Honolulu, Hawaii) is in third place with 173 points.

Puffy 12-15 knot winds made for excellent sailing on Lake St. Clair. 8 races were completed in each division today. 14 A-division and 12 B-division races have now been completed. 18 races are planned in each division for the series which ends tomorrow. Sailors have been racing in new Vanguard 420s provided by Vanguard Sailboats (Portsmouth, R.I.), a partner in the ICSA Growth and Development Project. The regatta hosts are the University of Michigan and the Midwest Collegiate Sailing Association.

Harvard University is fresh off winning the ICSA North American Team Racing Championship on Saturday, and is on the verge of winning the school's first dinghy title since 1974. The Crimson placed second in last year's event in Hawaii. Coach Mike O'Connor (Foxboro, Mass.) said his team "had great starts" today as well as "a pretty serious speed advantage." The Crimson posted 8 winning races today, placed second in three more, and are leading both divisions. Senior Clay Bischoff (Miami, Fla.) has sailed with senior Lema Kikuchi (Bethesda, Md.) and sophomore David Darst (Greenwich, Ct.) in the A-division. In B-division, junior Cardwell Potts (New Orleans, La.) has sailed with senior Michelle Yu (Mountain View, Calif.) and junior Diana Rodin (West Roxbury, Mass.)

At press time, a number of protests were still pending from today's racing. Scores will likely change once protests have been settled.

Overall Results after 14 races in A-division and 12 races in B-division
(A + B = Total Points)
1. Harvard University 62 + 46 = 108
2. St. Mary's Coll. MD 80 + 76 = 156
3. Univ. of Hawaii 86 + 87 = 173
4. U. Southern Calif. 102 + 86 = 188
5. Coll. of Charleston 100 + 101 = 201
6. U.S. MMA - KP 116 + 89 = 205
7. Tufts University 102 + 103 = 205
8. Stanford University 138 + 75 = 213
9. Brown University 121 + 102 = 223
10. Hobart/Wm Smith Coll 142 + 86 = 228
11. Boston College 145 + 94 = 239
12. Mass. Inst. Tech 155 + 105 = 260
13. Univ. of Washington 144 + 134 = 278
14. Eckerd College 159 + 169 = 328
15. Univ. of Minnesota 189 + 154 = 343
16. Texas A&M Galveston 179 + 172 = 351
17. Tulane University 173 + 190 = 363
18. Univ. of Wisconsin 205 + 183 = 388

Sixteen teams qualified to sail in the regatta through regional eliminations and two received at-large berths. Teams Entered in the ICSA/Gill North American Coed Dinghy Championship are: Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Mass.), College of Charleston (Charleston, S.C.), Eckerd College (St. Petersburg, Fla.), Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.), Hobart/William Smith Colleges (Geneva, N.Y.), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.), St. Mary's College (St. Mary's City, Md.), Texas A & M Galveston (Galveston, Texas), Tufts University (Medford, Mass.), Tulane University (New Orleans, La.), U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point, N.Y.), University of Hawaii (Honolulu, Hawaii), University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minn.), University of Southern California (Los Angeles, Calif.), University of Washington (Seattle, Wash.), and University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wis.). Brown University (Providence, R.I.) and Stanford University (Stanford, Calif.) were awarded at-large berths.

The 2003 ICSA/Gill North American Dinghy Championship is the last of three ICSA Spring Championships. ICSA has a web site team on location throughout the regatta to provide updated coverage of the events as they happen. In addition to breaking news, the site features complete results, daily wrap-ups, and pictures of the festivities and racing. To catch up on all the latest action, please visit the special 2003 Championships area of the ICSA web site at http://www.collegesailing.org/2003

Full day two results are available at the ICSA Web Site.

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