Preseason Sailing Rankings Released
Annapolis, Md. - The St. Mary's College of Maryland sailing teams will kick off the 2008-09 campaign in the Top 3 as both the coed and women squads were ranked second in Sailing World's Preseason Sailing Rankings as determined by SW's coaches panel: Michael Callahan (Georgetown), Ken Legler (Tufts), and Mike Segerblom (USC).
The Seahawks wrapped up the 2007-08 season with a third-place finish at the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA)/Gill Coed Dinghy Championships and a pair of sixth-place finishes at the ICSA Women's National and the ICSA/APS Team Race National Championships.
In the fall portion of the 2007-08 year, St. Mary's captured the ICSA Sloop National Championships to bring its national title count to 13.
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COED |
Prev. Rank |
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WOMEN |
Prev. Rank |
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1. Boston College |
1 |
1. Charleston |
5 | |
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2. St. Mary's (Md.) |
3 |
2. SMCM |
6 | |
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3. Yale |
10 |
3. Brown |
2 | |
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4. Georgetown |
2 |
4. Yale |
3 | |
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5. Charleston |
4 |
5. Boston College |
1 | |
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6. Vermont |
11 |
6. Georgetown |
7 | |
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7. Roger Williams |
6 |
7. Boston Univ. |
9 | |
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8. South Florida |
13 |
8. Stanford |
4 | |
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9. Harvard |
7 |
9. Harvard |
15 | |
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10. Brown |
5 |
10. Dartmouth |
13 | |
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11. MIT |
9 |
11. South Florida |
10 | |
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12. Stanford |
12 |
12. Old Dominion |
NR | |
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13. Navy |
17 |
13. Rhode Island |
NR | |
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14. USC |
20 |
14. HWS |
14 | |
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15. Connecticut College |
8 |
15. Tufts |
8 | |
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16. Hobart/Wm. Smith |
15 |
Also receiving votes: | ||
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17. Tufts |
NR |
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18. Old Dominion |
NR | |||
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19. NY Maritime |
16 | |||
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20. Hawaii |
NR | |||
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Also receiving votes: Boston Univ., Washington (Md.), Dartmouth | ||||
