Bermudian Sailor Helps Team To 3rd Place Finish
Bermudian sailor Katrina Williams helped Old Dominion University reach the podium recently at the Women’s National Championships. The Old Dominion (ODU) women’s sailing team finished third in the 2010 Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) Women’s National Championship this week.
The first and second-place B-Division finish by senior skipper Katrina Williams [from Pembroke, Bermuda] and freshman crew Shannon Wilkins propelled ODU into a tie for third in the final standings.
The Lady Monarchs took home third-place though because they held the tiebreaker over Tufts. The ODU Women capped off a stellar year with solid performance Friday, netting a first and second-place finish in the only two races sailed. Light wind conditions, which proved to be a major issue in the semi-finals earlier in the week, once again plagued the 18-team field. The College of Charleston won the ICSA Women’s National Championship for the second time in five years, by a convincing 25-point margin over 2008 winner Boston College.
The Cougars, with 84 points, bested the Eagles, who had 109 points after 20 races. ODU ended with 131 points. With the two stellar races Friday, Williams and Wilkins claimed second in the B-Division with 53 points. Junior skipper Stephanie Roble and sophomore crew Emily Reich finished fifth in the A-Division with 78 points.
Hosted by the University of Wisconsin on Lake Mendota in Madison, the ICSA Womens Championship consisted of the top 18 intercollegiate teams in the U.S. and was sailed in 420 dinghies.
