Sailors from Hobart/William Smith Colleges (HWS) are trying to make the magic work for the second time in less than a week. After winning the ICSA/Layline Team Race Championship on Lake Travis earlier this week, four of The Colleges sailors have moved on to the ICSA/Gill North American Coed Dinghy Championship which is in its second day of racing for the championship title. A steady south-southeasterly started out in the mid-teens this morning and built to 17 knots by late afternoon by which time both A- and B-Division racers had sailed 8 races.

The Colleges were second overall after yesterday’s six races in each division thanks to the work of A-Division graduating senior John Storck (Huntington, N.Y.) with sophomore crew Amanda Markee (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.), and B-Division sophomore skipper Trevor Moore (Pomfret, Vt.) with junior crew Augusta Nadler (Marion, Mass.). Although Storck and Markee slipped a little today, picking up a pair of nines and a 14 along the way, Moore and Nadler came on strong with bullets in races 11 and 12. When the overall scoring was calculated, HWS had moved into the series lead with 161 points. The University of Hawaii Rainbows, defending champions and early leader, slipped down to third overall on 172 points.

In an interesting twist on rivalry, Dartmouth College moved from third to second overall on the strength of a consistent performance by their A-Division team led by sophomore skipper Erick Storck (Huntington, N.Y.) - younger sibling to HWS skipper John. With senior Clementine James (Easton, Md.) and sophomore Jimmy Attridge (Annapolis, Md.) crewing, Dartmouth stands first in A-Division with 63 points. The efforts of skippers Peter Fleming (Portsmouth, R.I.), a graduating senior, and junior Andrew Loe (Baton Rouge, La.) with senior Elisabeth Kreter (Severna Park, Md.) and junior Todd Whitehead (Huntington, N.Y.) placed the Big Green sixth in B-Division with 104 points for a combined total of 167 points in the overall standings.

Four races remain to be sailed tomorrow, Friday, June 10, on Lake Travis to wrap up the ICSA/Gill North American Coed Dinghy Championships. For complete results, visit: http://collegesailing.org/nas/spring05/index.htm

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