March 4, 2002
WC Competes at Two Regattas,
Qualifies for Spring Championships

CHESTERTOWN, MD -- The Washington College sailing team competed in two regattas this past weekend. The team finished eighth in a 10-team field at the Georgetown Team Race with a 5-6 match record. WC's five wins included an upset victory over seventh-ranked Old Dominion. The WC team for the regatta consisted of three skippers - sophomore Mike Buckley (Sandwich, MA/Tabor Academy), freshman Colin Robertson (Annapolis, MD/St. Mary's), and sophomore Nathan St. Onge (Hyannis, MA/Barnstable) - and three crews - senior Lisa Semanick (Baltimore, MD/Western Tech), senior Kristen Samuel (Hudson, OH/Western Reserve Academy), and senior Sarah Corson (Demarest, NJ/The Masters School, NY).

Georgtown University (No. 2 in the nation) won the regatta, followed by St. Mary's College (No. 3) in second and Old Dominon (No. 7) in third.

Meanwhile, at the Old Dominion Open, WC finished seventh in a 16-team field. In A division, senior Simon Day (Middletown, RI/Rocky Hill) and freshman crew Max von Roth (Weston, VT/Long Trail) placed sixth, while in B division freshmen Chad Hillyer (Summit, NJ/Morristown-Beard) and Diane Morrow (Tabernacle, NJ/Shawnee) placed seventh. W.C.'s finish in this regatta was good enough to qualify the team for the Middle Atlantic Spring Championships.

St. Mary's won the Old Dominion Open, followed by host Old Dominion in secondand Navy in third.

Next weekend, the WC sailing team will be in action at the St. Mary's (MD) Team Race.