February 26, 2006
Washington Sailors Repeat
as WC Team Race Winners

CHESTERTOWN, MD -- The Washington College sailing team won the Washington College Team Race regatta for the second consecutive year this weekend on the Chester River. The regatta was limited to Saturday racing as Sunday's extremely low tides prevented any sailing today.

Washington won the regatta with a 6-1 record. Fourth-ranked Georgetown was second with a 5-2 mark, while New York Maritime was third with a 4-3 record.

Senior skipper Carl Horrocks (Point Pleasant, NJ/Point Pleasant Boro) and freshman crew Derek Packard (Excelsior, MN/Breck), freshman skipper Nick Larmore (Wilmette, IL/New Trier) and sophomore crew Alexandria Starks (Toms River, NJ/Monsignor Donovan), and sophomore skipper Parker Mitchell (Malibu, CA/Malibu), sophomore crew Shri Puri (Bethesda, MD/Bethesda-Chevy Chase), and freshman crew Colleen Kelly (Brick, NJ/Monsignor Donovan) represented Washington in the regatta.

Forty races were sailed on Saturday, mostly in a strong 12-18 knot southwest breeze which died late in the day to 4-6 knots for the last six races. One round robin was completed with 12 races sailed in the second round robin. Since the
second round robin was not completed on Sunday due to the low tides, the final scores represent totals from the first round robin only. Races sailed in the second round robin between tied teams were used as tiebreakers following ICSA regulations.

The 2005 and 2006 Washington College Team Races are the first two team race regattas Washington has ever won.

Next weekend, the WC sailing team will compete at the John Jackson Memorial Team Race at Georgetown.

Team Records
1. Washington College 6-1
2. Georgetown 5-2
3. New York Maritime 4-3
4. Kings Point 4-3
5. Old Dominion 4-3
6. Hampton 4-3
7. Maryland 1-6
8. Army 0-7