Stanford Sailing S t a n f o r d S a i l i n g

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1 Stanford Sailing

2 Stanford Sailing History Stanford sailing will travel to over 30 regattas this year, from San Diego to Seattle, from Austin to Rhode Island. The team practices at least twice a week in the San Francisco Bay and the athletes receive the tutelage of two full-time coaches with international experience. The program has the power to recruit touted junior sailors from across the country who have already competed against the world s best competition and who come to join a program that has the backing of one of the biggest and most successful athletic departments in the country. But Stanford s sailing team could not have achieved its current success without building on the back of a program whose roots nearly date back to the founding of the university in In the early 1900s Stanford sailors competed as individuals and sometimes formed crews to enter regattas, but intercollegiate regattas were in their infancy and had yet to reach Stanford. In 1906 Eugene Overton sailed his sloop Katrina in the first Honolulu race and in 1912 Stanford student Howard Wright Sr. skippered a 42 foot sloop Siwash that broke the record for circumventing Catalina Island by sailing it in 12 hours and 14 minutes. Beginning in the 1930s, intercollegiate racing began to take hold. Stanford s first regatta was in 1938, when a Cardinal (then called the Indians) squad led by Donald Douglas Jr. beat Cal. The race led to the official founding of the Stanford Sailing Club in 1939, and Stanford along with Cal, San Jose State and Menlo formed the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association. During this era Stanford sailing practiced at Lake Lagunita, a small lake on the Stanford campus barely big enough for a 600-yard course. The program quickly grew, attracting top sailors and soon Stanford docked its boats in the San Francisco Bay. In the 1960s Stanford asserted itself onto the national scene as one of the top sailing programs in the country. Bill Twist Jr. won the men s singlehanded national championship in 1963, and Stanford captured another trophy in the 1967 singlehanded nationals. All-Americans began coming out of Stanford at an almost-yearly clip, beginning with Kim L. Desenberg and Robert M. Skip Allan in To date Stanford has produced 34 All-Americans along with 19 Honorable Mention selections. Only a handful of schools across the county can boast more. Emery Wager s victory in last year s men s singlehanded nationals was Stanford s fifth national championship. Since 1987 the sailing team has put eight teams in the top five and 27 teams in the top 10. Stanford s current success at the top levels of sailing is a product of over a century of tradition.

3 Stanford Sailing Stanford Sailing Sailing History... Inside Front Head Coach Jay Kehoe... 2 Assistant Coach Erik Storck... 3 Season Outlook... 4 Roster... 5 Athlete Bios Season in Review Stanford Sailing Honors... Inside Back Schedule... Back Taylor Grimes and Katherine Schlosser during sailing practice in Redwood City, CA. Quick Facts Location... Stanford, Calif. Conference... Pacific Coast Enrollment... 6,689 (Undergraduates) Nickname... Cardinal Colors... Cardinal and White President... John Hennessy Athletic Director... Bob Bowlsby Athletics Website... Media Information Media Relations Contact... Cody Cassidy ... cody.cassidy@gmail.com Phone... (650) Fax... (650) Mailing Address Sailing Office Department of Athletics Arrillaga Family Sports Center Stanford, CA Credits The Stanford Sailing media guide was written and edited by Cody Cassidy. Photography by David Gonzalez and Kyle Terada. Design and layout by Don Hogue. Printed by db Print Solutions.

4 Jay Kehoe Head Coach Jay Kehoe enters his seventh season as head coach of the Stanford sailing team having solidified his and Stanford s place among the elite of the sailing world. Kehoe has produced 10 All-Americans while at Stanford, and guided the Cardinal to a singlehanded championship last year. Since arriving at Stanford, Kehoe s sailing teams have qualified in at least four of the six Intercollegiate National Championships every year. Kehoe s sailing career began in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, a coastal town where Kehoe grew up. He began sailing Prams, Blue Jays and Lasers at the age of eight, and raced Optimists soon after. Kehoe sailed all through Youth Championships, placing as high as third. Kehoe entered the Coast Guard Academy, where he was transferred to the head sailing coach at the school. After leaving the school, Kehoe ran St. Petersburg s junior sailing program for four years, from 1989 to His coaching experience led him to found and lead the coaching company Race Coaching Staff One in 1994, where he led coaching clinics around the nation for two years. In 1997 Kehoe left Race One to begin coaching college sailing at Yale, where in four years he built their club program into an Ivy League champion. He has won two world championships in the 505 class as a coach, and three national championships outside school. As a sailor he placed fourth in the 1988 Olympic trials, and has coached more than six of USODA s national teams and served on the coaching staff of the U.S. Optimist national team. He has coached High, U.S. Youth and Youth World Champions along with Olympic campaigners. Kehoe also co-wrote The Winner s Guide to Optimist Sailing, a comprehensive guide for kids learning to sail and race Optis, according to Sailing World. Kehoe s knowledge and exuberance for sailing has enabled him to consistently recruit top athletes to The Farm. This year experienced junior sailors Cole Hatton, Hannah Burroughs and Graham Todd headline the freshman class. Kehoe currently resides in Santa Clara with his wife, Amy, and daughter, Merrick. 2

5 Erik Storck Assistant Coach Storck, a 2007 graduate of Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH, was a four-time All-American and two-time finalist for College Sailor of the Year (2005, 2007), in his time competing for the Big Green. An Economics major, Storck brings two years of leadership experience on the nationally ranked Dartmouth team as Vice Commodore ( ) and Commodore ( ). Most importantly, Storck brings a wealth of college sailing-specific knowledge, having skippered A-Division to top-5 finishes in four Coed Dinghy National Championships and three Team Racing National Championships for Dartmouth. Erik brings a lot to the table, commented Head Coach Jay Kehoe. He has led his snowbound Dartmouth team to the National Championships every year he sailed for the Big Green, which is no small feat considering they get on the water barely two weeks prior to the qualifiers. I know this kind of drive and determination will pay off for our program. Coaching Staff I am very excited to join the Cardinal, said Storck. The facilities and student-athletes here certainly live up to the first-class reputation I have come to know in competing against this team. I am most excited about the resources and support given the sailing team by the University and the department. I am grateful for being afforded this opportunity and I look forward to working with this highly competitive and driven team. A native of Huntington, NY, Storck has most recently coached the Long Island Sound Optimist Team to a number of great successes, including the National Team Racing Championship in the Optimist Dinghy for 2007 this past July.

6 Stanford Outlook After the most successful season in Cardinal sailing history, Stanford finds itself among the top six teams in the nation in both women s and coed divisions in the preseason polls. Led by seventh year head coach Jay Kehoe, the Cardinal enters the season as favorites to repeat as district and conference champions and contenders for national honors. A year ago, Stanford placed fourth in the Fowle Trophy award, won a national championship in singlehanded sailing, had five sailors named All- American and recorded top finishes at four of six Intercollegiate National Championships. We are one of the strongest teams in the conference, said Kehoe. While we lost some of our top sailors from last year s team, we have an outstanding freshman class. They will be asked to take on major roles for us this season. Despite the loss of Brian Haines and Emery Wager, Kehoe will count on senior skippers Edward Conrad and All-American Evan Brown to lead the team. Freshman Cole Hatton, Hannah Burroughs and Graham Todd are all experienced junior sailors who will be asked to play prominent roles for the Cardinal this season. We lost a lot of talented seniors last year, says Kehoe, but I m excited about our freshman class and what they bring to our program. Hatton led his high school team to a national championship. He has the pedigree. We re going to ask him to step into a big role right away. As for the crew, All-American junior Kelly McKenna, and seniors Carrie Denning and Sarah Schoknecht will lead the way. We are an experienced team with a little youth mixed in, says Kehoe. Kehoe is looking to not only defend their conference championship in 2008, but put Stanford sailing among the elite programs in the nation. Consistency in team racing is an area of emphasis for the Cardinal in Under Kehoe, Stanford has continued to assert itself as one of the nation s top sailing programs. The Cardinal has won three national championship trophies and placed in at least four of the six Intercollegiate National Championship divisions for the last six seasons. The Cardinal s version includes returning All-Americans, an experienced crew and a talented crop of newcomers which adds up to Stanford challenging for top honors at the national championships.

7 Stanford Roster Name Year Position Hometown Mariana Beardsworth Senior Crew Palo Alto, CA Cameron Bell Junior Skipper/Heavy Crew Riverside, CT Graham Brant-Zawadzki Senior Skipper Newport Beach, CA Evan Brown Senior Skipper Tampa, FL Hannah Burroughs Freshman Crew Peace Dale, RI Edward Conrad Senior Skipper New Orleans, LA Sam Courtney Sophomore Skipper Auburn, WA Catherine Cu Senior Crew Hillsborough, CA Carrie Denning Senior Crew Greenwich, CT Lauren Egge Sophomore Crew McLean, VA Jonah Greenberger Senior Skipper/Crew Santa Monica, CA Taylor Grimes Junior Skipper Newport Beach, CA Megan Grove Sophomore Skipper/Crew Lafayette, CA Leigh Hammel Sophomore Crew Warren, VT Cole Hatton Freshman Skipper Newport Beach, CA Beth Hoover Senior Crew Corvallis, OR Kelly McKenna Junior Crew Lake Forest, IL Craig Page Senior Skipper Brooklyn, NY Ben Pedrick Freshman Skipper Newport, RI Sarah Schoknecht Senior Crew Darien, CT Peter Stemler Sophomore Skipper Newport Beach, CA Jared Sun Junior Crew Fullerton, CA Hayley Tobin Freshman Crew Rye, NY Graham Todd Freshman Skipper/Heavy Crew Royersford, PA TJ Tullo Junior Skipper Staten Island, NY

8 Edward Conrad Hometown: New Orleans High : Jesuit High Major: International Relations Eddie Conrad hails from New Orleans, LA, where he grew up sailing optimists out of Southern Yacht Club, traveling on the regional circuit throughout Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. After the optimist, which gave him his first taste of international competition at the age of 13, Eddie graduated into Laser Radials and Club 420s, but began spending more of his time sharing his passion of the sport as a coach of several junior programs. He loves all water sports, but especially sailing, both for the friendships and variety of competitions Bios Carrie Denning Hometown: Greenwich, CT High : Greenwich Academy Major: History and Art History Denning began sailing at the Belle Haven Club at the age of nine because I was immensely jealous of my older brother who had started the earlier year. Denning sailed optimists and competed at Opti Nationals, New England s, and one trip to Bermuda for North Americans, where she met future coach Jay Kehoe. In High at Greenwich Academy she was captain of her varsity team and won the Captain s Harbor Trophy for MVP. In Denning competed with Evan Brown as the women s Varsity A boat, and this year sails with Eddie Conrad on the Varsity Co-ed A boat. Denning enjoys sailing because it is exciting and in the process my teammates have become my best friends. In her senior year, Denning will crew for the coed team. Evan Brown Hometown: Tampa, FL High : Berkeley Preparatory Major: Human Biology Evan was born into a family of avid sailors and spent much of her early years cruising around Florida and the Bahamas, and became a competitive sailor at the age of 8. She raced optis for several years, progressing to national and international competitions in which she represented the United States. She became an avid match racer at age 15 and was ranked as high as 37th in the world in the ISAF Women s Rankings. Most recently, she was a member of the United States Sailing Team and represented the USA in the pre-olympics in Beijing. At Stanford, she has had the privilege to sail with some amazing crews including alum Joanna Madsen, current senior Carrie Denning and All-American Kelly McKenna. Brown was named to the All-American team and the All-PCC team. She is a captain on the 2007/08 squad and A-division women s skipper, and I can t wait for an amazing season! Kelly McKenna Class: Junior Hometown: Lake Forrest, IL/Palo Alto, CA High : Castilleja Major: Pre-Med, History McKenna was a successful junior sailor in Lake Forrest, IL and Palo Alto, CA before coming to Stanford, and she has transferred that success to the college level. In her freshman year she won the Frosh/Soph regatta, placed second in the A division at the Stoney Burke regatta, third in the A division North/South Fall PCC s and 10th place in the A division College Dinghy Nationals. Last season McKenna was named to the All-PCC team and was one of five Cardinal sailors named to the All-American team.

9 Peter Stemler Class: Sophomore Hometown: Newport Beach, CA High : Corona Del Mar Major: Undeclared Stemler first started sailing when he was eight years old at Newport Harbor Yacht Club. Since his introduction to the sport he s sailed everything from sabots to lasers to CFJs and 420s. Before Stanford, Stemler competed for his high school, Corona del Mar, and sailed individually at Junior Sailing Events. He helped his high school team to both team and fleet race nationals all four years, and finished 5th in A Division at fleet race nationals his senior year. Stemler most enjoys sailing on his father s boat with family and friends. To Stemler, nothing is more exciting than starting a race with twenty other forty-five foot boats in any wind condition. The friendships and teamwork that build around those experiences are absolutely priceless Bios Hannah Burroughs Class: Freshman Hometown: Peace Dale, RI High : St. George s Major: Undeclared Hannah Burroughs began sailing in her family s homemade boat the Elegant Punt when she was 8. Burroughs started sailing competitively when she was 11 in Optimists, and won her first race by being the only one to sail the correct course. Burroughs sailed 420s during high school and competed with the Vineyard Haven Yacht Club from Burroughs will be a key crewmember for the women s team during her freshman year. Craig Page Hometown: Brooklyn, NY High : Saint Ann s Major: Science, Technology and Society A Brooklyn native, Page first learned to sail on the east coast when his brothers introduced him to the sport. Page first sailed optimists, but eventually graduated to the 420. In high school Page was a successful sailor for St. Ann s school in New York. Page has been a key member of Stanford sailing since his freshman year, and Sailing World s preseason prognostications list his return as big reason to expect success from the Cardinal coed squad. According to Page, sailing is most fun in big breeze and big waves. Page will be a skipper on the coed team for his senior year. Beth Hoover Hometown: Corvallis, OR High : Corvallis High Major: Sociology Beth Hoover began sailing keelboats recreationally in high school, but didn t sail a dinghy until she joined Stanford. The first time Hoover sailed an FJ she was swamped and capsized, and she has loved the sport ever since. Now she mainly sails FJ s, 420 s and dinghy s. Hoover was named most improved crew in 2006 in addition to her title as official team snacktician. Hoover will compete in coed crew in her senior season with the Cardinal. 7

10 Cole Hatton Class: Freshman Hometown: Newport Beach, CA High : Newport Harbor High Major: Undeclared Cole Hatton joins the Cardinal as a highly accomplished junior sailor out of Newport Beach. He began sailing when he was eight years old in Southern California. In High he sailed for Newport Harbor and the Newport Harbor Yacht Club. In 2005 he won the US Youth Doublehanded National Championships (Bemis), and in 2007 he won numerous regatta s including the Governor s Cup Match Race, the BSDRA International Team Racing Championships and the Cardinal Regatta (A division). He also placed second at the Baker National High Team Racing Championships. Hatton sails because The mental game is great, and you make great friends all over the US and around the world Bios Hayley Tobin Class: Freshman Hometown: Rye, NY High : Rye High Major: Undeclared Hayley Tobin has been around sailing most of her life but has only been interested in dinghy sailing since her senior year in high school. Last winter she sailed frostbiting on Long Island Sound and over the summer she sailed on the weekends, even learning to windsurf. I love sailing because it rocks, says Tobin. Taylor Grimes Class: Junior Hometown: Newport Beach, CA High : Newport Harbor Major: Human Biology Grimes began sailing a Lido 14 when she was six years old at a local summer camp. She sailed Naples Seabots and CFJs for the Newport Harbor High team, which she captained her final two years. Grimes lists her most exciting experience as nationals qualifiers last year at Treasure Island where another boat s foul caused her to capsize, yet her and teammate Emery Wager managed to right the boat and beat some teams on their way to qualifying for nationals. Last year, Grimes was named All-American honorable mention and named to the All PCCSC team in addition to placing third at nationals. Her freshman year she won a Stanford block S award for outstanding female athlete of the freshman class. In addition to Stanford, Grimes currently sails for the Newport Harbor Yacht Club. Grimes will travel abroad for the fall quarter, but will return to the team for the spring season. Sarah Schoknecht Hometown: Darien, CT High : Darien High Major: Political Science Schoknecht joined the team in 2005/06 season, her sophomore year. Last year she helped lead the women to a national berth when she won 1st place in B division Pac Coast Championships. At ICSA Women s Nationals she raced to a fourth place finish. The senior from Darien, CT will crew for a strong Stanford Women s squad this year. 8

11 Leigh Hammel Class: Sophomore Hometown: Warren, VT High : Green Mountain Valley Major: Undeclared Leigh Hammel grew up sailing in Connecticut out of Noroton Yacht Club. She attended the Green Mountain Valley in Waitsfield, VT, where her family now lives. Before coming to Stanford she sailed 420s in the US and internationally. Her sailing highlights include winning the US Youth Champs in 2005 and 2006 and sailing in the World Championships in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain. Following the World Championships she transitioned into the skiff class sailing 29ers. I had an exciting freshman year, sailing on the Co-ed team in the b-division boat and team racing. While I learned a lot crewing, I m looking forward to skippering on the women s team this year, says Hammel Bios Megan Grove Class: Sophomore Hometown: Lafayette, CA High : Acalanes /Skipper Major: Human Biology A native of Lafayette, California but born in Philadelphia, Megan Grove started sailing when she was seven at Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club in Long Beach Island, NJ. In 2000 she began sailing in California at Encinal Yacht Club where she continued to sail throughout high school. Grove formed a sailing team at Acalanes High and was named captain of the team. Under Meghan the team progressed into one of the top three high school sailing teams in Northern California. In 2005 she placed 1st in the Bay Area Youth Sailing Series and qualified for the 2005 Bemis Championship. In 2006 she backed up her championship with a second place finish in the Youth Series. Last year at Stanford she was named the Most Improved Crew Freshman. During the summer Grove is a US Sailing Instructor, teaching sailing to beginning and intermediate sailors. Sailing has always been one of my greatest passions, says Grove. Not only for the thrill of competing but for all the great friendships I have made over the years. Graham Todd Class: Freshman Hometown: Royersford, PA High : Spring-Ford Area High /Heavy Crew Major: English Literature/ Creative Writing Graham Todd began sailing when his family went on yearly trips to the Northeast coastline. When Todd was 10 he joined a summer camp and sailed Optimists and I haven t looked back since. Todd crewed and sailed with friends, and qualified for the 2005 and 2006 Team USA International Sailing Team. In the International 420 Championships at Gran Canaria Island off the coast of Africa he encountered 30 knot winds and 20 foot swells on his way to placing 6th in the event. In 2005 and 2006 Todd placed 7th and 6th in the MidWinter C420 Championships. As a freshman on the team Todd will fill in as both a skipper and heavy crew. Catherine Cu Class: Junior Hometown: Hillsborough, CA High : Crystal Springs Uplands Major: Management Science and Engineering Catherine enters the 2007/08 season as a second year veteran on the Stanford team, but her sailing career stretches back to her uncle taking her out to sail the San Francisco Bay. She began competitive sailing in her sophomore season as a walk-on. She joined the team because it is invigorating and challenging, and she likes sharing a passion with the other sailors on the team. Catherine enjoys the strategy involved with sailing, the ocean, and the power of the wind. She likes connecting the puffs while racing upwind, hiking hard, and sailing fast to gain a close first. Everyday on the water is great, she says. Catherine grew up in Hillsborough, California and her parents are Neil and Dely Cu.

12 Bios Ben Pedrick Class: Freshman Hometown: Newport, RI High : St. George s Major: Undeclared Lauren Egge Class: Sophomore Hometown: McLean, VA High : National Cathedral Major: Product Design Ben started sailing in Optimists when he was eight and did summer sessions at Sail Newport until he was thirteen, sailing opti s for a few years and eventually moving to 420s. Ben began competitive racing in the summer, sailing at Ida Lewis Yacht Club and later with Sail Newport s racing program. His biggest improvements were on the St. George s sailing team, consistently one of the strongest teams in New England, where he started on thirds and was varsity his junior and senior years. Ben sailed in the Newport J22 summer fleet from when he was 8 years old until he took a break last summer. Egge began sailing Sunfishes at 10 in summer camps and camp regattas. She has represented the Echo Hill Yacht Club in annual regattas for nine years. Along with Sunfish, she sailed Flying Scots, Hobie Cats and Catlinas before coming to Stanford. Egge walked on to the Stanford squad as a freshman and has sailed both FJs and 420s for the women s team. This year the sophomore from Virginia will crew for the women. Jonah Greenberger Hometown: Santa Monica, CA High : Harvard- Westlake, Crew Major: Mechanical Engineering Jonah joined the sailing team as a sophomore at Stanford at the urging of friends. In his first year of competitive sailing Greenberger crewed FJs and 420s, and last year he placed 7th in the V-15 nationals. Greenberger lists his most exciting experience in sailing as making friends. This year the Santa Monica native will provide senior leadership as a skipper on the team. Mariana Beardsworth Hometown: Palo Alto, CA High : Palo Alto High Major: Human Biology Mariana began sailing her junior year of high school, and joined Stanford s team as a freshman. In she won B division at Nationals crewing for Taylor Grimes. Mariana enjoyed spending last year studying abroad in both Australia and Paris, but missed sailing tremendously and is excited to be back for the season. Being abroad was an incredible experience, but it didn t feel right not to be sailing. 10

13 Bios Cameron Bell Class: Junior Hometown: Riverside, CT High : Brunswick, Heavy Crew Major: History, American Studies In his freshman season Bell served as heavy crew and helped lead the cardinal coed team to a nationals berth and an 8th place finish in the Team Race Nationals. As a senior in High Bell placed fourth in the NESSA George O Day trophy A division. Bell will perform dual roles with the Cardinal in his junior season as both a skipper and heavy crew. Graham Brant- Zawadzki Hometown: Newport Beach, CA High : Newport Harbor Major: Human Biology/ Religious Studies Graham started out sailing FJ s and 420 s. Since picking up the sport he has also sailed the bigger J-boats and a Transpac 52. Other than Stanford, Graham sailed with Team Morning Light in 2007, where he placed third in class at the 2007 Transpac. Graham lists his most exciting experience in a boat as Passing 30 knots running downwind and surfing down a 12 foot wave. He joined the Cardinal his sophomore year when his sailing friends encouraged him to give it a try. Sam Courtney Class: Sophomore Hometown: Auburn, WA High : Auburn High Major: Economics Sam was introduced to competitive sailing this year. He enjoys the team aspect of the sport along with its competitive nature out on the water. I look forward to learning more about the sport throughout the season, says Courtney. The economics major from Auburn, WA will fill in as crew on the coed team. Jared Sun Class: Junior Hometown: Fullerton, CA High : Sunny Hills /Crew Major: Human Biology Jared began sailing at 17 on a friend s recommendation. Sun joined the Stanford team his freshman year and filled in as crew on an FJ for the JV team. Last year Sun skippered a JV boat, and this year he will skipper and crew for the varsity coed team. The human biology major is also EMT certified. TJ Tullo Class: Junior Hometown: Staten Island, NY High : St. Anne s Major: Structural Engineering TJ Tullo came to Stanford as an experienced junior sailor. In 2005 he was a US Youth Sailing Team member in the Hobie 16, a two time Opti North American Champion, two-time 420 North American champion and a Laser Radial National Champion. In 2002 at age 15 Tullo led a group of friends on a sponsored sail for 28 miles from Sandy Hook, N.J., to Manhattan s South Street Seaport and raised $12,000 for 9/11 victims. Tullo, a junior from Staten Island, leads the Cardinal coed team as a skipper in his junior year. 11

14 Season In Review The season was the Cardinal s most successful campaign in the history of the program. The Cardinal won its district and conference in dominating fashion while Cardinal sailors achieved top finishes in four of the six Intercollegiate National Championships, including a first place finish in Men s Singlehandeds. Five sailors earned All-American honors and Stanford placed a program-best fourth in the Fowle Trophy, which recognizes the nation s best overall sailing program. In addition to the top finish in Men s Singlehandeds in the Inter-Collegiate National Championships, Women s Singlehandeds earned a fifth place finish, while the Cardinal placed third in Women s Dinghies and 12th in Coed Dinghies. The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association recognized five Stanford sailors for the All-American team. Junior Evan Brown became only the fifth Cardinal sailor to be named a two-time All- American. Joining her on the first team was sophomore Kelly McKenna, while senior captain Brian Haines, sophomore Taylor Grimes and senior Emery Wager were named honorable mention. The five Cardinal selections on the All-American list tied the 1996 squad for the most in Stanford sailing history. In addition, Haines was a finalist for the Robert H. Hobbs award given annually to the sportsman of the year. Stanford dominated the fall season in the Pacific Coast Conference, winning every event it entered on the west coast. The Cardinal capped the fall season with a win at the PCC s Fall Championships in Santa Barbara. The spring season did little to loosen Stanford s hold on the PCC. The Cardinal qualified for two of the three national championship regattas by winning the conference qualifying races. The PCCSC recognized Stanford s season by selecting eight Cardinal sailors to the all-star team including Haines, Wager, Brown, McKenna and Grimes along with senior Caroline Young, freshman Leigh Hammel and senior Joanna Madsen. The loaded Cardinal squad won their district and conference championships and qualified for the national championship regattas with wins at Treasure Island and Hawaii. Coed Dinghy s earned their nationals bid with a blowout win at the Pacific Coast Championships in Hawaii. Stanford, led by A division sailors Haines and McKenna, outpaced the competition with a 40 point victory over second place UC Irvine and earned a spot at the tournament hosted by the Naval Academy. The Stanford women also won decisively in their national qualifier, held at Treasure Island in the San Francisco Bay. Both Cardinal A and B teams posted low scores in the regatta. B division sophomore skipper Taylor Grimes and senior Katherine Schlosser won 10 of their 14 races over the weekend, giving Stanford the easy victory and earning a bid to nationals in Norfolk, Virginia. Senior Emery Wager became the third Cardinal sailor in 60 years to win the Men s Singlehanded Championships when he bested 16 of the nation s top sailors in Bristol, Rhode Island for a championship. After the first day of sailing Wager found himself in 7th but managed the comeback with consistently high finishes in shifty wind conditions throughout the second day. On the women s side junior Evan Brown battled the tough conditions to place fifth at the elite event. In addition to its championship season, Cardinal sailing excellence extended to the classroom. Senior Rebecca Levine, an All-American in 2006, was one of 10 sailors across the country to be named first team All-Academic by the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association. 12

15 Stanford Sailing Honors Stanford Sailing All-Americans Coed Skipper 1967 Robert M. Skip Allan Kim L. Desenberg 1976 Alan Andrews 1982 Paul Yost 1983 William Buckingham* 1987 Daniel Buckstaff* 1988 Thomas E. Kuhnle 1994 Scott Sellers Jeremy McIntyre* Charles Meade* 1995 Charles Meade 1996 Adam Lowry John Alden Meade* 1997 John Alden Meade* Daniel Zimbaldi 1998 Steve Kleha* Daniel Zimbaldi* John Alden Meade* 2003 Ted Conrads* David Phillips* 2007 Brian Haines* Emery Wager* *Honorable mention Women s Skipper 1991 Rebecca Bryson 1992 Andi Guerrero 1993 Britt Johnson 1994 Gretchen Uznis* 1995 Sibyl Diver 1996 Mara Holian Heather Rogers 1997 Adrienne Stoltz 1998 Betsy Carmichael 1999 Anika Leerssen* 2000 Anika Leerssen* 2004 Elizabeth Rountree* 2005 Caroline Young 2006 Evan Brown* 2007 Evan Brown Taylor Grimes* *Honorable mention ICSA College Sailing Hall of Fame Charles Dole 36 Robert M. Allan, Jr. 40 Charles M. Kober 44 Crews 1984 Rona Sisson 1986 Marika Fussganger Rona Sisson 1987 Kristen Boyles 1988 Kathleen Mallery 1991 Matt Dunbar Richard Rosen 1994 Britt Johnson 1996 Alice Manard 1997 Alice Manard 1999 Heather Porter 2002 Kara Sweeney 2004 Taylor Clark 2006 Becca Levin 2007 Kelly McKenna National Championships 1967 Men s Singlehanded 1997 ICSA Team Race Nationals 1999 Women s Singlehanded 2007 Men s Singlehanded Emery Wager won the 2007 Men s Singlehanded National Championships. 13

16 Stanford Sailing Schedule Date Opponent/Event Location/Host Sept. 8-9 Harry Anderson Yale Sept. 19 Pre-Season Stanford Sept Bryson Women s Stanford Oct. 6-7 Stoney Burke Berkeley, CA Oct Singlehanded PCCs Stanford Oct. 14 Alumni Regatta Stanford Oct. 20 Stu Nelson Trophy Connecticut College Oct. 20 Hoyt Trophy Regatta Brown Oct Sloop PCCs/Elims Irvine, CA Oct Frosh/Soph San Diego, CA Nov. 2-4 ICSA Women s Singlehandeds Seattle, WA Nov PCCSC Fall Dinghy Champs Austin, TX Nov Sloop Nationals Austin TX Nov Women s Fall Champs San Diego, CA Dec Sugar Bowl Tulane, LA Jan. 5-6 Rose Bowl Los Angeles, CA Feb North 1-2 CSUMB Feb Charleston Spring College of Charleston Feb North 3 (Sunday only) CMA FEB CARDINAL HS REGATTA Stanford Feb North 4 UCSC MAR. 1-2 MCINTYRE TEAM RACE Stanford Mar. 1-2 Cal Team Race Berkeley, CA Mar. 8-9 Navy Women s Spring Navy Mar. 8-9 St. Mary s Team Race St. Mary s College Mar Aaron Szambecki Team Race Old Dominion Mar Spring Break Practice Week Coll. of Charleston Mar S. New England Team Race Coast Guard Mar Dellenbaugh Women s Brown University Mar South 5 UCSB APR. 5-6 ST. FRANCIS YACHT CLUB Stanford APR. 5-6 NORTH 5 Stanford Apr Team Race PCCs *q Long Beach, CA Apr Coed Dinghy PCCs *q Long Beach, CA Apr Women s PCCs *q University of Hawaii Apr Admiral s Cup Kings Point, NY May Women s Nationals** Brown University Mar 30-6/1 Team Race Nationals** Brown University June 2-4 Coed Dinghy Nationals** Brown University *q=qualifier **=qualified only Home regattas in bold caps