October 52003

NEW LONDON, Conn.--Five HWS sailors teamed up to place ninth in the annual Danmark Trophy hosted by the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The team recorded a weekend score of 317 to beat out nine other teams in the competition. Dartmouth sailed to first place finish with a low score of 207, followed by Brown and Kings Point.

Senior Ed Norton (Tabor Academy/Fair Haven, N.J.) and sophomores Augusta Nadler (Tabor Academy/Marion, Mass.) and Justin Bauer (Portsmouth Abbey/Burlington, Conn.) finished in 11th place in the A Division with a score of 173 edging the team from Yale. The trio recorded five top five finishes in the weekend’s races.

In the B Division, seniors John Pearce (Ithaca/Ithaca, N.Y.) and Alexis Rubin (Edmund Burke/Potomac, Md.) recorded a seventh place finish out of 18 teams with a score of 144. The pair finished in the top five six times and earned a win in the 13th race.

FINAL STANDINGS
1. Dartmouth, 73-134-207
2. Brown, 100-118-218
3. USMMA-Kings Point, 112-129-241
4. Harvard, 112-129-241
5. Boston College, 169-102-271
6. St. Mary’s College, 163-109-272
7. Tufts, 135-151-286
8. Washington College, 123-190-313
9. Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 173-144-317
10. MIT, 167-171-338
11-18, University of Rhode Island, Connecticut College, Yale, College of Charleston, Old Dominion, Roger Williams, Coast Guard, Eckerd

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