April 13, 2004

ST. MARY’S, Md.—The Hobart and William Smith sailing team captured the runner-up spot in the Prosser Trophy hosted by St. Mary’s College this past weekend to advance to the Inter-collegiate Sailing Association Championships in Cascade Locks, Ore. Georgetown University took top honors, while St. Mary’s rounded out the top three.

Sailing in a triple round robin format, Hobart and William Smith finished the weekend with an 11-4 record in the six-team event. The regatta featured the top six ranked Mid-Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association teams.

In the boats for HWS were senior Ed Norton (Tabor Academy/Fair Haven, N.J.), sophomore Augusta Nadler (Tabor Academy/Marion, Mass.), seniors John Pearce (Ithaca, N.Y.) and Alexis Rubin (Edmund Burke/Potomac, Md.), junior John Storck (St. Anthony’s/Huntington, N.Y.), and sophomore Molly Lawson (Noble & Greenough School/Duxbury, Mass.).

Hobart and William Smith will travel to Cascade Locks, Ore., to compete in the ICSA Team Race Championships on May 30-June 1. HWS finished fourth of 14 teams last year at the ICSA Team Race Championships in Detroit, Mich.

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