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HWS wins MAISA Sloop Championship
HWS wins MAISA Sloop Championship
September 29, 2002
ANANPOLIS, Md.--The Hobart and William Smith sailing team captured its first Mid-Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association Sloop Championship. The win qualifies HWS for the ICSA Sloop National Championship, Nov. 1-3 at Brown University.
Seniors Matt Herbster (Brewster Academy/Manchester, Mass.), Sam Rogers (Breck School/Excelsior, Minn.), and Rob Storck (Northport/Northport, N.Y.), junior Jeff Sullivan (McQuaid/Rochester, N.Y.), and sophomore John Storck (St. Anthony's/Huntington, N.Y.) won three of the weekend's 10 races, while finishing in the top-3 seven times.
HWS will make its fourth appearance in the ICSA Sloop National Championship (1997, 2000, 2001).
Team Standings
1. HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH, 25
2. Navy, 37
3. St. Mary's, 46
4. Washington (Md.), 46
5. Old Dominion, 49
6. Kings Point, 52
7. Georgetown, 59
8. Queens, 62
9. Cornell, 88
10. SUNY Maritime, 88
*Top-2 teams qualify for National Championship