June 1, 2007

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy intercollegiate sailing team enters the final day of the ICSA / Gill National Coed Dinghy Championship in ninth place after two days of competition. Action will take place all day on Friday on the Severn River in Annapolis. Charleston, with 168 points, owns a slim four-point advantage over Dartmouth. Navy has accumulated 237 points, four points ahead of 10th-place Harvard.

In the 14-race A Division, Andrew Vann and Krysta Anthony sit in eighth place with 114 points. The duo finished the day strong after a slow start. In the first seven races of the day, scoring 90 of its 114 points. However, the pair picked it up in the latter races, claiming four top-five finishes and taking the top spot in the final divisional race of the day. The total pushed the duo from the bottom four sailors into the top 10.

In the 14-race B Division, five different Navy sailors combined for 123 points. It was the complete opposite as the A Division, as the B group got off to a strong start, recording six top-seven finishes in the first eight divisional races. However, in races 9-12, the Mids finished 10th, 14th, 16th and 14th to halt its progress. The group regained its composure and finished fourth and eighth in the final two races to help Navy to a ninth-place finish after Thursday's action.

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