Boston College junior skipper Taylor Canfield (St. Thomas, USVI) with senior crew Sandra Williams (Chicago, Ill.) leads the standings in B-Division with 39 points. BC leads the overall standings heading into the final day of competition for the 2010 ICSA/Gill National Championship.

Conditions on Lake Mendota were all over the place for the second and penultimate day of competition at the 2010 ICSA/Gill National Championship. There was a light breeze from the WNW when the first race got underway that climbed up to six knots, and then clocked around to north and then east before a severe thunderstorm warning - indicating the possibility of golf ball-sized hail and damaging winds - kept the fleet ashore for most of the afternoon. Just before 7:00 p.m. CDT, B-Division headed out for race 8B in a northeasterly breeze of 13 knots and light rain. The waning daylight put an end to racing for the day with the scoreboard now reflecting 10 races for A-Division and nine for B-Division. There will be an early start tomorrow as the Notice of Race has been amended to move the competitor's meeting up to 8:30 a.m., with the first warning signal given as soon as practicable thereafter.

Despite a rough end to their day with three double-digit finishes in A-Division, Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) retains the lead in the overall standings. With 88 A-Division points plus 39 from B-Division, the Eagles have 127 points and a five-point edge over Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.) with 132 total points (74 + 58). Brown University (Providence, R.I.) started the day in fifth and moved up to third overall with 142 points (82 + 60). The Bears are tied on points with St. Mary's College (St. Mary's, Md.), who moved up three spots in the standings. Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.) keeps their top standing in A-Division after they offset double-digit finishes in races 7 and 8 with wins in races 9 and 10. With 143 points (53 + 90), the Hoyas are fifth overall.

With the fifth-placed team only 16 points out from the series leader, there are no easy bets as to who will claim the title when racing for the 2010 ICSA/Gill National Championship wraps up tomorrow Thursday, June 3. The championship is being hosted by the University of Wisconsin, utilizing their fleet of 420s, from the regatta base at Memorial Union Terrace.

The Format: At the ICSA/Gill National Championship each of the 18 schools entered – after qualifying via one of two semi-final events held in early May – fields a separate A and B division team. Weather permitting, each division sails 20- to 30-minute fleet races in rotation and a team's final score is determined by the combined results of its sailors in both divisions. For results and additional information on the championships, visit: http://2010nationals.collegesailing.org/

Catch the Replay: Noted sailing commentator Gary Jobson (Annapolis, Md.) will produce a program on the ICSA/Gill National Championship for ESPNU that will air Friday, July 9 at 8:00 p.m. EDT.

ICSA is the governing authority for sailing competition at colleges and universities throughout the United States and in some parts of Canada.

(Current Standings After Two Days of Racing: School, Hometown, A + B + Total Points)
June 1-3, 2010 - ICSA/Gill National Championship
Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Mass.), 88 + 39 = 127
Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.), 74 + 58 = 132
Brown University (Providence, R.I.), 82 + 60 + 142
St. Mary's College (St. Mary's City, Md.), 78 + 64 = 142
Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.), 53 + 90 + 143
Yale University (New Haven, Conn.), 79 + 76 = 155
U.S. Naval Academy (Annapolis, Md.), 91 + 72 = 163
University of Vermont (Burlington, Vt.), 65 + 106 = 171
College of Charleston (Charleston, S.C.), 112 + 63 + 175
Tufts University (Medford, Mass.), 83 + 99 = 182
Hobart & William Smith Colleges (Geneva, N.Y.), 123 + 65 = 188
Salve Regina University (Newport, R.I.), 107 + 86 = 193
Roger Williams University (Bristol, R.I.), 96 + 98 = 194
Old Dominion University (Norfolk, Va.), 119 + 95 = 214
University of South Florida (St. Petersburg, Fla.), 98 + 127 = 225
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point, N.Y.), 115 + 110 = 225
SUNY Maritime College (Throggs Neck, N.Y.), 118 + 115 = 233
Stanford University (Palo Alto, Calif.), 119 + 118 = 237

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