Happy Thanksgiving to all!~ An observation about the current (and many of the recent) rankings, if I may? When I was involved as one of the three coaches who did the rankings for Sailing World years ago (along with Ken Legler and Gary Bodie), there is one thing I remember clearly: If a team from a "minor" district (you may define that any way you wish) made a splash with a top regatta finish, they got recognition by the three of us, even if only for a month or two.
This latest ranking was done with contributions by 19 coaches. The fact that we get to have that many folks involved is a quantum step forward, and very cool! I wish I could say that they represented the entire country, but when you notice that not a single one of them is West of the Mississippi River, and no contributions were made from the South East, Midwest, Pacific Coast or Northwest districts, I suppose it should come as no surprise that a fairly significant performance like that of UC Santa Barbara in winning the Pacific Coast Fall Championships (formerly known as "North South") would not get recognized. The fact that they got a few votes shows that a few (albeit very few) members of the coaches ranking team noticed that result, but..... ;) This should be a wake-up call to all of you lazy teams (and coaches) from 4 of the 7 ICSA Districts. Congratulations to the UCSB Gauchos. I hope all of you have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving weekend. I truly miss the Timme Angston not being sailed right now. With the current extreme weather, this one would have been a true classic! Blake Middleton -----Original Message----- From: Stuart Streuli <[email protected]> To: ICSA Listserver <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Nov 24, 2010 10:31 am Subject: [ICSA] Sailing World's College Rankings, Nov. 24 College Sailors, Coaches, and Fans, The final national rankings of the Fall 2010 season are now posted at http://bit.ly/fAXm3F Coed Total Points 1. Boston College [10] 370 2. Georgetown [9] 368 3. St. Mary¹s 339 4. Brown 312 5. Harvard 289 Women¹s Total Points 1. St. Mary¹s [16] 282 2. Boston College [3] 269 3. Hobart/Wm. Smith 243 4. Georgetown 205 5. Yale 199 District rankings will be done in December. Happy Holidays Best Regards, -Stuart Streuli Sailing World ________________________________________________ icsa mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=icsa Unsubscribe: Send a blank email to [email protected] ________________________________________________ icsa mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=icsa Unsubscribe: Send a blank email to [email protected]
