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After a day of waiting on the Chesapeake Bay for wind
that never materialized, the Annapolis Yacht Club Race Committee
concluded the 11th biennial Rolex International Women’s Keelboat
Championship shortly before 2:00pm. Upon the completion of racing
yesterday, it was determined that Sally Barkow (Nashotah, Wis.) did not
need to sail the 11th and final race today as she had a low enough total
score in to win the regatta. Racing took place Sept. 19-23 in Annapolis,
Md. At the gala Rolex Awards ceremony held this evening at the Annapolis
Yacht Club, Barkow and her crew of Debbie Capozzi (Bayport, N.Y.),
Carrie Howe (Grosse Pointe, Mich.) and Annie Lush (Poole, England)
were presented with US SAILING’s Bengt Julin
Trophy and a Rolex Oyster Perpetual Stainless Steel & 18k gold Ladies
Datejust. Going into today’s racing, the battle seemed to be
for second place. Without enough wind to settle the battle, yesterday’s
standings became the series final results and Cory Sertl (Rochester,
N.Y.) with her team aboard Lucy -- Dina Kowalyshyn (Annapolis,
Md.), Pease Glaser (San Diego, Calif.) and Suzy Leech (Avon, Conn.) –
captured third place in the 42-boat fleet, with Jody Swanson (Buffalo,
N.Y.) and crew Debbie Probst, Abby Ruhlman and Maegan Ruhlman in third
place. Fourth place was US Olympian Carol Cronin (Jamestown, R.I.), who
sailed her Team Spidey with crew Jamie Hanes (Newport, R.I.),
Linda Epstein (Arlington, Mass.) and Kim Couranz (Annapolis). |
