BRISTOL — For the second time in school history, the Roger Williams University Sailing team is ranked number one in the nation among all collegiate sailing teams, according to the national rankings composed by Sailing World.
The Hawks nearly swept all the first place votes among the rankings, receiving 18 of the 19 first place votes and tallying 378 points, 42 more than second-ranked Dartmouth College. Yale University, ranked third, received the other first-place vote.
Roger Williams comes off a weekend that saw the team finish second at the 2011 Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) Match Race National Championship in their first berth to the national championship since 2006. The Hawks finished as the top school from the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) at the championship as well.
This marks the second time in school history that RWU has been the top-ranked school in the country. Roger Williams received the number-one ranking this past April, coming off a weekend with two runner-up finishes and wins at the Central Series Four and the New England Coed Dinghy Championship.
Team Points [1st-PlaceVotes]
1.RogerWilliams [18] 378
2.Dartmouth 336
3.Yale [1] 325
4.Charleston 315
5.Brown 308
6.Hobart/Wm.Smith 293
7.St.Mary’s 248
8.Georgetown 236
9.Stanford 222
10.Miami (Fla.) 191
11.MIT 186
12.Harvard 163
13.Tufts 142
14.Navy 136
15.Old Dominion 114
15.Wisconsin 114
17.Boston College 86
18.South Florida 81
19.SUNYMaritime 46
20.Connecticut College 24
Also receiving votes: USMMA/Kings Point (18), UC Santa Barbara (8), Pennsylvania (5), Vermont (3)
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