United States Coast Guard Academy - Department of Athletics - Sailing - Bears finish 8th at Atlantic Coast Championsip

PROVIDENCE, RI --(11/12/06)-- Sailing against the top sailors on the East Coast, the Coast Guard Sailing Team finished 8th at the Atlantic Coast Championship hosted by Brown University this past weekend. In A-Division, senior skipper Rob Gorman and senior crews Kyra Chin and Andrew Gibbons finished 10th. In B-Division, junior skipper Noel Shriner, sophomore crew Emily Kehrt, and junior crew Jason Hill finished 5th. This is the Bears first appearance at the Championship in the past several years and best finish in the past 15 years. The Bears look to add to an impressive season next weekend when they represent New England at the ICSA Sloop National Championship hosted by the College of Charleston.