SAILING | First in Florida
This weekend, the Yale sailors became the first collegiate team race champions of 2009 as they took home first place at the Mendelblatt Team Race in St. Petersburg, Fla. The No. 12–ranked team went 9-1 in the Championship Round Robin at the event co-hosted by the University of South Florida and Eckerd College.
The race was the first competition since mid-November when the Elis left the water for the northern winter. It was the first time the Bulldogs competed in this race, and the third year in a row they have won the first team race of the year.
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