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Potts was also named an All-American Coed Skipper along with sophomore Vincent Porter, who notably won the ICSA/Vanguard Singlehanded Championships in November. Freshman standout Clay Johnson was an Honorable Mention, and took third in that same event...
...Russians, Canadians and Americans. Perhaps the most disconcerting moment came in a U.S. contest earlier this month, when Guo, a favorite for the 3-m springboard event, misstepped and ended up belly-flopping in the pool. After a series of uninspiring meets earlier this year, Yu Fen, a former skipper of the national team, sniped that "there may be something wrong with the training methods," even hinting that a lack of discipline is hurting China's Olympic chances...
...story of the weekend was the dominant sailing of Harvard sophomore skipper Vince Porter and crew Ruth Schlitz in the B-division...
Initially the strategy worked in both the ‘A’ and ‘B’ divisions as Harvard steered to within striking distance of each fleet’s lead. Sophomore skipper Genny Tulloch and senior crew Diana Rodin notched one win and three top-four finishes in the first five races in the first tier, finishing no higher than seventh, while second flight counterparts Sloan Devlin and Mallory Greimann shook off an opening eighth-place finish with four consecutive top-four finishes, punctuated by a win on the third course...
...that, the skipper said, is why the team can’t forget...