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More than 350 sailors, representing 16 colleges and 45 high schools, participated in the 2001 Rose Bowl Regatta, held Saturday and Sunday, January 6-7, in Long Beach, California.

The event, co-hosted by Alamitos Bay Yacht Club, the US Sailing Center in Long Beach and the University of Southern California Sailing Team, was sailed on two venues on Alamitos Bay. Results are determined by combining the scores from competition in "A" and "B" divisions resulting in each school's total. Racing was held in CFJ sloops, with each school sharing a boat and swapping teams on the beach between races.

The toughest competition of the weekend occurred among the top three teams in the collegiate division. In the end, St. Mary's College of Maryland eked out a one-point win against Dartmouth College of Hanover, NH; third place went to the University of California, Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara's "A" team was tops in its division and Dartmouth's "B" team tops in theirs; but the consistent performance of the St. Mary's "A" team of Danny Pletsch and Leah Anderson and the "B" team of Brent Jansen and Sarah McCarron led to their win.

The 45 high schools, all from within California, were divided into two groups. Coronado High School of Coronado, with an "A" team of Brian Haines and Blaire Herron and a "B" team of Mikee Anderson-Mitterling and Lauren Usrey, were first in the 24-school Gold Division. Servite High School of Anaheim, with an "A" team of Ryan Mulvania and Dustin Delgado and a "B" team of Jamie DeWolfe and Ryan Gautshi, won the 21-school Silver Division.

A feature of the Rose Bowl Regatta is the Saturday-night dinner at Alamitos Bay Yacht Club where top high-school sailors and their parents meet and listen to presentations from collegiate coaches and team members. More that 300 dinners were served, and 20 collegiate sailing programs from all over the United States were represented.

The Rose Bowl Regatta showcases the tremendous success that California has had in developing High School sailing by working closely with the colleges. Since 1989 the number of High Schools fielding competitive sailing teams in California has grown from less than ten to more than seventy.

COLLEGIATE DIVISION (16 schools): 1. St. Mary's College, St. Mary's, Maryland (83 points); 2. Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (84); 3. UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA (84); 4. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (100); 5. Boston College, Boston, MA (104).

HIGH SCHOOL GOLD DIVISION (24): 1. Coronado HS, Coronado, CA (96); 2. Santa Barbara HS, Santa Barbara, CA (106); 3. University HS, San Diego, CA (130); 4. LaJolla HS, San Diego, CA (179); 5. Marin Catholic HS, Belvedere, CA (179).

HIGH SCHOOL SILVER DIVISION (21): 1. Servite HS, Anaheim, CA (83); 2. Newport Harbor HS JV, Newport Beach, CA (100); 3. Coronado HS JV, Coronado, CA (116); 4. Polytechnic School, Pasadena, CA (121).