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Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Weed Foulk was an American sailor who was a multiple time winner of the Syce Cup. She won the 1967 Mrs. Charles Francis Adams Trophy and was the 1967 United States Sailor of the Year.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Mary Elizabeth Weed |
| Sailing career | |
| Club | Indian Harbor Yacht Club |
Foulk, formerly known as Betty Weed, was born in New York City[1] and learned to sail at Larchmont Yacht Club.[2][3] She graduated from Rosemary Hall School in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1955[4] and then attended Wheaton College.[5]
In 1967 Foulk won the Syce Cup, the championship for women sailors in Long Island Sound. She beat Timothea Larr by three-quarters of a point.[6] Her crew in 1967 included Mrs. Josephine Whitmore, Sue Ann Shay, and Dorothy Preston.[6] Foulk won the Syce Cup again in 1968[3] and 1969.[7][8]
In 1967 Foulk won the Mrs. Charles Francis Adams Trophy[9] when races were held on Lake Ontario near Rochester, New York.[10]
In 1967 Foulk received the Martini & Rossi trophy, thereby becoming the United States' sailor of the year along with Emil Mosbacher.[11] In 2012, Choate Rosemary Hall inducted her into their athletic hall of fame.[4] Foulk also received an award from the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association in 2012.[1]
She married William H. Foulk Jr. in 1960,[5] and together they had two children.[3] Foulk died on 11 February 2015.[1][12]
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