NEISA News

***Hawkins and Guerra are the NEISA Women’s Sailors of the Week***

***Egan, Grimes, Chaumont and Davies are the NEISA Sailors of the Week***

The following individuals have earned selection to the ICSA Singlehanded National Championship @ Severn Sailing Association November 5-6, 2021

Leyton Borcherding '25, Brown University
Leo Boucher '22, St. Mary's College of Maryland
Charles Carraway '22, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Nicholas Davies '24, Yale University
Diego Escobar '25, Georgetown University
Cameron Feves '22, George Washington University
Marcus Huttunen '24, Tulane University
John Kirkpatrick '22, Stanford University
Thad Lettsome '24, Tulane University
Thomas McCann '22, Georgetown University
Richard McCann '22, University of Miami
Gavin McJones '23, U.S. Naval Academy
Connor Nelson '24, Brown University
Valerio Palamara '24, Hampton University
David Pearce '23, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Nicholas Reeser '25, U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Nicholas Sessions '24, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Ryan Squires '22, Miami University

The members of the ICSA Coed Selection Committee are:

Chris Barnard
Derek Deskey
Charlie Lalumiere
Greer Parker
Belle Strachan

The following individuals have earned selection to the ICSA Women’s Singlehanded National Championship @ Severn Sailing Association November 5-6, 2021

Grace Austin, Stanford University ‘23
Lauren Ehnot, Cornell University ‘24
Annika Fedde, Tufts University ‘23
Marina Geilen, University of Miami ‘25
Piper Holthus, Georgetown University ‘25
Ciara Rodriguez-Horan, Tulane University ‘25
Heather Kerns, Hobart and William Smith College ‘24
Sophia Montgomery, Harvard University ‘25
Lilly Myers, Cornell University ‘23
Christine Reimer, Bowdoin College ‘24
Sophia Reineke, Boston College ‘22
Charlotte Rose, Jacksonville University ‘22
Lucija Ruzevic, Cornell University ‘24
Siri Schantz, Ohio University ‘23
Elizabeth Shanahan, Boston College ‘23
Alexandra Talbot, Tufts University ‘25
Talia Toland, Tufts University ‘22
Sarah Young, Dartmouth University ‘25

The members of the ICSA Women’s Selection Committee are:

Allie Blecher 
Clinton Hayes
Ned Jones
Gabby Rizika 
Kelsey Wheeler

The following schools have earned selection to the ICSA Match Race National Championship @ University of Florida/St. Petersburg Yacht Club, November 13-14, 2021

Bowdoin College
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Fordham University
Georgetown University
Jacksonville University
U.S. Naval Academy
Stanford University
Tulane University
University of Wisconsin
Yale University

The members of the ICSA Coed Selection Committee are:

Chris Barnard
Derek Deskey
Charlie Lalumiere
Greer Parker
Belle Strachan

*** Cowles and Arcot are the NEISA Women's Sailors of the Week ***

*** Murphy, McGrath and Montagner are the NEISA Coed Sailors of the Week *** 

With the arrival of week 4 in college sailing, interconference competition gets underway pitting SAISA sailors against other teams across the country. At the Kings Point Dinghy Open hosted by the United Merchant Marine Academy, Jacksonville University sailors Matt King and Liz Johnson delivered an outstanding performance winning B-division in a field of 22 teams, positioning the Fins in second place overall just ten points back from the overall win, and earning Week 4 SAISA Sailors of the Week honors in the process. King and Johnson sailed a very consistent event averaging a third place finish over the course of an eleven race series, including two bye races due to a larger fleet than anticipated. Kings Point's notorious trapezoid course put a premium on a successful first beat in which King and Johnson were able to round the top mark in the top third of the fleet nearly every race. Great downwind positioning in pressure coupled with strong boat handling allowed the Fins team to chip away into the top three finishers in seven of their nine races sailed. Congrats to Matt and Liz for earning this week's SAISA Sailors of the Week. 

*** Harvey and Lingos-Utley are the NEISA Co-ed Sailors of the Week***

***Cowles and Ryan are the NEISA Women Sailors of the Week***

***Maus '22 and Gonzalez '23 have been named the NEISA WOMEN’S SAILORS OF THE WEEK***

***Naughton '22 and Borges '22 are the NEISA COED SAILORS OF THE WEEK***

*** Sophia Reineke is the Women’s Sailor of the Week ***

*** Connor Nelson is the Coed Sailor of the Week ***

***Teddy Nicolosi and Anisha Arcot are the NEISA Coed Sailors of the Week***

*** Mia Nicolosi and Ximena Escobar are the NEISA Women’s Sailors of the Week***

CHARLESTON, S.C., (September 11-12, 2021) – Saturday marked the start of the fall 2021 regatta season with the full conference Fall 2021 SAISA Coed Open Regatta hosted by the College of Charleston. Teams were met with light breeze and aggressive currents on Saturday morning with racing north of the USS Yorktown near the marsh. After a brief break, racing moved to Crab Bank where the afternoon breeze filled in providing good but somewhat unpredictable conditions for the second half of Saturday and Sunday morning. Sunday racing wrapped up around 1:30 as the breeze died while the current did not.