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NEISA Sailors of the Week, Fall 2026, September 12-13


Women's Sailors of the Week
The Harvard Crimson team at the Toni Deutsch Trophy are your NEISA Women’s Sailors of the Week. Sailing for the Crimson were Zoey Ziskind ’27 with Christina Chen ’27 in A Division and Kate Danielson ’28 with JJ Drummond ’27 in B Division. The duo of Ziskind and Chen had seven top three finishes in the 10-race series, taking the A Division win by six points over 2nd place Brown and 20 points over 3rd place. The duo of Danielson and Drummond had six top three finishes in the 10-race series and claimed 2nd place in B Division, eight points behind the winning RWU boat. The combined performances led to a commanding overall victory by the crimson 53 points ahead of 2nd place Brown.

Open Sailors of the Week
Brown Bears Blake Behrens ’27, Vera Allen ’27, and Phoebe Fogarty ’29 are your NEISA Open Sailors of the Week. The defending national champions picked up right where they left off with a dominant performance in A-Division at the Harry Anderson Jr. Trophy this past weekend at Yale. The trio had only one finish outside the top five through the nine-race series on their way to a divisional win with less than half the points of the 2nd place finishers.  Their performance helped propel Brown to the overall regatta win, taking the lead after race 7 and edging out four teams within striking distance of the victory throughout the final three races.