New London, CT – 10/13/24 – The Harvard Crimson’s Justin Callahan ’26, Mitchell Callahan ’26, Xavier Ayala Vermont ’27 and Kate Danielson ’28 have been named the NEISA Open Sailors of the Week for their victory at the NEISA Match Race Championship. The Harvard team claimed the #1 seed in the initial round robin with a dominant 7-1 record, losing only to Coast Guard. In the knockout round, the team continued their winning ways with a 2-0 victory over Tufts in the quarterfinals. An early loss in the semifinals, once again to Coast Guard, was quickly avenged in the following two races to claim the series 2-1. In the shortened finals, the Crimson claimed a convincing 2-0 victory over the 2022 ICSA Match Race National Champion Yale Bulldogs. Their win earns the Harvard Crimson an automatic qualification to the ICSA Match Race Nationals next month at Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club.
Annapolis, MD – 10/13/24 – The Yale Bulldogs’ Carmen Cowles ’25 and Sarah Moeder ‘26 have been named the NEISA Women’s Sailors of the Week. The duo claimed 2nd place in A-Division at the highly competitive Women’s Atlantic Coast Championship Finals. Cowles and Moeder showed remarkable consistency in a range of challenging conditions with only three finishes outside the top 10 and more than half of their finishes inside the top five. Their strong finish helped Yale to a comfortable 2nd place overall and top NEISA team at the championship.
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Harvard won the NEISA Match Race Championship with a finals victory over Yale (2nd). Boston College claimed 3rd with a petit finals victory over Coast Guard (4th). Brown (5th), Roger Williams (6th), Massachusetts Maritime (7th) and Tufts (8th) all advanced to the knockout round but lost to higher seeded opponents in the quarterfinals. Congratulations to Harvard for earning the automatic qualification and to Yale, Boston College, Coast Guard and Brown for earning at-large selections to next month’s ICSA Match Race Nationals. After claiming all the available at-large berths, half of the championship field will be comprised of NEISA teams!
In other Nationals selection news, NEISA women’s singlehanded champion Katharine Doble ’26 (Brown) will be joined at the ICSA Women’s Singlehanded National Championship by Okyanus Arikan ’26 (URI), Kate Danielson ’28 (Harvard), Audrey Foley ’28 (Yale), Sophia Montgomery ’25 (Harvard), Sidney Moyer ’27 (Brown), Rebecca Schill ’27 (Bowoin) and Sarah Young ’25 (Dartmouth). At the Open Singlehanded National Championship, conference champion Robby Meek ’27 (Harvard) will be joined by Guthrie. Braun ’26 (Brown), Julian Dahiya ’28 (Brown), Mathias Reimer ’27 (Yale), Nicholas Reeser ’25 (Coast Guard) and Michelangelo Vecchio ’27 (Bowdoin). Congratulations to our NEISA athletes headed to St. Pete next month!
The Yale Bulldogs finished 2nd at the Women’s Atlantic Coast Championship Finals followed by the Brown Bears in 3rd to round out the podium. Boston College claimed 9th as the final NEISA team in the top 10.
Bowdoin (4th) and Coast Guard (5th) claimed top five finishes at the Women’s Atlantic Coast Tournament, hosted by St. Mary’s. Yale won the Nevins Trophy at King’s Point in convincing fashion with Harvard (3rd) also claiming a podium finish. Dartmouth (2nd) and Brown (3rd) both earned podium finishes at the windy Captain Hurst Bowl, hosted by Dartmouth.
Boston College (2nd) and Brown University (3rd) rounded out the podium at the Savin Hill Invite, which was won by Georgetown, notably flying in and out on the same day to attend the event. Boston University won the Fall Foliage and the Reese’s Cup, both at New Hampshire, in addition to the Crews Regatta at BU. Rhode Island won the Salve Invite.