The selections have been made for the College Sailing Fall National Championships. The Open and Women’s Singlehanded National Championships will be hosted by Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana on November 11-12, 2023. The College Sailing Open Match Race National Championship will be hosted by the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina on November 3-5, 2023.
The National Championship Selection Committees are charged with selecting the most competitive field of At-Large Candidates for the National Championships. To be eligible, candidates must have competed in a corresponding Conference Championship in any ICSA conference. Selectors must honor the finishing order at any respective conference championship; to select the fourth-place sailor in a conference, they must also select the second and third place candidates.
Criteria for selection at the Open Singlehanded and Women’s Singlehanded include performances at ICSA Single and Doublehanded regattas throughout each candidate's ICSA career. Non-ICSA events may not be considered, and geographic distribution is also not to be considered. This method is the same for the Match Race selection process, where performances in Match Race and Doublehanded ICSA regattas throughout each candidate’s career are considered. Non-ICSA regattas are again not considered for selection. As in every year, the field of candidates was extraordinarily deep, and the committee worked diligently to determine the most competitive field of at-large candidates.
Women's Selection Committee:
- Miranda Bakos
- Molly Carapiet
- Clinton Hayes
- John Pearce
- Kelsey Wheeler
Open Selection Committee:
- Nic Baird
- Thomas Barrows
- Molly O’Bryan Vandemoer
- Ted Ferrarone
- Gloria Kevliciute
Conference Champions Receiving Automatic Qualification:
Emily Allen ‘25, Jacksonville University - SAISA
Ava Anderson ‘27, Tulane University - SEISA
Claire Considine ‘23, University of Wisconsin - MCSA
Katharine Doble ‘26, Brown University - NEISA
Sammy Farkas '27, University of Washington - PCCSC
Lucija Ruzevic '24, Cornell University - MAISA
At Large Selections:
Okyanus Arıkan ‘26, University of Rhode Island - NEISA
Madison Bashaw ‘24, St. Mary's College of Maryland - MAISA
Oakley Cunningham ‘27, Tulane University - SEISA
Gianna Dewey ‘27, Old Dominion University - MAISA
Lauren Ehnot ‘24, Cornell University - NEISA
Agija Elerte '26, Jacksonville University - SAISA
Kaitlyn Hamilton '26, Brown University - NEISA
Piper Holthus '25, Georgetown University - MAISA
Sidney Moyer '27, Brown University - NEISA
Hailey Thompson '27, University of Washington - PCCSC
Sarah Young '25, Dartmouth College - NEISA
Kate Zurinskas '27, U. S. Naval Academy - MAISA
Conference Champions Receiving Automatic Qualification:
Jack Baldwin '26, Stanford University - PCCSC
Hamilton Barclay '27, Tulane University - SEISA
Benjamin Dufour '26, College of Charleston - SAISA
Nicholas Reeser '25, U.S. Coast Guard Academy - NEISA
Nicholas Sessions '24, Hobart & William Smith Colleges - MAISA
Billy Vogel '25, University of Michigan - MCSA
At Large Selections:
Peter Barnard '27, Georgetown University - MAISA
Guthrie Braun '26, Brown University - NEISA
Leyton Borcherding '25, Brown University - NEISA
Mathieu Dale '25, Roger Williams University - NEISA
Thad Lettsome '24, Tulane University - SEISA
Robby Meek '27, Harvard University - NEISA
Connor Nelson '24, Brown University - NEISA
Valerio Palamara '24, Hampton University - MAISA
Mathias Reimer '27, Yale University - NEISA
Trenton Shaw '24, U.S. Naval Academy - MAISA
Ben Sheppard '27, Dartmouth College - NEISA
Benjamin Smith '26, Georgetown University - MAISA
Conference Champions Receiving Automatic Qualification:
Hamilton Barclay '27, Tulane University - SEISA
Liam O'Keefe '26, Brown University - NEISA
Jeffrey Petersen '25, Georgetown University - MAISA
Thomas Sitzmann '27, Stanford University - PCCSC
Axel Stordahl '24, College of Charleston - SAISA
Max Zhalilo '26, University of Chicago - MCSA
At Large Selections:
Matthew King '24, Jacksonville University - SAISA
Morgan Pinckney '27, Yale University - NEISA
Nathan Smith '26, U.S. Naval Academy - MAISA
Daniel Unangst '24, U.S. Coast Guard Academy - NEISA
Congratulations to all of the sailors who have been selected for the 2023 College Sailing Fall National Championships!