The 2025 Fields Are Set for The Open and Women’s Team Race National Championship
Tuesday, April 15 – The spring season is well underway for College Sailing. There are 4 national titles up for grabs and teams have been vying for berths. Brown University is set to host the Women’s and Open Team Race National Championship (April 24-26 & 27-28) before St. Mary’s College of Maryland welcomes teams for Women’s Fleet Race and Open Fleet Race National Championships (May 20-23 & 27-30).
Selection Process
Berths to nationals will be selected by a selection committee. These committees are made up of five voting members and one non-voting ICSA competition committee member. The selection committee members cannot be coaches and must disclose any affiliation such as donor, alum, parent, etc. Additionally, the open selection committee must have two women members and the women’s selection committee must have three women members.
Automatic Qualifier (AQ) berths will be awarded to conference champions in the women’s team racing and open team racing disciplines, and to the conference champions and runners up in the open and womens fleet racing disciplines. The remaining berths are awarded to at-large teams chosen via a structured selection process by their respective selection committees.
Women’s Selection Committee:
Derek Deskey
Kelsey Wheeler
Miranda Bakos
John Pearce
Gwynie Dunlevy
Open Selection Committee:
Molly Vandemoer
Thomas Barrows
Nic Baird
Clay Johnson
Rose Edwards
Conference Champions Receiving Automatic Qualification:
MAISA – Cornell University
MCSA – University of Wisconsin
NEISA – Yale University
PCCSC – Stanford University
SAISA – College of Charleston
SEISA – Tulane University
Complete Women’s Team Race Field:
1. Yale University
2. Stanford University
3. Brown University
4. Harvard University
5. Cornell University
6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
7. Georgetown University
8. College of Charleston
9. Dartmouth College
10. Tulane University
11. Tufts University
12. University of Wisconsin
Conference Champions Receiving Automatic Qualification:
MAISA – U.S. Naval Academy
MCSA – University of Michigan
NEISA – Yale University
PCCSC – Stanford University
SAISA – College of Charleston
SEISA – Tulane University
Complete Open Team Race Field:
1. Harvard University
2. Yale University
3. Roger Williams University
4. Stanford University
5. U.S. Naval Academy
6. Boston College
7. Georgetown University
8. Dartmouth College
9. Brown University
10. St. Mary’s College of Maryland
11. College of Charleston
12. Tulane University
13. Tufts University
14. U.S. Coast Guard Academy
15. Bowdoin College
16. University of Michigan
Congratulations to all of the teams who have been selected for the 2025 College Sailing Team Race National Championships!
Fleet Race At-Large Selection Announcement will be Apr 29, 2025.
The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) is the governing authority for sailing competition at colleges and universities throughout the United States and in some parts of Canada. Visit www.collegesailing.org to learn more.
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