Defending champions Stanford University won the 2025 College Women’s Team Race National Champions, held April 27-28 in Cranston, RI. Twelve teams competed using 2025 Zim CFJs and 420Es. After strong winds limited racing on the first day, light winds impacted the format on day two.
Stanford won with skippers Vanessa Lahrkamp ’26, Sophie Fisher ’26, and Ellie Harned ’26 with crews Ashtyn Tierney ’28, Shay Wood ’27, Alice Schmid ’27, Piper Blackband ’28, and Kit Harned ’27.
When gusts measured above 40 knots and multiple capsizes made continuing the Round of 12 too dangerous, the fleet was sent in on the opening day. The Yale University Bulldogs and the Stanford University Cardinal ended the day with a perfect record of 9-0 and 8-0 respectively–putting Yale in the lead and Stanford in second, leaving Harvard University and Tulane University tied for third with a 6-3 record.
The round robin finished on day two in a northwesterly 10 knot breeze which saw the Tulane University Green Wave enter the round of six seeded third, and the Dartmouth College Big Green fifth before a close 2-3-5 win from Dartmouth led to a sail off between the Big Green and the Cornell University Big Red that resulted in Cornell taking the final spot in the Final Four.
It was a tough start to the final four as the breeze died off after completing the top six that morning. Despite the race committee’s decision to forgo rotations with the hope of expediting racing, only two races of the Final Four round were able to be completed before the 5 p.m. cutoff.
Without enough wind to complete the round, Stanford ended the regatta with a 16-1 record, and their second Women’s Team Race championship title.Yale finished a close second at 15-2. Harvard ended the event in third.
“I could not be more impressed with the level of sailing and composure the team put forth at this championship,” said Stanford Head Coach Chris Klevan. “Only three of our eight sailors competing sailed in last year’s championship–one of whom made an unprecedented switch from crew to skipper–yet we defended the title with grace under immense pressure from great competition.”
Final Results
1. Stanford University 16/1
2. Yale University 15/2
3. Harvard University 9/8
4. Cornell University 8/9
5. Dartmouth College 8/8
6. Tulane University 7/9
7. Brown University 5/6
8. Georgetown University 4/7
9. College of Charleston 4/7
10. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4/7
11. Tufts University 2/9
12. University of Pennsylvania 1/10
Details: https://nationals.collegesailing.org/events/2025-womens-team-racing
Scores: https://scores.collegesailing.org/s25/icsa-women-team-race-national/
2024-25 Season
Fall National Championships:
November 9-10: Women’s and Open Singlehanded Nationals – St Petersburg, FL
November 15-17: Match Race Nationals – Oyster Bay, NY
Spring National Championships:
April 24-26: Open Team Race Nationals – Providence, RI
April 27-28: Women’s Team Race Nationals – Providence, RI
May 20-23: Women’s Dinghy Nationals – St Marys City, MD
May 27-30: Open Dinghy Nationals – St Marys City, MD
Source: Delaney Brown, ICSA
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