ICSA News

March 11, 2020 3:30pm EDT

For Immediate Release:

The Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) remains committed to the health and safety of the athletes, coaches, volunteers, and our communities. Considering the recent decisions and actions of many member schools, the ICSA Executive Committee has moved to suspend Interconference Competition from now through weekend 10 (April 4-5). The ICSA Executive Committee will continue to monitor the situation and provide additional information and guidance, including weekly updates. The ICSA Executive Committee will make decisions on ICSA Interconference and National Championship events based on information provided by the CDC, region and local health authorities, and host schools. ICSA Procedural Rules will continue to apply. The ICSA remains hopeful that we will be able to resume competition later this spring. 

Mitch Brindley
President, Intercollegiate Sailing Association

*** PEMBERTON and MOREIRA ARE THE NEISA COED SAILORS OF THE WEEK***

***BAMFORD and THOMAS ARE THE NEISA WOMEN’S SAILOR OF THE WEEK***

*** Harvey and Nicolosi are the NEISA Co-ed Sailors of the Week***

*** Belda and Ruth are the NEISA Women Sailors of the Week***

NEISA Watch Lists

The 2019 season has come to a close in SAISA and our sailors finished up the fall semester with a bang. Of the three national championships decided in the fall, SAISA sailors took one title and two podium finishes. For the final Sailors of the Week for 2019 we recognizing the Kennedy Cup winners and ICSA Keelboat National Champions from College of Charleston, as well as two star laser sailors from Jacksonville University and the University of Miami for their outstanding performances at ICSA Singlehanded Nationals.

*** Schoenherr is the NEISA Co-ed Sailor of the Week***

*** Reineke is the NEISA Women Sailor of the Week***

SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. (November 10, 2019) – The LaserPerformance Men’s and Women’s Singlehanded National Championships, co-hosted by Santa Barbara Yacht Club and the University of California Santa Barbara wrapped up today with Leo Boucher (West River, Md.), a sophomore at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, winning the Men’s Championship and Sophia Reineke (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), a junior at Boston College, wining the Women’s Championship.

The championships included the top 18 men and top 18 women singlehanded sailors in the nation. LaserPerformance, the title sponsor, provided full rig Lasers and Laser Radials for the events. Marlow Ropes was a supporting sponsor for the events. 

The LaserPerformance Men’s and Women’s Singlehanded National Championships, co-hosted by Santa Barbara Yacht Club and the University of California Santa Barbara are set to begin Friday, November 8 with registration, boat assignment and a competitors meeting. Racing will take place Saturday, November 9 and Sunday, November 10.

The championships include the top 18 men and 18 women singlehanded sailors in the nation. At least one male and female sailor has qualified from each of the seven collegiate sailing conferences to compete in this prestigious event. The regatta will take place out of the Santa Barbara YC and the sailing area will be in the Santa Barbara Channel, south of the yacht club, the course is viewable from either the end of Stearns Wharf, or the Santa Barbara Harbor Breakwater.

The Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) Match Race National Championship for the Cornelius Shields, Sr. Trophy was completed today after three days of racing. The event began on Friday, November 1, although due to strong winds (steady 25-30 knots) racing was canceled in the afternoon, and got underway Saturday morning. After two days of challenging competition, Stanford University came away the winner.

The regatta was hosted by Corinthian Yacht Club in Marblehead, Mass. with support from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Racing took place in Sonars in and around Marblehead Harbor. Ten college sailing teams qualified to compete in the championship having advanced from their own conference qualifiers. Each team had four crew members one of which was required to be female.

With conference championship season in full swing, teams from SAISA gathered at Carolina Yacht Club on Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, this past Saturday to compete in the SAISA Women's Fall Championships. Warm breeze moving from the east to the northeast, and an active current greeted sailors on Banks Channel, conditions that would hold or build as the event continued. From the first race, the Cougars of the College of Charleston grabbed the lead with a 1-2 first set from Alie Toppa and Laura Masterson, dueling finishes with the Jacksonville Fins. As B-division took the water, the Cougars would put distance on their lead in what develop into an outstanding showing for Marian Williams and Natasha Morton. Overall, Charleston's success continued in very close and competitive races throughout the full rotation. With four bullets in A-Division and no score worse than a 4th, Williams and Morton just sent it all day earning 6 bullets on the day and no finish off the podium en route to a dominant B-Division and low total of 11 points in 8 races for the regatta. In their successful effort to win the SAISA Women's Fall Championship, Toppa, Masterson, Williams and Morton have earned SAISA Sailors of the Week honors for week eight.