ICSA News

The College of Charleston's team race team dominated the 2023 Mendelblatt Team Race winning the event and losing only one race during the entire event. By winning the Mendelblatt, the Cougars squad of skippers Axel Stordahl (Jr.), Jack Howard (Sr.), Brandon Geller (Sr.), and crews Noelle Owen (Sr.), Lucy Klempen (Jr.), and Anna Sherry (Sr.) secured top seed at the Bob Bavier Team Race, the second event in the SAISA Team Race League, as well as earned SAISA Sailors of the Week honors for Week 3. The Cougars were also supported by crews Aidan Iaconis (Fr.) and Garrett Grenauer (So., Buffalo, NY). Following this strong showing, the Cougars received votes in the Sail1Design ICSA Open Team Race national rankings. Meanwhile in Wilmington at the UNCW Trophy Regatta, Clemson University skipper Nilah Miller (So., Jackson, MS) fought breezy conditions and a competitive fleet to earn the A-Division win, scoring three bullets and a podium finish in all but one of the ten races on the day. Together with crew Sam Heighway (So., Westerville, OH), Miller's performance helped her Tigers secure a podium third-place finish at the event and with the outstanding performance, earn SAISA Women's Sailor of the Week honors. Congratulations to this week's SAISA Sailors of the Week.