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Women’s and Open Sailing Teams Post Second Place Finishes in NEISA Fleet Race Championships
4/21/2026 10:35:00 AM | Women's Sailing, Coed Sailing
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Brown sailing teams competed in four events across last weekend, highlighted by both teams finishing second in their respective New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) Fleet Race Championships.
The women's team earned a second place finish at the NEISA Women's Fleet Race Championship for the Jerry Reed Trophy last weekend at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The Bears earned one of the two automatic qualifying berths to the College Sailing Women's Fleet Race National Championship hosted by the University of South Florida from May 15-18. Katharine Doble '26 and Reese Corckran '28 finished second in the A-Division, just one point out of first place in the 15-team championship. The B-Division team of skippers Laura Hamilton '27 and Katherine McNamara '26 along with crews Katherine Majette '27 and Gabriela Collins '28 finished a combined second place in their division as well.
This marks the second consecutive year that Brown has finished second place in the NEISA Women's Fleet Race Championship, prior to winning the event in 2024. The rest of the field will be announced this week by College Sailing.
The open team also posted a second place finish in the NEISA Open Fleet Race Championship for the Coast Guard Alumni Bowl last weekend at home. The second place finish earned the Bears a qualifying berth to the College Sailing Open Fleet Race National Championship from May 19-22 at the University of South Florida. Skipper Blake Behrens '27 and Guthrie Braun '26 with crews Caroline Keeffe-Jones '26 and Vera Allen '27 finished second in the A-Divison. The B-Division team of skippers Camren Spriggs '27 and James Brock '28 along with crews Dominic Ciccimaro '29 and Phoebe Fogarty '29 finished third place in their division in the 18-team event featuring the top 18 teams in New England. The rest of the field will also be announced this week.
The Bears finished second at all four New England Spring Championships (including open and women's team racing), showing consistency across all of the spring disciplines of College Sailing, and claiming Nationals berths.
The open team also competed at the Boston Dinghy Cup at MIT on Saturday, finishing third of 17 teams in the three-division event. Noah Stapleton '29 and Marin Soderberg '28 led the Bears winning the A-Division, with seven top three finishes in 10 races. A group also competed in the George Morris Trophy at Boston University. Due to light winds and thunderstorms, the event did not get in the required number of races to constitute as a regatta.
Up Next
With this past weekend marking the conclusion of the regular season, the open team will head to New Orleans on Wednesday for the College Sailing Open Team Race National Championship from April 23-25. The women's team will head to New Orleans on Saturday for the College Sailing Women's Team Race National Championship from April 26-27. Both events will be hosted by Tulane at the Southern Yacht Club. Both events will be available to watch via streaming.
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