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The 2026 Fields Are Set for the Open and Women’s Fleet Race National Championships

Posted April 28, 2026

The selections have been made for the College Sailing Open and Women's Fleet Race National Championships.

The Fleet Race National Championships will be hosted by University of South Florida and the schedule is as follows:

  • Women's Semi-Finals: May 15-16, 2026
  • Women's Finals: May 17-18, 2026
  • Open Semi-Finals: May 19-20, 2026
  • Open Finals: May 21-22, 2026

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.

The committees are charged with selecting the most competitive field of At-Large Teams for the National Championships. To be eligible, teams must have regional or cross-regional status, and must have competed in at least one ICSA Regatta in the corresponding discipline. Selectors shall consider exemplary performance throughout the season in that discipline. Selectors shall not consider geographic diversity, or a team's record in any discipline in previous years.

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 woman's 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: 

  • Miranda Bakos
  • Derek Deskey
  • Gwynie Dunlevy
  • Kelsey Eger
  • Clinton Hayes

Open Selection Committee:

  • Nic Baird
  • Thomas Barrows
  • Rose Edwards
  • Clay Johnson
  • Marley Mais

Automatic Qualifier from Conference Championships:

MAISA
Cornell University
Georgetown University

MCSA
University of Michigan
Northwestern University

NEISA
Yale University
Brown University

PCCSC
Stanford University
Western Washington University

SAISA
College of Charleston
University of South Florida

SEISA
Tulane University
Texas A&M University

Complete Women's Fleet Race Field:

  1. Stanford University
  2. Yale University
  3. Brown University
  4. Harvard University
  5. Dartmouth College
  6. Cornell University
  7. Georgetown University
  8. Tufts University
  9. College of Charleston
  10. Tulane University
  11. Bowdoin College
  12. Roger Williams University
  13. Boston College
  14. U.S. Coast Guard Academy 
  15. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  16. Hobart and William Smith Colleges
  17. Old Dominion University
  18. Northeastern University
  19. University of Pennsylvania
  20. University of Rhode Island
  21. St. Mary's College of Maryland
  22. University of South Florida
  23. U.S. Naval Academy
  24. Columbia University
  25. Connecticut College
  26. George Washington University
  27. University of Hawaii 
  28. Fordham University
  29. Jacksonville University
  30. University of Michigan
  31. Rollins College
  32. University of Vermont
  33. North Carolina State University
  34. Western Washington University
  35. Northwestern University
  36. Texas A&M University 

Automatic Qualifier from Conference Championships

MAISA
University of Pennsylvania
United States Naval Academy

MCSA
University of Wisconsin
University of Michigan

NEISA
Harvard University
Brown University 

PCCSC
Stanford University
San Diego State University

SAISA
College of Charleston
Jacksonville University

SEISA
Tulane University
Texas A&M University 

Complete Open Fleet Race Field:

  1. Harvard University
  2. Stanford University
  3. Brown University
  4. Roger Williams University
  5. U.S. Naval Academy
  6. College of Charleston
  7. Yale University
  8. Tulane University
  9. Boston College
  10. University of Pennsylvania
  11. Georgetown University
  12. Dartmouth College
  13. St. Mary's College of Maryland
  14. Tufts University
  15. Jacksonville University
  16. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  17. University of Miami
  18. San Diego State University
  19. U.S. Coast Guard Academy
  20. Hobart and William Smith Colleges
  21. Connecticut College
  22. University of Rhode Island
  23. Bowdoin College
  24. George Washington University
  25. Cornell University
  26. Boston University
  27. University of Southern California
  28. Eckerd College
  29. University of California at Santa Barbara
  30. Fordham University
  31. Florida State University
  32. Northeastern University
  33. University of Michigan
  34. North Carolina State University
  35. University of Wisconsin
  36. Texas A&M University 

Congratulations to all of the teams who have been selected for the 2026 College Sailing Fleet Race National Championships!

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