CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard Sailing will wrap up its fall campaign this weekend at the ICSA Match Race National Championship in St. Petersburg, Florida. The regatta is set for Saturday, Nov. 15-Sunday, Nov. 16, with South Florida serving as host.

Forecast

The sun in Sunshine State will be prominently featured this weekend. Saturday will be in the mid-to-upper 70s, with winds varying from 2-6 knots and shifting throughout the day (ENE, E, ESE, SSE, WSW, W, WNW). Sunday will be similar from a temperature standpoint, but the wind is expected to hold steady at about seven knots (WSW).

What to Know

• Senior Justin Callahan secured an automatic berth to the national championship after leading the Crimson to a first-place showing at the NEISA Match Race Championship in September.
• At the NEISA event, Harvard won the regatta with an impressive score of three, with Callahan joined by Kate Danielson, Mitchell Callahan and Harrison Strom.
• This weekend's national championship comes on the heels of the ICSA Singlehanded National Championships in Norfolk, Virginia. Robby Meek won his first open national championship after a fourth-place effort as a first-year and an eighth-place performance a year ago. The junior is the fourth Crimson sailor to win the open championship, following Robert Doyle (1970), Vincent Porter (2004) and Henry Marshall (2018).
• At the women's singlehanded championship, Sophia Montgomery finished in third place, falling short of defending her national title. The senior finished in fourth place as a first-year (2021), won the event as a sophomore (2022), took 2023 off to prepare for the Paris Olympic Games, and captured the crown as a junior (2024). Danielson, meanwhile, came in ninth place, a season after a fourth-place performance as a first-year.
• Harvard is looking to improve upon its eighth-place effort at the 2024 ICSA Match Race National Championship. Last season, the Crimson advanced to the quarterfinals where it fell to Brown, 2-0, in a best-of-3. Harvard was represented by Justin Callahan, Mitchell Callahan, Strom and Danielson in Oyster Bay, New York. Xavier Ayala-Vermont was also on site as a reserve.

Up Next

Harvard will return in March 2026, as it begins its team-race campaign. The Crimson's spring schedule will be released at a later date.