ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – After two days of spirited and competitive racing, Harvard sailing concludes the 2025-26 collegiate campaign with a seventh place showing at the ICSA Open Fleet Race Nationals.
The Crimson tallied 98 points in the A division, while the B division action saw Harvard collect 132 points across two days of racing in the Sunshine State, as Harvard ended the ICSA Fleet Race Nationals with 230 points.
Entering the final day in St. Petersburg in 11
th place, the Crimson climbed up the leaderboard in rapid fashion. In the A division, Harvard finished inside the top 10 for the entirety of the second day of competition. Senior
Justin Callahan, racing alongside first-year
Jacob Posner, started the day with a fourth-place finish and ended the competition with a win in the 14
th and final race of the competition. The Crimson's 98 points in the A division ranked second amongst the entire field at the ICSA Open Fleet Race Nationals, only trailing Stanford's 65.
The B division saw Harvard end the competition with 132 points, good for ninth among all programs. Senior
Mitchell Callahan and junior
Rosella Irfan overcame a difficult start to the day, suffering a disqualification in the eighth race and then placing 16
th in the ninth race. From there, the duo recorded finishes inside the top 10 for the rest of the way, highlighted by a sixth-place effort in the 13
th race.
Harvard finishes in the top 10 at the ICSA Open Fleet Racing Championships for the fifth straight year, winning the national title during the 2024 season. Harvard has won the ICSA Match Race National Championship, ICSA Open Team Race National Championship and ICSA Open Fleet Race National Championship in 2025-26. The Crimson also produced the ICSA Open Singlehanded National Champion in
Robby Meek.