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2023-24 Sailing Roster

Marbella Marlo

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Newport Beach, Calif.
  • High School Corona del Mar High School
  • Concentration History

Biography

Senior (2023-24)

ICSA All-Academic Team... Mitchell M. Brindley Crew of the Year… Crew All-America… All-NEISA Open First Team… NEISA Babineau Crew of the Year Finalist… Saw action at 21 regattas… Opened the fall season with a first-place finish in the A division at the Hatch Brown Trophy… Placed fourth in the A division at the Sherman Hoyt Trophy… Took first in the A division at the Danmark Trophy… Was on crew for a first-place finish at the Open ACCs Round 1B… Had a fourth place finish in the B division at the Women’s Atlantic Coast Championship… Finished fourth in the B division at the Atlantic Coast Open Championship Finals… Placed first in the A division at the 82nd Professor Schell Trophy… Grabbed a top-five finish as a skipper at the Harvard Women’s Team Race…Placed first in the Wood Trophy… Took first at the Graham Hall Team Race… Had a top five finish at the 63rd Jan Friis Team Race… Placed first at the 41st Cardinal Red Lynne Marchiando Trophy… Finished second at the NEISA Open Team Race Championship/Fowle… Placed second at the Thompson Trophy Camel… Was on crew for a first-place finish in the A division at the NEISA Open Dinghy Championship/CG Alumni Bowl…Placed second at the ICSA Open Team Racing National Championship… Had a top-five finish at the ICSA Women’s Team Race National Championship… Was on crew for the Western Women’s National Semi-finals… Had a top-10 finish at the Women’s Dinghy National Championship… Finished third in the A division at the Eastern Open National Semi-Final… Placed fourth in the A division at the Open Dinghy National Championship as crew with Lachlain McGranahan as skipper to help the Open team become National Champions.

Junior (2022-23)

All-NEISA Second-Team Women’s Skipper… All-Ivy Second-Team Women’s Crew… Made season debut at the Pine Trophy as a skipper… Helped the Crimson to a first overall finish at the Women’s Atlantic Coast Championship Qualifier as a skipper… As a skipper in the A division at the Yale Women’s Regatta, helped the Crimson to a first place finish… Helped the Crimson to a second place finish at the Women’s Team Race in the first weekend of the spring season… In the lineup as a skipper for the Crimson second place finish at the Geiger Trophy… Helped lead the Crimson to a third place finish at the NEISA Open Team Race Championship… A skipper in the B division for the Crimson second overall finish at the NEISA Women’s Fleet Race Championship. 

Sophomore (2021-22)

Appeared in 20 regattas spending time at both skipper and crew... Contributed to team's second place finish at the Duplin Trophy (March 26-27)... Sailed in the first ever Women's Team Race National Championship (April 23-24)... Competed at the ICSA Team Race National Championship (May 16-18)... Paired with Lachlain McGranahan, Pomaika'i Ogata and Chris Wang to take first in the B-division at the ICSA Dinghy Championship (May 21-22)... Helped Harvard's A-division boat to first place in the ICSA Women's Fleet Racing Championship Western Semifinals (May 23-24)... Raced in the ICSA Women's Fleet Racing Championship (May 25-26). 

First-Year (2020-21)

Did not compete due to season cancelation by the Ivy League. 

Before Harvard

Four-year varsity sailor at Corona del Mar High School… Named captain for the 2019-20 year… Ranked in the top-five (Pacific Coast Interscholastic Sailing Association) on the west coast as a skipper or crew several times throughout her high school career… Placed first in a 64-team field at the C420 Scyyra Perry Series… Won the 2018 ISSA Women’s Invitational… Member of the Newport Harbor Yacht Club… Recipient of the Gold Presidential Service Award in 2017… Brother, Jake Marlo ’22, was a member of the Harvard men’s lightweight crew team.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21First-Year

  • 2021-22Sophomore

  • 2022-23Junior

  • 2023-24Senior