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2025-26 Sailing Roster

Edward Monigan IV/Harvard Athletics

Xavier Ayala-Vermont

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Gainesville, Fla.
  • High School F.W. Buchholz High School

Biography

Junior (2025-26)

Competed in six regattas (3 - fall, 4 spring) and was a reserve at seven others (3 - fall, 4 - spring)... Was a two-time NEISA Open Sailor-of-the-Week recipient (March 19, April 8)... Performed crew duties on the Harman Cup-winning team... Also competed as a skipper in the fall at the Moody Trophy (11th) and Norman Reid Team Race (4th)... Opened the spring as a skipper at the Southern Collegiate Offshore Regatta, leading the team to a second-place finish... Helped the team win the Graham Hall Team Race (crew)... Served as crew at the NEISA Open Team Race Championship/Fowle Trophy (1st)... Competed in the C-division at the Boston Dinghy Challenge Cup (10th).

Sophomore (2024-25)

Competed in eight regattas (3 - fall, 5 - spring)… Served as crew at the Pine Trophy, helping the team finish in fifth… Part of the runner-up group at the Hood Trophy (A Division)… Performed crew duties on the winning NEISA Match Race Championship team… Captured NEISA Open Sailor-of-the-Week accolades with Justin Callahan, Mitchell Callahan and Kate Danielson for their performance at the NEISA Match Race Championship… Was a reserve at the Hatch Brown Trophy, Danmark Trophy, Schell Trophy and ICSA Match Race National Championship… Made spring debut at the Graham Hall Team Race, serving as crew for a third-place outfit… Skippered at the BU Trophy (9th – B Division), Alymers Team Race (2nd) and George Morris Trophy (8th – B Division)… Helped the team win (crew) the NEISA Open Fleet Racing Championship/Coast Guard Alumni Bowl… Was a reserve for the ICSA Open Fleet Race Championship.

First-Year (2023-24)

Saw action at five regattas… Made collegiate debut at the Wood Trophy with a first-place finish… Had a top-five finish at the 63rd Jan Friis Team Race… Was a reserve for the 41st Cardinal Red Lynne Marchiando Trophy… Was a reserve for the NEISA Open Dinghy Championship/CG Alumni Bowl… Was a reserve for the Eastern Open National Semifinal.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24First-Year

  • 2024-25Sophomore

  • 2025-26Junior