ACC Finals Headline 4-Regatta Weekend – Stanford Cardinal

UP NEXT » The Cardinal heads to 4 regattas this weekend, highlighted by the Women’s ACC Finals. Stanford will even be competing on the Nevins Trophy, Savin Hill Invitational and Captain Hurst Bowl.

Last season the Cardinal topped the sector on the PCCSC Match Race Championship, and took second within the 15-team Stu Nelson competitors. The Open ACC first spherical regatta noticed the Card end sixth, however went on to win the Open ACC ultimate weeks later.

LAST TIME OUT » Last weekend, Stanford took dwelling a PCCSC Match Race crown, additionally ending second on the Stu Nelson Trophy and Open ACC Round One regattas.

WOMEN’S ACC FINALE » The Cardinal completed first on the Women’s ACC Round One regatta two weekends in the past. Last season, Stanford swept each divisions on the Women’s ACC Finals.

STRONG START » Stanford has opened up the 2025-26 season in a giant means, ending within the high two of all seven regattas, together with 4 first-place finishes.

2024-25 IN REVIEW » Cardinal crusing loved essentially the most profitable season in program historical past in the course of the 2024-25 marketing campaign, capturing three nationwide titles and incomes this system’s second Leonard M. Fowle Trophy.

Stanford now boasts eight nationwide championships with 5 girls’s and three coed crowns, seven of which have come within the final three seasons below head coach Chris Klevan. 

RETURNERS WITH HARDWARE » The successes of 2024-25 resulted in a protracted checklist of particular person accolades for the Card, almost all of whom are again for the 2025-26 marketing campaign.

Vanessa Lahrkamp was unanimously named the Quantum Women’s Sailor of the Year to win the award for the second consecutive season, becoming a member of Dartmouth’s Dierdre Lambert (2013–14) as the one multiple-time recipient of the award.

Alice Schmid was honored because the Mitchell M. Brindley Crew of the Year, whereas Thomas Sitzmann was one among two finalists for the Everett Morris Memorial Trophy, awarded to the 2025 Open Sailor of the Year.

A complete of eight Stanford sailors earned ICSA All-America recognition, with each Lahrkamp and Ellie Harned receiving a number of honors. Lahrkamp was named an All-American skipper in each the Women’s and Open divisions, whereas Harned earned nods on the Women’s Skipper and Crew groups.

Sitzmann earned his second All-American award as an Open Skipper, whereas Sophie Fisher grew to become the third Cardinal to be named to the Women’s Skipper group for her first profession All-America honor. 

Schmid and Piper Blackband rounded out the First Team All-America crews for Stanford, whereas Kit Harned and Ashtyn Tierney earned honorable point out nods.