UP NEXT » The Cardinal closes out the fall 2025 slate this weekend, competing in a pair of regattas. Stanford will race in the PCCSC Open Fall Championship, and get the first chance at a National Championship at the ICSA Match Race Championship.
LAST TIME OUT » Last weekend, Stanford finished third as a team at the West Coast Championships, and Thomas Sitzmann finished third in the country at the ICSA Singlehanded Championships. Avery Baldwin finished seventh in the women's singlehanded competition.
STRONG START » Stanford has opened up the 2025-26 season in a big way, finishing in the top three of 18 out of 19 regattas, including nine first-place finishes.
ADDING TO THE TROPHY CASE » The Card has already picked up a number of titles this season, winning the:
- PCCSC Women's Singlehanded Championship (Sept. 21)
- PCCSC Match Race Championship (Oct. 5)
- Women's ACC Finals (Oct. 12)
- PCCSC Women's Fall Championship (Oct. 26)
2024-25 IN REVIEW » Cardinal sailing enjoyed the most successful season in program history during the 2024-25 campaign, capturing three national titles and earning the program's second Leonard M. Fowle Trophy.
Stanford now boasts eight national championships with 5 women’s and 3 coed crowns, seven of which have come in the last three seasons under head coach Chris Klevan.
RETURNERS WITH HARDWARE » The successes of 2024-25 resulted in a long list of individual accolades for the Card, nearly all of whom are back for the 2025-26 campaign.
Vanessa Lahrkamp was unanimously named the Quantum Women’s Sailor of the Year to win the award for the second consecutive season, joining Dartmouth’s Dierdre Lambert (2013–14) as the only multiple-time recipient of the award.
Alice Schmid was honored as the Mitchell M. Brindley Crew of the Year, while Thomas Sitzmann was one of two finalists for the Everett Morris Memorial Trophy, awarded to the 2025 Open Sailor of the Year.
A total of eight Stanford sailors earned ICSA All-America recognition, with both Lahrkamp and Ellie Harned receiving multiple honors. Lahrkamp was named an All-American skipper in both the Women’s and Open divisions, while Harned earned nods on the Women’s Skipper and Crew teams.
Sitzmann earned his second All-American award as an Open Skipper, while Sophie Fisher became the third Cardinal to be named to the Women's Skipper team for her first career All-America honor.
Schmid and Piper Blackband rounded out the First Team All-America crews for Stanford, while Kit Harned and Ashtyn Tierney earned honorable mention nods.