UP NEXT » Stanford competes has a busy schedule this weekend, competing at the PCCSC Women's Team Race and Fleet Race Championship, the PCCSC Open Fleet Race Championship and the Thompson Trophy Open Team Race.
LAST TIME OUT » The Cardinal won the PCCSC Open Team Race Championship, as well as the Tulane Women's Team Race Invite last weekend.
STANFORD IN THE RANKINGS » The Card is in the top two of both the ICSA Women's and coed rankings. The Stanford women earned the top spot, while the coed squad landed second nationally.
STRONG SEASON SO FAR » Stanford was strong in the fall season, and has only improved the pace to open 2026. The Cardinal has finished in the top three of 33 out of 36 regattas, including 22 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)
- PCCSC Open Fall Championship (Nov. 16)
- PCCSC Open Team Race Championship (Apr. 5)
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.