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Career Highlights

  • ICSA Open Fleet Race Champion (2023)
  • Two-time ICSA Women's Fleet Race Champion (2023-24)
  • ICSA Women's Team Race Champion (2024)
  • Leonard M. Fowle Trophy (2022-23)
  • James Rousmaniere Award for Student Leadership (2023)
  • Quantum National Women’s Sailor of the Year (2020), first freshman in the award's history to win, first Stanford athlete to win
  • Five-Time ICSA All-America Women's Skipper (2020-24)
  • Four-Time ICSA All-America Open Skipper (2021-24)
  • PCCSC Sailor of the Year (2022)
  • Two-Time All-PCCSC Skipper (2022-23)
  • Stanford Block ‘S’ Freshman Award recipient (2020)

As a Graduate Student (2023-24)

  • ICSA Women's Fleet Race Champion
  • ICSA Women's Team Race Champion
  • ICSA All-America Women's Skipper 
  • ICSA All-America Open Skipper
  • Guided Stanford to its third and fourth ICSA titles in the last 12 months
  • Led Stanford's B boat in the ICSA Women's Fleet Race Championship, guiding the team to third place finish in the division and 207 total points in the regatta
  • Helped the Cardinal to a near perfect regatta in the ICSA Women's Team Race Championship and an 18-1 record
  • Guided Stanford to four PCCSC Championships, taking both the women's and open fleet and team race titles
  • Sailed in 18 regattas across the fall and spring seasons, leading Stanford to 12 victories

As a Senior (2022-23)

  • ICSA Open Fleet Race Champion
  • ICSA Women's Fleet Race Champion
  • Leonard M. Fowle Trophy
  • James Rousmaniere Award for Student Leadership
  • ICSA All-American women's skipper
  • ICSA All-American open skipper
  • All-PCCSC Woman Skpper
  • Helped lead Stanford to its first ICSA Open Fleet Race Championship and ICSA Women's Fleet Race Championship during the spring season
    • Partnered with Ellie Harned to take first in the A division of the ICSA Open Fleet Race Championship with 37 points
    • In the ICSA Women's Fleet Race Championship, finished with 65 points in second place
  • Led Stanford to its most successful season in school history, culminating with two national titles and two runner-up finishes
  • Helped the Cardinal earn the Leonard M. Fowle Trophy, the award for the best university in collegiate sailing, for the first time in program history
  • Guided Stanford to a clean sweep of the PCCSC regattas, taking first place in the PCCSC Open Team Race and Open Fleet Race
  • Sailed in 20 regattas across the fall and spring seasons, leading the Cardinal to 10 event victories
  • Named Stanford's first-ever recipient of the James Rousmaniere Award for Student Leadership for her work on and off the water

As a Junior (2021-22)

  • ICSA All-America women's skipper
  • ICSA All-America coed skipper
  • PCCSC Sailor of the Year
  • All-PCCSC Skipper
  • Competed in 20 events for Stanford over the fall and spring seasons
  • Led Stanford to a third place finish in the ICSA Women's Fleet Race Championships, tying the program's best finish from 2007
  • Led Stanford to a third place finish in the inaugural ICSA Women's Team Race Championships
  • Helped Stanford finish fourth overall in the ICSA Coed Team Race Championships
  • Led Stanford to a fifth place finish in the ICSA Coed Fleet Race Championships
  • Competed in all four PCCSC event championships, helping Stanford sweep each contest including the inaugural PCCSC Women's Team Race Championships

As a Sophomore (2020-21)

  • ICSA All-America women's skipper
  • ICSA All-America honorable mention coed skipper
  • Runner up for Quantum National Women's Sailor of the Year
  • Helped Stanford to a program-best second-place finish at the ICSA Coed National Championships, taking first in the B-division. Earned the Robert M. Allan Jr. trophy as the highest placing pair in the division.
  • Skipper at the ICSA Team Race National Championships, helping lead Stanford to fifth place
  • Finished third in the A-division at the ICSA Women’s Championships, helping Stanford take fifth overall
  • Helped Stanford win and go undefeated at the PCCSC Team Race Championship
  • Skippered A-boat to first place at the PCCSC Women’s Championship, as Stanford took first overall
  • Helped Stanford to fourth place at the BC Team Race

As a Freshman (2019-20)

  • Quantum National Women’s Sailor of the Year, first freshman in the award's history to win, first Stanford athlete to win
  • ICSA All-American skipper
  • Stanford Block ‘S’ Freshman Award recipient
  • Finished second in the A Division and led Stanford to fifth-place finish at Women's Showcase Semifinals with crew Sammy Pickell and Ashton Borcherding (Sept. 28-29)
  • Finished first in the A Division (won four races) and led Stanford to a Stu Nelson Trophy victory at Connecticut College with crew Abigail Tindall (Oct. 5-6)
  • Took top honors in A division at the Jen Harris Women's Showcase while paired with Sammy Pickell (Oct. 12-13)
  • Took second in A division at the Yale Women's Interconference regatta after winning a pair of races and claiming six top-four finishes over 13 races while paired with crew Abigail Tindall (Oct. 19-20)
  • Helped Stanford women to victory with a 16-0 team record at the Jeremy McIntyre Team Race (Feb. 22-23)
  • Raced at the Rudkin Team Race (March 7-8), helping skipper Stanford to fourth place

The Lahrkamp File

  • Led team to two state championships (2017, 2019)
  • Fourth at 2019 MASSA Spring Gold Fleet Championship 
  • Third at 2019 MASSA Baker Qualifier (Team Racing)
  • First at 2019 NYISA-SE League Fleet Race Championships
  • First at 2019 NYISA-SE League Team Race 
  • First at 2018 NYISA-SE Fleet Champs 
  • First at 2018 NYISA-SE Team Race District Championship
  • Seventh at 2018 MASSA Fall Fleet Race Championship 
  • Third at 2018 MASSA Fall Team Race Championship 
  • Fourth at 2018 MASSA Keelboat Qualifier 
  • Seventh at 2018 MASSA Spring Fleet Championship Mallory Qualifier 
  • High school team captain as a junior and senior
  • Eighth (third girl) at 2019 i420 North American Championship
  • Ninth (third girl) at 2018 i420 Orange Bowl
  • Sixth (second girl) at 2018 i420 Atlantic Coast Championship
  • Fourth (1st USA) at 2018 i420 Open Women World Championship 
  • First at at 2018 i420 US Sailing Youth Championship 
  • First at 2018 i420 Wickford Regatta 
  • 10th (4th girl) at 2017 i420 U17 Junior European Championship in Italy
  • Eighth (third girl) at 2017 US Youth Championship
  • Third (first girl) at 2017 i420 Wickford Regatta 
  • Second (first girl) at 2017 i420 North American Championship 
  • First at 2017 i420 Pacific Coast Championship
  • First at 2016 Larchmont Yacht Club Jr. Race Week
  • First at 2016 JSA C420 Championship
  • Competed for Team USA
    • I420 Open Women’s World Championship (Newport, R.I.), 2018
    • I420 Junior European Championship (Sesimbra, Portugal), 2018
    • I420 European Championship (Athens, Greece), 2017
    • I420 Junior European Championship (Lake Garda, Italy), 2017
  • AP Scholar with Distinction
  • Has served as a youth tutor and instructor
  • Daughter of Elke and Markus Lahrkamp
  • Has two sisters, Vanessa and Melanie
  • Bilangual and a dual citizen (Germany)
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