Jumbos Reach Finals at ICSA Open Fleet Race National Championship

ST. MARY’S, MD (May 28, 2025) – The Jumbo coed sailing team advanced to the finals of the Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) Open Fleet Race Championship after placing eighth in the Western Semifinals which ended on Wednesday.

The top nine teams from the semifinal would advance to the finals. The Jumbos began the day in eighth place after their scores from four races on Tuesday. They held their position during six races today to finish eighth overall.

For 10 races total at the two-day semifinal, the Jumbos earned scores of 77 in A division and 108 in B’s for a 178 final.

Junior skipper Ben Mueller led the Jumbos to fifth place in A division for the semis. In Wednesday’s six races, he teamed with sophomore crew Cody Lamoreux for the fifth, sixth, ninth and 10th starts. Sophomore crew Courtland Doyle was on board for the seventh and eighth races. The Jumbos had four top-nine finishes out of their six A races today, with Mueller and Lamoreux posting outstanding sixth, third, fourth and first scores in their four races together.

For B division racing, the Jumbos were ninth as sophomore skipper Kurt Stuebe teamed with senior crew Naomi Pedersen on Wednesday. They had fourth-, fifth- and seventh-place finishes in today’s second through fifth starts.

Stanford University won the Western Semifinal (36-46-82) They will join Tufts, Yale University, Bowdoin College, Boston College, Dartmouth College, Georgetown University, College of Charleston and the University of Miami as the nine teams to move on to the finals out of the Western Semis.

Nine teams from the Eastern Semifinals will join the Western qualifiers for an 18-team, two-day final which will begin on Thursday. The action is scheduled to start at 9:30 AM.

 

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