ST. MARY'S CITY, Md. -- On April 30, the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association of North America (ICSA) announced the 2025 Fleet Race National Championship selections and for the third time in program history, the Christopher Newport women's team will compete among the nation's elite for a chance at a national title.
The Women's Fleet Race National Championship will be held from May 20-23 at St. Mary's College in St. Mary's City, Md. The National Championship Selection Committees are charged with selecting the most competitive field of At-Large Teams for the National Championships. To be eligible, teams must have regional or cross-regional status, and must have competed in at least one ICSA Regatta in the corresponding discipline. Selectors shall consider exemplary performance throughout the season in that discipline. Selectors shall not consider geographic diversity, or a team's record in any discipline in previous years.
Berths to nationals were selected by a committee of five voting members and one non-voting ICSA competition committee member.
It marks the fifth time that CNU Sailing will be represented at one of the ICSA National Championship events after Vir Menon qualified for the ICSA Singlehanded National Championship twice and the CNU women's sailors have reached the semifinal round in 2016, 2024, and now 2025.
The semifinals will be held over two days in Maryland on May 20-21. After the first two days of competition, the field will be trimmed to the top 18 for the finals held on May 22-23.
Automatic Qualifier from Conference Championships:
MAISA
Georgetown University
Cornell University
MCSA
University of Wisconsin
Northwestern University
NEISA
Yale University
Brown University
PCCSC
Stanford University
University of Hawaii
SAISA
University of South Florida
College of Charleston
SEISA
Tulane University
University of Texas
Complete Women's Fleet Race Field:
1 Stanford University
2 Yale University
3 Brown University
4 Cornell University
5 Harvard University
6 Georgetown University
7 Tulane University
8 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
9 University of Pennsylvania
10 College of Charleston
11 U. S. Naval Academy
12 Dartmouth College
13 Boston College
14 Roger Williams University
15 Northeastern University
16 Old Dominion University
17 Hobart and William Smith Colleges
18 George Washington University
19 Tufts University
20 St. Mary's College of Maryland
21 University of South Florida
22 U. S. Coast Guard Academy
23 Jacksonville University
24 Bowdoin College
25 Fordham University
26 University of Rhode Island
27 Christopher Newport University
28 Boston University
29 University of Hawaii
30 Rollins College
31 University of Vermont
32 North Carolina State University
33 University of Wisconsin
34 Clemson University
35 Northwestern University
36 University of Texas
