{"id":51293,"date":"2025-11-18T15:08:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T15:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/51293\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T15:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T15:08:09","slug":"harvard-claims-match-race-national-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/51293\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard Claims Match Race National Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/harvard-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image disable-lazyload\" alt=\"Harvard match racing team\"  \/>                <\/p>\n<p>                Harvard University\u2019s match racing team executed simple tactics and excellent boathandling in light air to go undefeated and win the College Sailing Match Race National Championship in St. Petersburg, Florida.<br \/>\n                Corey Hall<\/p>\n<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 Harvard University captured the 2025 College Sailing Match Race National Championship on Sunday, November 17, completing an undefeated run to secure the title and cap a successful fall season.<\/p>\n<p>The championship, hosted by the University of South Florida Sailing and The Saint Petersburg Yacht Club, was contested in light-air conditions, testing the teams\u2019 boathandling and tactical acumen throughout the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWinning College Sailing Match Race Nationals was a rewarding conclusion to a successful fall season after winning ACCs and the NEISA Fall Championship,\u201d said Justin Callahan, a sophomore on the squad. \u201cThis team means everything to me. Having my twin brother, Mitchell, by my side made the victory all the more meaningful, along with Kate and Harrison, who competed with me in Poland this summer where we earned bronze for the USA at the World Championship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Head Sailing Coach Mike O\u2019Connor praised the team\u2019s growth and execution. \u201cI\u2019m very proud of our team. They learned some hard lessons at this regatta last year. They used simple tactics and excellent boathandling to control their opponents,\u201d O\u2019Connor said. \u201cThey analyzed the race course properly in every race. They took advantage of every opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/harvard-winners-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Harvard University sailing team\"  \/>                <\/p>\n<p>                Undefeated! Harvard University closed out the fall season by sweeping the field to capture the 2025 College Sailing Match Race National Championship in St. Petersburg, Florida.<br \/>\n                Corey Hall<\/p>\n<p>College Sailing extended its congratulations to all the sailors and teams competing. The top finishers at the championship included:<\/p>\n<p>College of Charleston<\/p>\n<p>Tulane University<\/p>\n<p>Boston College<\/p>\n<p>Georgetown University<\/p>\n<p>Brown University<\/p>\n<p>Roger Williams University<\/p>\n<p>United States Naval Academy<\/p>\n<p>University of Illinois<\/p>\n<p>Stanford University<\/p>\n<p>Special thanks were given to University of South Florida Sailing and The Saint Petersburg Yacht Club for hosting the championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harvard University\u2019s match racing team executed simple tactics and excellent boathandling in light air to go undefeated and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[32464,32465,202,204,203,199,201,200,32466],"class_list":["post-51293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-competitive-sailing","tag-races-regattas","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-youth-sailing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}