Newport Harbor High School's sailing team was honored to receive a national invite to the Phebe Corckran King Memorial regatta, based on their performance in the 2024-2025 season. The high school team was beyond excited to receive the invite and even more thrilled with the opportunity to sail on the national level.

Being true student athletes there was concern with the event falling on the weekend before finals week.  But our sailors were committed as both students and athletes and "made it work" while keeping their grades up. Some of the sailors who attended this regatta even finished the year with straight A's and 5's on their AP tests!

Thank you to the Newport Harbor Sailing Foundation for helping support my sailing at the 2025 C420 North American Championship. This year, the regatta was on August 6-9 at Sayville Yacht Club in Blue Point, New York. My skipper, Carly Kieding, and I were already there because we had raced in the South Shore Championship, which was just two days prior.

Thank you to the Newport Harbor Sailing Foundation for helping support my sailing at the 2025 C420 US National Championship. This year, the regatta was on July 22-24. It was hosted by Hyannis Yacht Club on Cape Cod. My skipper, Carly Kieding, and I flew in on July 20 for one day of practice before the regatta.

Thank you to the NHSF Committee for generously supporting my participation in the 2025 ILCA Midwinters East Regatta, held February 15–19 in St. Petersburg, Florida. The event was hosted by the St. Petersburg Yacht Club and featured over 200 of the top ILCA sailors from around the world. As a major qualifier for the ILCA World Championships, ILCA Grand Prix, and World Sailing ranking points, this regatta drew an elite international fleet and delivered some of the most competitive racing I’ve experienced.

The VX One North Americans, held in Miami from November 14–16, was a valuable learning experience. It was a fifty boat event that made my team and I reconsider how to sail in light air. The weekend prior, we competed in the warm-up event and finished fourth—a strong result that gave us confidence heading into the main regatta.

In February my partner Noah Stapleton and I competed in the 2025 C420 Midwinters in Jensen Beach, Florida. My family and I flew out to Jensen Beach with probably half of the Southern California contingent! It was a pretty fun start to the regatta. 

I was looking forward to this regatta because the forecast was for sun and warm temperatures, a huge step up from last year’s cold front that resulted in wet and extremely windy conditions for two out of three days of competition! This year the breeze was good but steady, and we got in three solid days of racing.