CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard Sailing turned in another impressive program-wide performance, taking first place at the NEISA Open Singlehanded Championship and Hatch Brown Trophy, and placing two in the top five of the NEISA Women’s Singlehanded Championship. The Crimson also finished in the upper half of the team standings at the Regis Trophy after several solid results at the two-division regatta.
NEISA Open Singlehanded Championship | Cranston, R.I.
Robby Meek successfully defended his NEISA Open Singlehanded Championship title, cruising to victory with a final score of 30, which was 27 points better than runner-up Jake Homberger of Boston College. The two finished Friday 1-2 in the standings with only three points separating the two (9-12). Meek, who went 1-7-1 on Day 1, pulled away on Saturday with a 3-3-2-1 in Races 4-7. An eighth-place finish in Race 8, temporarily stalled his momentum, but he answered it with a closing performance of 1-1-2 in the final three races. With the win, Meek secured the conference’s automatic bid to the ICSA Singlehanded National Championship, which will be hosted by Old Dominion in November. In three seasons, Meek has finished second (2023), first (2024) and first (2025) at this event.
NEISA Women’s Singlehanded Championship | Cranston, R.I.
Sophia Montgomery finished in second place at the NEISA Women’s Singlehanded Championship, completing the 12-race regatta with a score 35. The senior was in first place after one day of action, posting an 8 (1-2-2-3), but started slow on Day 2, going 4-6-9 in Races 5-7. Montgomery, however, got on a roll in the final five races (2-1-3-1-1) to give herself a chance, but fell five points short to Okyanus Arikan of Rhode Island (30). Montgomery finished her NEISA singlehanded career with four top-four finishes, winning the event in 2022, coming in second twice (2021, 2025) and recording a fourth-place performance a season ago. Kate Danielson, meanwhile, placed fourth with a final score of 59. The sophomore, who was the runner-up in 2024, posted top-5 finishes in 10 of 12 races. Of those 10, three were second-place efforts (Race 1, 4, 10).
Hatch Brown Trophy | Cambridge, Mass.
The Crimson won the one-day, 18-team, three-division event with a score of 41 on the Charles River. The performance marked Harvard’s first Hatch Brown win since 2017. Justin Callahan made his 2025-26 debut with first-year Jacob Posner and the duo was impressive, rebounding from a fifth-place finish in Race 1 with victories in Race 2 and 3. Their final score of 7 was tops in the A-division. Mitchell Callahan and Rosella Irfan turned in a finish line of 3-5-9 to record a 17, which was matched by Harrison Strom and Christina Chen (8-6-3) over in the C-division. M. Callahan-Irfan ranked fifth among B-division duos, while Strom-Chen ranked fourth in the C-division.
Regis Trophy | Cambridge, Mass.
Harvard (72 points) finished seventh of 18 teams at Boston University-hosted Regis Trophy, which featured two divisions. Zoey Ziskind and Peyton Hadfield improved as the day went on, posting a final line of 7-6-5-1-4 to finish the one-day event with a 23, which ranked third among all A-division competitors. Caroline Straw and Theresa Straw, meanwhile, turned in three top-8 performances (Race 1 – 8th, Race 2 – 7th, Race 5 – 6th) to record a score of 49.
Up Next
Harvard is scheduled to compete at the NEISA Match Racing Championships (New London, Conn.), Hoyt Trophy (Cranston, R.I.), Mrs. Hurst Bowl (Hanover, N.H.) and Hood Trophy (Medford). All four regattas are slated for Saturday, Sept. 20-Sunday, Sept. 21.