Liam O'Keefe Team Race Trophy

The Liam O'Keefe '26 Team Race Trophy kicked off the College Sailing season here in New England with nice weather for early season team racing. This regatta honors Liam's passion and spirit, as one of our beloved teammates here at Brown. We lost Liam on May 31, 2024, after he was just named am ICSA All-American Open Skipper for the second year in a row and he led Brown in winning the 2023 College Sailing Match Racing National Championship and the Fowle Trophy as College Sailing's "Best Overall" Team for 2023-2024. He was a leader, incredibly talented sailor, and loved by so so many. We think about him everyday here and will continue to honor him with this NEISA kickoff event each spring. A tremendous thank you to the O'Keefe Family for coming to support and watch the great racing and spirit displayed by everyone, including the Women's Team Race sailors hosted by Harvard alongside the O'Keefe Trophy here at Brown.

With Temps in the upper 40's and winds from mainly the south/southwest ranging from 5-10 knots for most of the day, we were able to complete one round robin off all 8 teams and almost got through the final four to end things. A cold front/squall hit just before completing the final races, with winds increasing to over 20 knots out of the northwest and temperatures quickly dropping. We had to send everyone in for safety reasons with boats capsizing and unfortunately could not complete the final four. Thanks to Mike Kalin for being the NEISA Rep, Rob Migliaccio for the awesome photos, and to the Brown sailors who helped out all day: James Brock '28, Charlie Gish '28, Corinne Harrison '27, Gigi Ivancich '28, Will Salerno '25, and Marin Soderberg '28. Thanks to the coaches who heard some protests as well, resulting in one DSQ for Yale in race 27.

Congratulations to Harvard on winning the 1st Annual Liam O'Keefe '26 Team Race Trophy with an undefeated record of 7-0.

Cancelled due to cold and windy weather.