Sailing Yale’s Carmen Cowles Wins Women’s Sailor of the Year 2023

By: LOG STAFF

KINGS POINT, NY— Carmen Cowles ‘25 of Yale University was named 2023 Quantum Women’s Sailor of the Year. Established in 2003, the award is sponsored by Quantum Sails and awarded a nnually to the outstanding female collegiate sailor. The recognition followed t he College Sailing Women’s National Championship, where Cowles won A Division, and her team finished second overall.

In the first finals round on May 25, ten races took place for the A and B divisions, and fleets raced in conditions from 10 - 15 knots. As predicted, the breeze quieted throughout the day challenging sailors with staggering conditions. Unfortunately, the finals on May 26 were pa ired with low winds, preventing any racing. With that being that titles were rewarded based on the previous days’ results, and Stanford took home first.

Yale captured the Madeleine Cup after winning the A Division Semifinals through Tuesday and Wednesday’s r acing. The Bulldogs finished with 123 points, 56 in the A division and 67 in the B division.

Cowles was awarded the ICSA Quantum Women’s Sailor of the Year, becoming the third sailor in Yale women’s history to win the title. Cowles joined Morgan K iss (2015) and Jane Macky (2009) as fellow Bulldogs in the history books.

T he Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) made the following selections:

Women’s All-American Skippers:

Carmen Cowles, 2025, Yale University

Emma Cowles, 2025, Yale University

Hannah Freeman, 2024, Stanford