Hamilton Wins National Title to Highlight Singlehanded Championships for Tulane

RYE, N.Y. – Senior Hamilton Barclay led the way in a stellar performance for Tulane University sailing in the ICSA Singlehanded National Championships over the weekend. Barclay won the open singlehanded championship while Ava Anderson finished as the runner-up in the women's championship.

The Green Wave was represented by four sailors in the singlehanded championships. Barclay became the second Tulane sailor to win a singlehanded national title joining his teammate Anderson who was the women's championship as a freshman in 2023. The other sailors competing over the weekend for the Wave were Tate Christopher who placed fifth in the open and Oakley Cunningham who landed eighth in the women's.

The Wave dominated both championship regattas starting with the women's fleet race championship where Tulane finished with a final score of 14 through three rotations. Meanwhile, in the open championship the Green Wave cruised to victory finishing with a final score of 10 in four total rotations.

Barclay dominated the 2026 open singlehanded championship as he finished with a total score of 58 which was 27 points better than the next sailor. He landed in the top five in 11 of his 14 races in the championship regatta including wins in four of those races.

Tulane secured another top five performer in the open championship as Christopher ended in fifth with a total score of 102 in his second championship appearance. He finished in the top five in six of 14 races with a pair of second place finishes.

Not to be outdone from the women's singlehanded championship Anderson recorded a runner-up performance in her fourth consecutive appearance in the championship regatta. She ended the event with a final score of 58 points with 10 finishes in the top five of her 14 races including three victories.

Cunningham hit the water for singlehanded nationals for the third time this weekend. She closed the regatta with a total score of 105 to place eighth among the 18 competitors.

Up next, Tulane will be represented by skipper Kelly Holthus alongside crews Sabrina Anderson, Christian Ebbin, and Martha Hughes at the ICSA Match Race National Championship in Corona Del Mar, California. Competition for the match race championship will be held on Saturday and Sunday, November 14-15.

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Players Mentioned

Ava Anderson

Sabrina Anderson

Hamilton Barclay

Tate Christopher

Oakley Cunningham

Christian Ebbin

Kelly Holthus

Martha Hughes

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