Caroline Benson

Position:
Skipper
Class:
Senior
High School:
St. George's School
Hometown:
Oxford, MD

2022-23: Raced as the skipper in Division B to help Tulane finish ninth in the ICSA Women’s Fleet Race National Championship… Helped the Green Wave finish fifth in the ICSA Women’s Fleet Race Eastern Semifinals leading the Wave as the skipper in the B Division to fourth place in the division… Finished eighth competing as a skipper in the ICSA Women’s Team Race National Championship… Won the SEISA Women’s Team Race Championship contributing as a skipper for a 3-0 record… Raced as a skipper to help Tulane finish third for the Dellenbaugh Women’s Team Race Trophy… Helped the Green Wave win the Jen Harris Team Race contributing as a skipper… Finished seventh racing as a skipper in the St. Mary’s Women’s Team Race… Competed as a skipper to help Tulane finish second in the Phoebe Corckran King Women’s Team Race… Finished third in the Women’s ACC’s Round 1B racing as a skipper… Part of the Angry Wave team to finish fourth in the Sugar Bowl Women’s Fleet Race.

2021-22: Member of the 2022 ICSA Open Fleet Race National Championship team… Helped the Green Wave to a sixth place finish in the ICSA Women's Fleet Race National Championship sailing alongside crews Abigail Borggaard and Andrea Riefkohl-Gonzalez in the B Division races… Finished seventh among the nation's top teams at the ICSA Women's Team Race National Championship after posting a 5-6 record sailing with crews Lydia Brown, Abigail borggaard, Cam Farrah, Gillian Perrell, Essie Clifton, Lucy Spearman, Andrea Riefkohl-Gonzalez and Anna Richard as well as fellow skippers Mia Hanes and Ciara Rodriguez-Horan… Helped Tulane win the SEISA Women's Team Race Championship racing alongside fellow skippers Lucy Spearman, Mia Hanes and Ciara Rodriguez-Horan teamed up with crews Lydia brown, Abigail Borggaard, Gillian Perrell and Essie Clifton… Finished second place in the Garner-Tullis Team Race with an 8-2 record… Posted a sixth-place finish in the Seahawk Women's Team Race Inter-Conference with a mark of 6-9… Led the B Division team for Tulane alongside crew Lydia Brown at the SMC Women's Fleet Race to record a first-place finish… Helped the Green Wave to a second place finish in the Green Wave Women's Team Race posting a 6-4 record… Finished first in the first regatta of the spring with a perfect 12-0 record at the USF Women's Team Race… Part of a ninth place finish for Tulane at the 2021 Women's Atlantic Coast Championship sailing in the B Division as a skipper… Helped Tulane win the Women's ACC Round 1B sailing as a skipper in the B Division.

2020-21: Helped Tulane finish as the national runner-up at the ICSA Women's Championship Regatta sailing alongside crew Andrea Riefkohl-Gonzalez in the B Division races… Part of a Green Wave team to finish ninth in the Navy Spring Fleet Race, sailing with fellow skipper Thad Lettsome and crews Andrea Riefkohl-Gonzalez and Quinn Keenan.

2019-20: Helped the Green Wave to a second-place finish in the Allstate Sugar Bowl Regatta, sailing skipper alongside crews Lydia Brown and Kara Scully in the C Division races to finish seventh among 18 total teams…Finished seventh in the B Division races at the Women’s Showcase Qualifier, alongside Brown and Scully, to help Tulane finish 9/16 overall…Finished 15/18 in the B Division races alongside Brown, helping Tulane finish 15th overall among the nation’s top teams in the Jen Harris Women’s Showcase Championship…Finished second overall in the Coed Showcase Tournament, going 5/17 in the A Division races alongside Giblin…Finished sixth among a competitive slate of opponents in the ICSA Match Race National Championship, sailing alongside crew Asher Zittrer…Helped the Green Wave to a fourth-place finish of eight teams in the Nelson Roltsch Team Race, sailing alongside skipper Kit Stoll…Helped Tulane to an eighth-place finish in the Bob Bavier Team Race, sailing alongside skipper Quinn Keenan…Finished ninth of 16 in the A Division races in the Charleston Spring Coed, sailing alongside crews Brown and Quinn Keenan to help the Tulane to a seventh-place overall finish.

Before Tulane: Benson comes to New Orleans from Oxford, Maryland, where she grew up sailing at Tred Avon Yacht Club before sailing with LISOT in the C420 and I420 classes from 2016 to 2018. Benson earned multiple top 25 finishes as a skipper in both regional and national regattas – including C420 North Americans, C420 Nationals, Buzzard’s Bay and Hyannis Regattas – while also competing as a crew in the 2018 I420 World Championships. Serving as a skipper for the St. George’s School sailing team, the incoming freshman helped her team to multiple NESSA Championships in fleet and team racing while earning the NESSA Women’s Championship title in 2017. In her final season in Rhode Island, Benson was awarded MVP honors when St. George’s women’s team won the NESSA Women’s Team Race Championship.