Sailor · 2010–2017

Whitney Ziesing

university of california at berkeley College fleet racing Optimist 420

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Events: 9
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 0%
Typically beats: 62%
Best class ranking: #5320

Biggest lift: Olivia MacDonald
Longest-running crew: Olivia MacDonald
Nemesis: Grace Yakutis
Rival: Liam Hood
Best day: 8 Oct 2016
Signature result: 21st of 111

Partnerships · 13 sailors

Olivia MacDonald · University of California at Berkeley (Bears 1), University of California at Berkeley (Bears 3), University of California at Berkeley (Bears), University of California at Berkeley (Mama Bears) · College fleet racing 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 4 of 84 races won Beat 52% of the fleet together(+5 vs. without) · best 5th · Oct 2016 – Oct 2017
Sarah Paulsen · University of California at Berkeley (Bears), University of California at Berkeley (Mama Bears) · College fleet racing 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 5 of 70 races won Beat 34% of the fleet together(−29 vs. without) · best 5th · Jan 2017 – Oct 2017
Elizabeth Hansen · University of California at Berkeley (Bears), University of California at Berkeley (Mama Bears) · College fleet racing 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 5 of 64 races won Beat 39% of the fleet together(−16 vs. without) · best 5th · Apr 2017 – Oct 2017
Megan Grosspietsch · University of California at Berkeley (Bears 1), University of California at Berkeley (Bears) · College fleet racing 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 5 of 76 races won Beat 42% of the fleet together(−12 vs. without) · best 7th · Mar 2017 – Oct 2017
Ciara Dorsay · University of California at Berkeley (Bears), University of California at Berkeley (Mama Bears) · College fleet racing 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 34 races won Beat 46% of the fleet together · best 5th · Oct 2017 – Oct 2017
Ekaterina Goncharova · University of California at Berkeley (Bears), University of California at Berkeley (Mama Bears) · College fleet racing 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 34 races won Beat 46% of the fleet together · best 5th · Oct 2017 – Oct 2017
Katey Hayes · University of California at Berkeley (Bears) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 24 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 7th · Oct 2017 – Oct 2017
Eric Witte · University of California at Berkeley (Bears 1) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 22 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 8th · Mar 2017 – Mar 2017
Kylie Fawcett · University of California at Berkeley (Bears 3) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 16 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 6th · Oct 2016 – Oct 2016
Vincent Todosiev · University of California at Berkeley (Bears) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together · best 25th · Jan 2017 – Jan 2017

Lift shows how much better this sailor finishes with that partner aboard.

Rating history

Event history · 9

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
28 Oct 2017	2017 Women's PCC's	University of California at Berkeley (Bears)	College fleet racing	A Skipper (1-8)	7th / 9
14 Oct 2017	Stoney Burke Interconference	University of California at Berkeley (Mama Bears)	College fleet racing	A Skipper (5)	5th / 13
15 Apr 2017	Women's Pacific Coast Championship	University of California at Berkeley (Bears)	College fleet racing	B Skipper (1-6,11-14)	7th / 9
4 Mar 2017	Mustang Open	University of California at Berkeley (Bears 1)	College fleet racing	A Skipper	8th / 29
7 Jan 2017	Rose Bowl	University of California at Berkeley (Bears)	College fleet racing	B Skipper (1-3)	25th / 30
8 Oct 2016	Frosh-Soph Regatta	University of California at Berkeley (Bears 3)	College fleet racing	B Skipper	6th / 21
9 Jul 2012	West Dennis Yacht Club Invitational	6611	420	Skipper	22nd / 40
28 Jul 2010	Wianno Yacht Club Optimist Invitational 2010	NCS11	Optimist	Skipper	21st / 111
9 Jul 2010	16th Annual Opti Regatta	NCS11	Optimist	Skipper	10th / 15

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	-13 provisional	#55870 band 38622–70565	—
College fleet racing Helm	-23 provisional	#5320 band 4235–6293	+1.8

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Optimist · Helm · 11 races, 2 events · rating 40
420 · Helm · 5 races, 1 event · rating 22

Rank among sailors with a substantial record, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Impact is the points of fleet beaten that this sailor adds.

Helm and crew

As helm	9 events	0 wins	beats 50%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

Positions: A Skipper (1-8) (1) · A Skipper (5) (1) · B Skipper (1-6,11-14) (1) · A Skipper (1) · B Skipper (1-3) (1) · B Skipper (1)

How they race

Closer	+12 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	+4 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	53%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	55%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Natalie Hopper	70	47–23
Grace Yakutis	70	17–53
Caitlin Schadt	69	26–43
Alyson Crowley	54	21–33
Simone Staff	54	12–42
Laura Roudebush	46	18–28
Alex Demmler	44	17–27
Alexis Miller	42	27–15
Liam Hood	38	16–22
Abraham Dearden	38	21–17
Julian Weiswasser	30	22–8
Leah Ford	30	15–15

Most-beaten opponent: Natalie Hopper (47–23).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2017	5	42%
2016	1	75%
2012	1	46%
2010	2	59%

Boats

University of California at Berkeley (Bears) · College fleet racing · 3 events · 2017
NCS11 · Optimist · 2 events · 2010
University of California at Berkeley (Mama Bears) · College fleet racing · 1 events · 2017
University of California at Berkeley (Bears 1) · College fleet racing · 1 events · 2017
University of California at Berkeley (Bears 3) · College fleet racing · 1 events · 2016
6611 · 420 · 1 events · 2012

Where they race

UC San Diego · 2 events
West Dennis, MA · 1 events
Southern Cal · 1 events
Stage Harbor Yacht Club · 1 events
Stanford · 1 events
Wianno Yacht Club · 1 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: -13, #55,870. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.