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Sailor · 2016–2025

Heather Kerns

hobart and william smith colleges College fleet racingLaser RadialJ/70

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Events
66

902 races · 80 race wins

Win rate
3%

3% win rate · 2 of 66

Podium rate
15%

10 top-three finishes

Typically beats
47%

of boats faced (90%: 45%–49%, 1,464 boats)

Best class ranking
#737

Helm in Laser Radial · rating 263

Longest win streak
4

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Tory Mileti

1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events together

Biggest lift
Will Murray

+41 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Emma Shakespeare

Feb 2017 – Jan 2022 · 9 events

Nemesis
Piper Holthus

102–238 head to head in 340 races

Rival
Elizabeth Cutler

149–126 in 275 races

Best day
9 Oct 2021

2-3-2-4-1-2-4-2-1-1-4-1-2-2-1-2-4-4-2-1-2-2 · Oyster Bowl - Spat · about 1 in 9,059 by chance

Signature result
1st of 25

2025 Lightning U32 Invitational Regatta · Lightning · 11 Oct 2025

Partnerships · 35 sailors

Most successful partnership: Tory Mileti — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events together
  • Elizabeth Starck · Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Herons), Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Statesmen 2), Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Statesmen), Let's go girls (heater up) · College fleet racing, College team racing, Handicap 23events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 42 of 487 races won Beat 34% of the fleet together(−21 vs. without) · best 3rd · Oct 2021 – Aug 2025
  • Brook Wood · Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Herons), Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Statesmen) · College fleet racing, College team racing 19events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 43 of 386 races won Beat 32% of the fleet together(−22 vs. without) · best 3rd · Oct 2021 – May 2024
  • Frances Depke · Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Herons), Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Statesmen) · College fleet racing, College team racing 17events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 0% win rate · 37 of 350 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together(−20 vs. without) · best 3rd · Oct 2021 – May 2023
  • Ksenia Lowry-Neufeld · Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Herons), Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Statesmen) · College fleet racing, College team racing 13events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 0% win rate · 25 of 254 races won Beat 37% of the fleet together(−13 vs. without) · best 3rd · Oct 2021 – May 2023
  • Laura Therien · Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Herons), Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Statesmen) · College fleet racing, College team racing 10events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 21 of 191 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together(−22 vs. without) · best 3rd · Sep 2022 – May 2024
  • Tess Weber · Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Statesmen), Let's go girls (heater up), Toy boat, Toy Boat · College fleet racing, College team racing, Handicap, Lightning 9events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 0% win rate · 19 of 144 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together(+9 vs. without) · best 2nd · Mar 2022 – Aug 2025
  • Emma Shakespeare · Helly Hansen Jr Crew 1, Helly Hansen Junior Crew, Helly Hansen Junior Team, SPYC Junior Sailing Team · J/70 9events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 3 of 68 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together(−17 vs. without) · best 3rd · Feb 2017 – Jan 2022
  • Anna McBride · Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Statesmen) · College fleet racing, College team racing 8events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 18 of 191 races won Beat 27% of the fleet together(−24 vs. without) · best 6th · Mar 2022 – Oct 2023
  • Ella Withington · Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Statesmen) · College fleet racing, College team racing 8events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 24 of 182 races won Beat 41% of the fleet together(−7 vs. without) · best 3rd · Oct 2021 – May 2022
  • Heidi Hicks · Helly Hansen Jr Crew 1, Helly Hansen Junior Crew, Helly Hansen Junior Team, SPYC Junior Team · J/70 7events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 47 races won Beat 35% of the fleet together(−14 vs. without) · best 3rd · Feb 2018 – Jan 2022

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

Rating history

-1619640820172019202120232025Helm rating, all classesCrew rating, all classes

— Helm rating, all classes · - - Crew rating, all classes

Event history · 66

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
11 Oct 20252025 Lightning U32 Invitational RegattaWill MurrayLightningCrew1st / 25
23 Sep 2025Lightning NAs 2025 Carolina Yacht Club Wrightsville Beach NCFree WillieLightningCrew14th / 50
9 Aug 20252025 Lightning Womens, Juniors, and Masters North American ChampionshipsLet's go girls (heater up)HandicapSkipper5th / 8
13 Jul 20252025 Lightning Lake Erie Districts & Albacore Ontario ChampionshipToy BoatLightningCrew2nd / 24
28 Jun 2025Lightning 2025 CT/RI/NE District(s) ChampionshipToy boatHandicapCrew5th / 19
31 May 2025Lightning Spring RegattaWill MurrayLightningCrew3rd / 12
20 May 2024Western Women’s National Semi-finalsHobart and William Smith Colleges (Statesmen)College fleet racingA Skipper (1-6,13-17)14th / 18
13 Apr 2024MAISA Women's Team Race ChampionshipsHobart and William Smith Colleges (Statesmen)College team racingSkipper6th / 8
30 Mar 2024MAISA Spring Women's Fleet Race ChampionshipHobart and William Smith Colleges (Statesmen)College fleet racingA Skipper6th / 15
23 Mar 2024Seahawk Women's Team RaceHobart and William Smith Colleges (Statesmen)College team racingSkipper6th / 10
16 Mar 2024St. Mary's Women's Inter-ConferenceHobart and William Smith Colleges (Statesmen)College fleet racingA Skipper7th / 15
9 Mar 2024Jen Harris Women's Team RaceHobart and William Smith Colleges (Statesmen)College team racingSkipper12th / 12
28 Oct 2023MAISA Women's Fall Dinghy ChampionshipHobart and William Smith Colleges (Statesmen)College fleet racingA Skipper9th / 14
21 Oct 2023Yale Women's RegattaHobart and William Smith Colleges (Statesmen)College fleet racingA Skipper13th / 18
30 Sep 2023Atlantic Coast Women's Championships Round 1BHobart and William Smith Colleges (Statesmen)College fleet racingA Skipper (1-12)13th / 17
23 May 2023College Sailing Women's Eastern SemifinalHobart and William Smith Colleges (Statesmen)College fleet racingA Skipper13th / 18
22 Apr 2023MAISA Women's Dinghy ChampionshipsHobart and William Smith Colleges (Statesmen)College fleet racingA Skipper9th / 14
15 Apr 2023MAISA Women’s Team Race Conference ChampionshipHobart and William Smith Colleges (Herons)College team racingSkipper7th / 7
1 Apr 2023Finger Lakes Women's Team RaceHobart and William Smith Colleges (Herons)College team racingSkipper3rd / 4
18 Mar 2023Navy Women's Spring Fleet RaceHobart and William Smith Colleges (Statesmen)College fleet racingA Skipper4th / 18
11 Mar 2023St. Mary's Women's Team RaceHobart and William Smith Colleges (Statesmen)College team racingSkipper12th / 12
29 Oct 2022MAISA Fall Women'sHobart and William Smith Colleges (Statesmen)College fleet racingA Skipper7th / 11
15 Oct 2022Women's Atlantic Coast Dinghy Championship, FinalsHobart and William Smith Colleges (Statesmen)College fleet racingA Skipper18th / 18
1 Oct 2022Women's ACC Series, Round 1AHobart and William Smith Colleges (Statesmen)College fleet racingA Skipper8th / 17
24 Sep 2022Top 9/Women's Susan Rogers '75 Memorial RegattaHobart and William Smith Colleges (Statesmen)College fleet racingA Skipper6th / 7

Helm rating across all classes: 369 (±80), #6,118.Crew rating across all classes: 201 (±238), #14,835. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.