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Sailor · 2013–2025

Anna Kovacs

northwestern university College fleet racingCollege team racingOptimist

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Events
28

410 races · 46 race wins

Win rate
7%

7% win rate · 2 of 28

Podium rate
46%

13 top-three finishes

Typically beats
55%

of boats faced (range 52%–59%, 536 boats)

Best class ranking
#7771

Helm in Optimist · rating 42

Longest win streak
5

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Jack Hartfelder

2 wins · 2 podiums in 3 events together

Best trio
Nicholas Chesemore & Marguerite Eno

2 wins · 2 podiums in 3 events, all three aboard

Biggest lift
Marguerite Eno

+35 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Maddie Fitzgerald

Oct 2022 – May 2025 · 10 events

Nemesis
Brooke Schmelz

4–73 head to head in 77 races

Rival
Molly Sheridan

31–21 in 52 races

Best day
1 Oct 2022

5-4-4-5-4-2-5-1-1-1-3-1-1-1-1-1-2-1-4-2 · Pere Marquette

Signature result
1st of 8

2024 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta (GLIOR) · T-10 · 21 Sep 2024

Partnerships · 48 sailors

Most successful partnership: Jack Hartfelder — 2 wins · 2 podiums in 3 events together
  • Maddie Fitzgerald · Northwestern University (Kitty Kats), Northwestern University (Wildcats) · College fleet racing, College team racing 10events 0 wins together · 7 podiums · 0% win rate · 28 of 155 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together(±0 vs. without) · best 2nd · Oct 2022 – May 2025
  • Cora Star · Northwestern University (Kitty Kats), Northwestern University (Wildcats) · College fleet racing, College team racing 8events 0 wins together · 5 podiums · 0% win rate · 13 of 117 races won Beat 47% of the fleet together(−5 vs. without) · best 2nd · Feb 2023 – May 2025
  • Grace Bray · Northwestern University (Kitty Kats), Northwestern University (Wildcats) · College fleet racing, College team racing 7events 0 wins together · 4 podiums · 0% win rate · 14 of 123 races won Beat 38% of the fleet together(−16 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jan 2024 – May 2025
  • Aviva Kaplan · Northwestern University (Kitty Kats), Northwestern University (Wildcats) · College fleet racing, College team racing 5events 0 wins together · 4 podiums · 0% win rate · 11 of 71 races won Beat 43% of the fleet together(−9 vs. without) · best 2nd · Apr 2022 – May 2024
  • Delaney Smith · Northwestern University (Wildcats) · College fleet racing, College team racing 5events 0 wins together · 4 podiums · 0% win rate · 21 of 61 races won Beat 58% of the fleet together(+10 vs. without) · best 2nd · Oct 2022 – Apr 2024
  • Nicholas Chesemore · M*A*S*H, Northwestern University (White), Northwestern University (Wildcats 1), Northwestern University (Wildcats) · College fleet racing, T-10 4events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 8 of 51 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together(+24 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2022 – Apr 2025
  • George Warfel · Northwestern University (White), Northwestern University (Wildcats) · College fleet racing 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 3 of 66 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together(+5 vs. without) · best 3rd · Oct 2022 – Apr 2024
  • Amelia Donhauser · Northwestern University (Wildcats) · College fleet racing 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 7 of 71 races won Beat 42% of the fleet together(−9 vs. without) · best 3rd · Feb 2023 – Oct 2024
  • Jackson Adams · M*A*S*H, Northwestern University (Wildcats) · College fleet racing, College keelboat, T-10 4events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 4 events · 10 of 39 races won Beat 79% of the fleet together(+34 vs. without) · best 1st · Feb 2024 – Apr 2025
  • Emi Rodes · Northwestern University (Wildcats) · College fleet racing, College team racing 3events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 8 of 48 races won Beat 39% of the fleet together(−12 vs. without) · best 2nd · Apr 2025 – May 2025

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

Rating history

-13863264201420162018202020222024Helm rating, full-size sailingCrew rating, full-size sailing

— Helm rating, full-size sailing · - - Crew rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 28

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
20 May 2025Women's Western National Semi FinalsNorthwestern University (Wildcats)College fleet racingB Skipper (1-2,5-6,9)18th / 18
26 Apr 2025Buckeye Intercollegiate Offshore RegattaNorthwestern University (Wildcats)College keelboatA Crew (1-3)3rd / 9
19 Apr 2025NU SpringNorthwestern University (Wildcats 1)College fleet racingB Crew (1-6)6th / 10
12 Apr 2025MCSA Women's Fleet Race ChampionshipNorthwestern University (Wildcats)College fleet racingB Skipper2nd / 4
11 Apr 2025MCSA Women's Team Race ChampionshipNorthwestern University (Wildcats)College team racingSkipper2nd / 3
5 Oct 2024Hewitt TrophyNorthwestern University (Wildcats)College fleet racingA Skipper15th / 15
21 Sep 20242024 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta (GLIOR)M*A*S*HT-10Other1st / 8
21 Sep 2024Great Lakes IOR - T10 DivisionNorthwestern University (Wildcats)College fleet racingA Crew1st / 8
20 May 2024Western Women’s National Semi-finalsNorthwestern University (Wildcats)College fleet racingB Skipper (1-4,13-16)17th / 18
27 Apr 2024Rainier CupNorthwestern University (Wildcats)College fleet racingB Skipper8th / 16
13 Apr 2024MCSA Women's Fleet Race ChampionshipNorthwestern University (Kitty Kats)College fleet racingB Skipper2nd / 5
12 Apr 2024MCSA Women's Team Race ChampionshipNorthwestern University (Wildcats)College team racingSkipper2nd / 3
10 Feb 2024Harris Kempner Memorial RegattaNorthwestern University (Wildcats)College fleet racingB Skipper4th / 6
6 Jan 20242024 Rose Bowl RegattaNorthwestern University (Wildcats)College fleet racingB Skipper (3-4,7-8)13th / 16
16 Sep 2023Fall FuryNorthwestern University (Wildcats)College fleet racingA Skipper9th / 17
29 Apr 2023Cream City ClassicNorthwestern University (Wildcats)College fleet racingA Skipper (1-6)5th / 7
1 Apr 2023MCSA Women's Fleet Race ChampionshipNorthwestern University (Wildcats)College fleet racingB Skipper2nd / 7
31 Mar 2023MCSA Women's Team Race ChampionshipNorthwestern University (Wildcats)College team racingSkipper3rd / 4
11 Feb 2023Harris Kempner Memorial RegattaNorthwestern University (Wildcats)College fleet racingB Skipper (1-4)3rd / 9
15 Oct 2022Rebecca BlankNorthwestern University (White)College fleet racingA Skipper (5-6)9th / 14
1 Oct 2022Pere MarquetteNorthwestern University (Wildcats)College fleet racingA Skipper2nd / 7
7 May 2022NU SpringNorthwestern University (Wildcats 2)College fleet racingB Skipper3rd / 6
16 Apr 2022Spring Oberg TrophyNorthwestern University (Wildcats)College fleet racingC Skipper (1-10)10th / 10
2 Apr 2022MCSA Women's Team Race ChampionshipNorthwestern University (Wildcats)College team racingSkipper2nd / 3
16 Oct 2021Morton Schapiro Memorial RegattaNorthwestern University (Wildcats 2)College fleet racingA Skipper12th / 13

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 105, #32,674.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 170, #18,283. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.