Sailor · 2010–2020

Matt Safford

bowdoin college College fleet racing College team racing 420

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Events: 68
Win rate: 13%
Podium rate: 40%
Typically beats: 74%
Best class ranking: #386
Longest win streak: 7

Most successful partnership: Jake Griffin
Best trio: Marie Bergsund & Alexander Vasiliou
Biggest lift: Jake Griffin
Longest-running crew: Marie Bergsund
Nemesis: Nicholas Baird
Rival: Mack Fox
Best day: 13 Jul 2011
Signature result: 1st of 100

Partnerships · 42 sailors

Most successful partnership: Jake Griffin — 1 wins · 2 podiums in 4 events together

Marie Bergsund · Bowdoin, Bowdoin College (Polar Bears), Bowdoin Polar Bears · College fleet racing, College keelboat, College match racing, College team racing 33events 3 wins together · 13 podiums · 9% win rate · 149 of 574 races won Beat 58% of the fleet together(−16 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2016 – Feb 2020
Christian Filter · Bowdoin College (Polar Bears) · College fleet racing, College team racing 30events 1 wins together · 8 podiums · 3% win rate · 146 of 644 races won Beat 59% of the fleet together(−13 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2016 – Feb 2020
Julia Adams · Bowdoin College (Polar Bears) · College fleet racing, College team racing 22events 1 wins together · 4 podiums · 5% win rate · 96 of 490 races won Beat 59% of the fleet together(−11 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2017 – Feb 2020
Matthew Kaplan · Bowdoin College (Polar Bears) · College fleet racing, College match racing, College team racing 20events 1 wins together · 8 podiums · 5% win rate · 116 of 398 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together(−1 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2017 – May 2019
Louisa Lindgren · Bowdoin College (Polar Bears) · College fleet racing, College match racing, College team racing 20events 1 wins together · 8 podiums · 5% win rate · 115 of 388 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together(−1 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2017 – May 2019
Alden Grimes · Bowdoin College (Polar Bears), Bowdoin Polar Bears, Wilde Agnes - Collegiate · College fleet racing, College keelboat, College match racing, College team racing 18events 2 wins together · 9 podiums · 11% win rate · 75 of 238 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together(−3 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2017 – Aug 2020
Emily Gonzalez · Bowdoin College (Polar Bears) · College fleet racing, College team racing 15events 1 wins together · 6 podiums · 7% win rate · 103 of 278 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together(±0 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2017 – Feb 2020
Hannah Konkel · Bowdoin College (Polar Bears) · College fleet racing, College team racing 11events 0 wins together · 6 podiums · 0% win rate · 55 of 213 races won Beat 61% of the fleet together(−6 vs. without) · best 2nd · Oct 2016 – Sep 2018
William Hawk · Bowdoin College (Polar Bears), Bowdoin Polar Bears · College fleet racing, College keelboat, College match racing, College team racing 11events 1 wins together · 7 podiums · 9% win rate · 44 of 148 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together(±0 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2016 – Apr 2018
Kevin Elk · Bowdoin College (Polar Bears) · College fleet racing, College keelboat, College team racing 8events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 13% win rate · 25 of 152 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together(−12 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2016 – Sep 2019

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

Rating history

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

Event history · 68

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
15 Aug 2020	2020 Ida Lewis Distance Race	Wilde Agnes - Collegiate	PHRF handicap	Grinder	15th / 21
29 Feb 2020	Hap Moore Trophy	Bowdoin College (Polar Bears)	College team racing	Skipper	5th / 8
1 Nov 2019	ICSA Match Racing National Championship 2019	Bowdoin	Match racing	Crew	1st / 2
26 Oct 2019	The 79th Professor Erwin Schell Trophy	Bowdoin College (Polar Bears)	College fleet racing	B Skipper	8th / 18
19 Oct 2019	Coed Showcase Championship	Bowdoin College (Polar Bears)	College fleet racing	B Skipper	14th / 18
5 Oct 2019	Truxtun Umsted Coed Showcase Qualifier A	Bowdoin College (Polar Bears)	College fleet racing	B Skipper	8th / 18
28 Sep 2019	Danmark Trophy	Bowdoin College (Polar Bears)	College fleet racing	B Skipper	12th / 20
14 Sep 2019	Hatch Brown Memorial Trophy	Bowdoin College (Polar Bears)	College fleet racing	A Skipper	5th / 19
7 Sep 2019	Harman Trophy	Bowdoin College (Polar Bears)	College keelboat	A Skipper	3rd / 7
30 May 2019	Gill College Sailing Coed National Championship	Bowdoin College (Polar Bears)	College fleet racing	B Skipper (7-12)	14th / 18
28 May 2019	Gill Coed Eastern Semifinals	Bowdoin College (Polar Bears)	College fleet racing	B Skipper (5-8,13-14)	8th / 18
25 May 2019	LaserPerformance Team Race National Championship	Bowdoin College (Polar Bears)	College team racing	Skipper	9th / 16
13 Apr 2019	Owen, Mosbacher and Knapp Trophies	Bowdoin College (Polar Bears)	College fleet racing	B Skipper	7th / 18
6 Apr 2019	NEISA Team Race Championship	Bowdoin College (Polar Bears)	College team racing	Skipper	4th / 12
30 Mar 2019	38th Lynne Marchiando Trophy	Bowdoin College (Polar Bears)	College team racing	Skipper	11th / 16
23 Mar 2019	Friis Trophy	Bowdoin College (Polar Bears)	College team racing	Skipper	7th / 10
16 Mar 2019	Southern New England Team Race	Bowdoin College (Polar Bears)	College team racing	Skipper	2nd / 10
9 Mar 2019	Rudkin Team Race	Bowdoin College (Polar Bears)	College team racing	Skipper	1st / 8
3 Mar 2019	Sharpe Team Race Trophy	Bowdoin College (Polar Bears)	College team racing	Skipper	2nd / 8
27 Oct 2018	The 78th Professor Schell Trophy	Bowdoin College (Polar Bears)	College fleet racing	B Skipper (1-10)	6th / 18
20 Oct 2018	Fiske-Harriman-Sleigh Trophy Coed Showcase	Bowdoin College (Polar Bears)	College fleet racing	A Crew (11-18)	2nd / 18
13 Oct 2018	2018-NEISA Match Race Champs-Larry White Trophy	Bowdoin College (Polar Bears)	College match racing	A Crew	3rd / 8
6 Oct 2018	The Coed Showcase A Regatta	Bowdoin College (Polar Bears)	College fleet racing	B Skipper (13-16)	4th / 18
22 Sep 2018	Sherman Hoyt Trophy	Bowdoin College (Polar Bears)	College fleet racing	A Skipper	2nd / 18
15 Sep 2018	The Hatch Brown Memorial Trophy	Bowdoin College (Polar Bears)	College fleet racing	C Skipper	10th / 17

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	515	#1947 band 1273–3043	—
College fleet racing Helm	487 provisional	#608 band 370–924	+5.6
420 Helm	350 provisional	#386 band 142–900	—
All classes Crew	362 provisional	#4889 band 2567–9023	—
ILCA 6 (Laser Radial) Helm	274 provisional	#724 band 342–1422	—
College keelboat Crew	276 provisional	#54 band 16–215	—
Optimist Helm	122 provisional	#4614 band 2185–9644	—

7 more classes, not yet ranked

College fleet racing · Crew · 8 races, 1 event · rating 114
Sonar · Helm · 8 races, 1 event · rating 11
College team racing · Helm · 8 races, 16 events · rating 74
J/70 · Crew · 6 races, 1 event · rating -78
Match racing · Crew · 5 races, 2 events · rating 16
College keelboat · Helm · 4 races, 1 event · rating 26
College match racing · Crew · 3 races, 3 events · rating 49

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	57 events	6 wins	beats 66%
As crew	11 events	3 wins	beats 67%

Positions: B Skipper (9) · A Crew (6) · A Skipper (4) · C Skipper (2) · Grinder (1) · B Skipper (7-12) (1)

How they race

Closer	+3 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−6 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	45%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	76%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	64%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Mack Fox	306	170–136
Patrick Shanahan	246	110–136
Eli Burnes	238	108–129
Shawn Harvey	203	81–122
Christopher Williford	182	97–85
Carter Pemberton	164	79–84
Ivan Shestopalov	155	71–84
Wade Waddell	143	74–69
Kyle Riggs	134	105–29
Hector Guzman	133	58–74
Sean Segerblom	131	53–78
Trevor Long	128	67–61

Most-beaten opponent: Alexander Bowen (95–16).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2020	2	0	36%
2019	17	2	61%
2018	14	1	66%
2017	11	1	56%
2016	4	1	75%
2015	4	1	93%
2014	4	0	81%
2013	4	0	75%
2012	5	1	76%
2011	1	1	100%
2010	2	1	50%

Boats

Bowdoin College (Polar Bears) · College team racing, College fleet racing, College keelboat, College match racing · 44 events · 2016–2020
7273 · Handicap, 420 · 9 events · 2013–2015
198365 · ILCA 6 (Laser Radial), Handicap · 5 events · 2012
16327 · Optimist · 3 events · 2010–2011
Matthew Safford · 420, Sonar · 2 events · 2013–2014
Wilde Agnes - Collegiate · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2020
Bowdoin · Match racing · 1 events · 2019
Tumbling Dice · J/70 · 1 events · 2018
Bowdoin Polar Bears · Match racing · 1 events · 2017
None · 420 · 1 events · 2015

Where they race

MIT · 11 events
Brown · 4 events
South Dartmouth, MA · 4 events
Connecticut College · 4 events
Maine Maritime · 4 events
Roger Williams · 4 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Helm rating across all classes: 515, #1,947.Crew rating across all classes: 362, #4,889. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.