Sailor · 2025–2026

Justin Gao

ohio state university College fleet racing

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Events: 5
Win rate: 20%
Podium rate: 40%
Typically beats: 64%
Best class ranking: #3747
Longest win streak: 2

Nemesis: Connor Coate
Best day: 4 Apr 2026
Signature result: 1st of 8

Partnerships · 14 sailors

Emma Hershey · Ohio State University (Buckeyes) · College fleet racing 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 18 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Oct 2025 – Apr 2026
Erin Ellis · Ohio State University (Buckeyes 2), Ohio State University (Buckeyes) · College fleet racing 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 14 races won Beat 35% of the fleet together · best 5th · Sep 2026 – Oct 2026
Emerson Becker · Ohio State University (Buckeyes 1), Ohio State University (Buckeyes) · College fleet racing 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 5 of 20 races won Beat 85% of the fleet together · best 1st · Apr 2026 – Apr 2026
Emma Leidheiser · Ohio State University (Buckeyes) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 10 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Oct 2025 – Oct 2025
Grace French · Ohio State University (Buckeyes) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 7th · Oct 2026 – Oct 2026
Izanuel Foster · Ohio State University (Buckeyes) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 10 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Oct 2025 – Oct 2025
Aidan goodman · Ohio State University (Buckeyes) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 10 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Oct 2025 – Oct 2025
Mason Shaw · Ohio State University (Buckeyes 1) · College fleet racing 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 5 of 12 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Apr 2026 – Apr 2026
Griffin Owen · Ohio State University (Buckeyes 2) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 20% of the fleet together · best 5th · Sep 2026 – Sep 2026
Silas Patterson · Ohio State University (Buckeyes 1) · College fleet racing 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 5 of 12 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Apr 2026 – Apr 2026

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

Rating history

Event history · 5

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
24 Oct 2026	Cedarfest 2026	Ohio State University (Buckeyes)	College fleet racing	B Crew	7th / 13
12 Sep 2026	Buckeye Invite	Ohio State University (Buckeyes 2)	College fleet racing	B Skipper	5th / 6
18 Apr 2026	NU Spring	Ohio State University (Buckeyes)	College fleet racing	A Crew	5th / 14
4 Apr 2026	Buckeye Invite Spring 2026	Ohio State University (Buckeyes 1)	College fleet racing	B Crew	1st / 8
4 Oct 2025	Acton Up 2025	Ohio State University (Buckeyes)	College fleet racing	B Crew (1-2,5)	2nd / 6

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
College fleet racing Crew	144 provisional	#3747 band 2261–5545	+1.5
Full-size sailing Crew	141 provisional	#21917 band 11343–37978	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

College fleet racing · Helm · 4 races, 1 event · rating 17
Full-size sailing · Helm · 4 races, 1 event · rating 11

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	1 events	0 wins	beats 20%
As crew	4 events	1 wins	beats 75%

Positions: B Crew (2) · B Skipper (1) · A Crew (1) · B Crew (1-2,5) (1)

How they race

Closer	−1 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−17 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Small fleets	67%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Connor Coate	22	7–15
Joshua Wilcox	18	18–0
Reed Schworm	12	12–0
Matei Meglic	12	10–2
Cassandra Fiore	12	11–1
Benjamin Conrad	12	12–0
John O’Connell	12	12–0

Most-beaten opponent: Joshua Wilcox (18–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	4	1	60%
2025	1	0	80%

Boats

Ohio State University (Buckeyes) · College fleet racing · 3 events · 2025–2026
Ohio State University (Buckeyes 2) · College fleet racing · 1 events · 2026
Ohio State University (Buckeyes 1) · College fleet racing · 1 events · 2026

Where they race

Ohio State · 2 events
Northwestern · 1 events
Miami University · 1 events
Michigan State · 1 events

Is this you?

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

Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 141, #21,917.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 11. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.