Sailor · 2015–2025

Jack Sparkman

georgia institute of technology College fleet racing Lightning

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Events: 9
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 56%
Typically beats: 62%
Best class ranking: #3144

Biggest lift: Andres Menendez
Longest-running crew: Joshua Kim
Nemesis: Daniel Lawless
Rival: Mark Thompson
Best day: 17 Oct 2015
Signature result: 2nd of 12

Partnerships · 24 sailors

Joshua Kim · Georgia Institute of Technology (Yellow Jackets) · College fleet racing 5events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 104 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together(+12 vs. without) · best 2nd · Sep 2015 – Sep 2016
Andres Menendez · Georgia Institute of Technology (Yellow Jackets) · College fleet racing 5events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 0% win rate · 3 of 86 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together(+22 vs. without) · best 2nd · Sep 2015 – Sep 2016
Chris Walton · Georgia Institute of Technology (Yellow Jackets) · College fleet racing 5events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 0% win rate · 3 of 90 races won Beat 73% of the fleet together(+19 vs. without) · best 2nd · Sep 2015 – Oct 2015
Stuart Wallace · Georgia Institute of Technology (Yellow Jackets) · College fleet racing 4events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 3 of 72 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together(+2 vs. without) · best 2nd · Feb 2015 – Sep 2016
Marten Kendrick · Georgia Institute of Technology (Yellow Jackets) · College fleet racing 4events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 78 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together(+7 vs. without) · best 2nd · Sep 2015 – Oct 2015
Lauren Yapp · Georgia Institute of Technology (Yellow Jackets) · College fleet racing 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 88 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together(+6 vs. without) · best 2nd · Sep 2015 – Sep 2016
Conner Killham · Georgia Institute of Technology (Yellow Jackets) · College fleet racing 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 58 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together(+5 vs. without) · best 2nd · Oct 2015 – Sep 2016
Hannah Gersch · Georgia Institute of Technology (Yellow Jackets) · College fleet racing 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 34 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Oct 2015 – Sep 2016
James Elder · Georgia Institute of Technology (Yellow Jackets) · College fleet racing 2events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 26 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Oct 2015 – Oct 2015
Ricky Welch · Beedobeat · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 30% of the fleet together · best 17th · Jan 2025 – Jan 2025

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

Rating history

Event history · 9

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
1 Jan 2025	2025 Lightning Frigid Digit	Beedobeat	Lightning	Crew	17th / 24
9 Mar 2019	SAISA North Points #3	Georgia Institute of Technology (Yellow Jackets)	College fleet racing	B Skipper (4-5)	3rd / 5
10 Sep 2016	SAISA Open	Georgia Institute of Technology (Yellow Jackets)	College fleet racing	B Skipper (7-9)	5th / 18
31 Oct 2015	SAISA Fall Coed Dinghy Championship	Georgia Institute of Technology (Yellow Jackets)	College fleet racing	B Skipper (7-9)	8th / 12
17 Oct 2015	SAISA North Points #5	Georgia Institute of Technology (Yellow Jackets)	College fleet racing	B Skipper (1-3)	2nd / 12
10 Oct 2015	SAISA North Points #4	Georgia Institute of Technology (Yellow Jackets)	College fleet racing	A Skipper (3-4)	3rd / 10
26 Sep 2015	SAISA North Points #3	Georgia Institute of Technology (Yellow Jackets)	College fleet racing	B Skipper (1-2,5-6)	2nd / 12
12 Sep 2015	SAISA Open	Georgia Institute of Technology (Yellow Jackets)	College fleet racing	B Skipper (4-6,13-14)	6th / 17
21 Feb 2015	Old South Invitational	Georgia Institute of Technology (Yellow Jackets)	College fleet racing	B Skipper	3rd / 6

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
College fleet racing Helm	156 provisional	#3144 band 2175–4309	+11.2
Full-size sailing Helm	172 provisional	#22482 band 12867–37427	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Lightning · Crew · 4 races, 1 event · rating -22
Full-size sailing · Crew · 4 races, 1 event · rating -36

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	8 events	0 wins	beats 69%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 30%

Positions: B Skipper (7-9) (2) · B Skipper (4-5) (1) · B Skipper (1-3) (1) · A Skipper (3-4) (1) · B Skipper (1-2,5-6) (1) · B Skipper (4-6,13-14) (1)

How they race

Closer	−5 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−1 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	58%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	63%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Mark Thompson	68	39–29
John Roberts	62	30–32
Cassie Todd	52	33–19
Max Thompson	52	27–25
Jack Famiglietti	52	11–41
Daniel Lawless	52	8–44
Ryan Welch	51	44–7
Charles Willard	44	5–39
Christopher Moe	44	40–4
Abbie Probst	40	33–7
Brent DeAngelis	38	38–0
Katherine Bozzuti	28	21–7

Most-beaten opponent: Brent DeAngelis (38–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	1	30%
2019	1	50%
2016	1	77%
2015	6	71%

Boats

Georgia Institute of Technology (Yellow Jackets) · College fleet racing · 8 events · 2015–2019
Beedobeat · Lightning · 1 events · 2025

Where they race

Charleston · 3 events
Clemson · 2 events
Florida · 1 events
UNC Wilmington · 1 events
Severn Sailing Association · 1 events
Georgia Tech · 1 events

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 172, #22,482.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: -36. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.