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Sailor · 2014–2018

Sarah Placek

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Events
43

1,007 races · 267 race wins

Win rate
21%

21% win rate · 9 of 43

Podium rate
54%

23 top-three finishes

Typically beats
76%

of boats faced (range 73%–79%, 607 boats)

Best class ranking
#41

Crew in College fleet racing · rating 657

Longest win streak
25

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Romain Screve

3 wins · 5 podiums in 8 events together · 38% win rate

Best trio
Will La Dow & Elena VandenBerg

3 wins · 4 podiums in 7 events, all three aboard

Biggest lift
Nicolette Obel

+16 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Will La Dow

Sep 2014 – May 2018 · 23 events

Nemesis
Stefano Peschiera

68–113 head to head in 181 races

Rival
Ravi Parent

138–151 in 289 races

Best day
22 Apr 2016

1-4-2-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-6-2-1-2-3-7-2-2-1-1-1-4-1-5-6-1-4-1-3 · PCCSC Coed Championship

Signature result
1st of 17

2018 St. Francis Invite · College fleet racing · 31 Mar 2018

Partnerships · 34 sailors

Most successful partnership: Romain Screve — 3 wins · 5 podiums in 8 events together · 38% win rate
  • Will La Dow · Stanford University (Cardinal) · College fleet racing, College team racing 23events 6 wins together · 12 podiums · 26% win rate · 172 of 500 races won Beat 79% of the fleet together(+1 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2014 – May 2018
  • Reinier Eenkema Van Dijk · Stanford University (Cardinal) · College fleet racing, College team racing 15events 4 wins together · 8 podiums · 27% win rate · 124 of 336 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together(−12 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2015 – Jun 2017
  • Jacob Rosenberg · Stanford University (Cardinal) · College fleet racing, College team racing 15events 4 wins together · 6 podiums · 27% win rate · 103 of 345 races won Beat 72% of the fleet together(−9 vs. without) · best 1st · Feb 2017 – May 2018
  • Kathryn Booker · Stanford University (Cardinal) · College fleet racing, College team racing 15events 3 wins together · 6 podiums · 20% win rate · 103 of 340 races won Beat 72% of the fleet together(−10 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2015 – May 2018
  • Taylor Kirkpatrick · Stanford University (Cardinal) · College fleet racing, College team racing 14events 3 wins together · 6 podiums · 21% win rate · 105 of 275 races won Beat 74% of the fleet together(−6 vs. without) · best 1st · Feb 2017 – May 2018
  • Lily Katz · Stanford University (Cardinal 2), Stanford University (Cardinal), Stanford University (White) · College fleet racing, College team racing 12events 1 wins together · 8 podiums · 8% win rate · 61 of 272 races won Beat 81% of the fleet together(+4 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2014 – Mar 2016
  • John Cannistraro · Stanford University (Cardinal) · College fleet racing, College team racing 10events 2 wins together · 5 podiums · 20% win rate · 82 of 254 races won Beat 79% of the fleet together(+1 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2015 – May 2017
  • Elena VandenBerg · Stanford University (Cardinal) · College fleet racing, College team racing 10events 3 wins together · 5 podiums · 30% win rate · 78 of 238 races won Beat 79% of the fleet together(+1 vs. without) · best 1st · Mar 2017 – May 2018
  • Cassie Obel · Stanford University (Cardinal) · College fleet racing, College team racing 10events 3 wins together · 6 podiums · 30% win rate · 91 of 255 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together(+2 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2015 – Apr 2018
  • William Marshall · Stanford University (Cardinal) · College fleet racing, College team racing 9events 2 wins together · 6 podiums · 22% win rate · 82 of 192 races won Beat 81% of the fleet together(+3 vs. without) · best 1st · Feb 2016 – Apr 2018

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

Rating history

03116222015201620172018Crew rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 43

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
31 May 2018Gill Coed National ChampionshipsStanford University (Cardinal)College fleet racingB Crew5th / 18
29 May 2018Gill Coed Western SemifinalStanford University (Cardinal)College fleet racingB Crew (1-6)6th / 18
26 May 2018LaserPerformance Team Race National ChampionshipStanford University (Cardinal)College team racingSkipper5th / 16
28 Apr 2018Pacific Coast Team Race ChampionshipsStanford University (Cardinal)College team racingCrew1st / 7
27 Apr 2018Pacific Coast Coed Dinghy ChampionshipsStanford University (Cardinal)College fleet racingB Crew (1-6,9-12)1st / 12
14 Apr 2018Thompson TrophyStanford University (Cardinal)College fleet racingA Crew (1-6,11-12)2nd / 18
31 Mar 20182018 St. Francis InviteStanford University (Cardinal)College fleet racingA Crew1st / 17
24 Mar 2018Aaron Szambecki Team RaceStanford University (Cardinal)College team racingCrew2nd / 10
24 Feb 2018Phebe Corckran King Women'sStanford University (Cardinal)College fleet racingB Crew2nd / 13
21 Oct 2017Sherman Hoyt TrophyStanford University (Cardinal)College fleet racingA Crew9th / 18
30 Sep 201775th Danmark TrophyStanford University (Cardinal)College fleet racingB Crew4th / 20
1 Jun 2017Gill Coed College Sailing National ChampionshipStanford University (Cardinal)College fleet racingB Crew (1-6)16th / 18
30 May 2017Gill Coed Eastern SemifinalStanford University (Cardinal)College fleet racingB Crew (9-12)6th / 18
27 May 2017LaserPerformance Team Race National ChampionshipStanford University (Cardinal)College team racingSkipper7th / 16
30 Apr 2017PCCSC Team Race Championships - Carter Ford TrophyStanford University (Cardinal)College team racingCrew1st / 5
28 Apr 20172017 PCCSC Coed Conference ChampionshipStanford University (Cardinal)College fleet racingB Crew (1-6,10-14)1st / 11
15 Apr 2017Thompson TrophyStanford University (Cardinal)College fleet racingB Crew5th / 18
1 Apr 2017The 36th Lynne Marchiando TrophyStanford University (Cardinal)College team racingCrew12th / 16
25 Mar 2017Admiral Moore Team RaceStanford University (Cardinal)College team racingCrew2nd / 10
11 Mar 2017Charleston Spring CoedStanford University (Cardinal)College fleet racingA Crew (1-10,17)9th / 18
25 Feb 20172017 McIntyre Team RaceStanford University (Cardinal)College team racingCrew2nd / 8
2 Jun 2016Gill Coed National ChampionshipStanford University (Cardinal)College fleet racingB Crew (9-10)6th / 18
31 May 2016Gill Coed Eastern SemifinalStanford University (Cardinal)College fleet racingB Crew (11-12)5th / 18
24 Apr 2016PCCSC Team Race Championship Carter Ford TrophyStanford University (Cardinal)College team racingCrew1st / 6
22 Apr 2016PCCSC Coed ChampionshipStanford University (Cardinal)College fleet racingA Crew (9-16)1st / 11

Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 588, #800. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.