TAMPA, FLA., MARCH 5, 2026 – The South Florida sailing team will continue its spring campaign this weekend in Annapolis, Md., as the Bulls will compete in the Jen Harris Women's Team Race hosted by the United States Naval Academy.
 
In the event set for March 7-8, the Bulls will compete against several nationally ranked teams. The full slate includes Georgetown, Cornell, U Penn, Old Dominion, Navy, Hobart, Brown, Harvard, Tufts, Stanford, and Rollins.  
 
South Florida will be represented by skippers Kailey Warrior, Ghislaine van Empel, and Grace Jones with crews Madisen Hamai, Melissa Janes, Cate Brennan, and Dita Carlsen.
 
Setting The Stage:
Head coach Allison Jolly's team finished 10^th among 12 teams in the Jen Harris Women's Team Race last year.
 
The Bulls are coming off a sixth-place finish among 10 teams that competed at the Mendelblatt Open Team Race last weekend in Charleston, S.C., with varsity skippers Kailey Warrior and Sara Menesale and crews Madisen Hamai and Ruth Bergman finished 4-5, with wins over Jacksonville, Florida State, Clemson and Palm Beach Atlantic in that event. 
 
 
South Florida finished first among four teams at the USF Women's Team Race in the season's home opener on Tampa Bay waters off St. Petersburg, Fla.
 
Championships Coming to St. Petersburg This Spring:
Championship season begins April 10-12 as South Florida will host the SAISA Women's Team Race and Fleet Race Championships in St. Petersburg. The Bulls won the SAISA conference championship last year, securing the Ann Boyd Trophy in winning the Fleet Racing Championship and finishing second in the Team Racing Championship hosted on their home waters.
 
The season culminates May 15-18 as the Bulls will also serve as the hosts for the College Sailing Women's Fleet Racing National Championships for the first time since 2013. South Florida will compete against the nation's elite for a national title at the SkyBeach Resort in St. Peterburg.
 
Event Attendance:
Attendance at USF sailing events is free. USF home sailing events are held at the Haney Landing Sailing Center on the University of South Florida campus.
 
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About USF Sailing
The USF sailing program won a SAISA conference championship in 2025 and has reached the national finals in 12 of the last 13 years. The Bulls finished in the top 10 during the 2012 and 2013 seasons. The sailing team, which has won eight SAISA conference titles, was formed in 1997 and is based out of St. Petersburg. The program has been led since 2004 by head coach Allison Jolly. One of the most successful women in U.S. national sailing history, Jolly is a former USA Olympian and Gold Medalist (1988), a 2016 Florida Sports Hall of Fame inductee, and a 2019 U.S. National Sailing Hall of Fame inductee.