The Hobart and William Smith Sailing team is set to compete in a pair of conference championship regattas this weekend, Oct. 31-Nov. 1. William Smith will host the Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association Women's Fall Championship at Bozzuto Boathouse, while the coed team travels to Annapolis, Maryland, for the War Memorial, the MAISA coed dinghy fall championship.
 
MAISA FALL WOMEN'S
The MAISA Fall Women's Championship starts Saturday at 11 a.m. William Smith will welcome Columbia, Cornell, Fordham, Georgetown, Old Dominion, Princeton, SUNY Maritime, St. Mary's (Md.), Merchant Marine, Navy and Pennsylvania to Seneca Lake.
 
At last year's MAISA Fall Championship, the Herons finished seventh with 201 points. Sabrina Starck and Olivia Wilkins finished third in A Division with 74 points, while Moira Padilla Velasquez, Dagny Kruger and Bennett O'Keefe finished 10th in B Division with 127 points. Georgetown is the reigning champion.
 
WAR MEMORIAL
The MAISA coed dinghy fall championship is also set to begin on Saturday at 11 a.m. HWS will compete against Christopher Newport, Fordham, George Washington, Georgetown, Old Dominion, Penn State, Princeton, Queen's, RIT, St. Mary's (Md.), SUNY Maritime, Merchant Marine, Navy, Pennsylvania, Virginia Tech, Washington College, and Webb Institute. HWS last won the regatta in 2018.
 
At last year's War Memorial Regatta, HWS finished third with 79 points. Juan Carlos LaCerda Jones '26 and Valyn Mogensen '26 finished in a tie for third in A Division with St. Mary's College (Md.) and finished in the top 10 in seven of eight races. JJ Klempen and Stella Kim were fourth in B Division, missing out on the top three by just one point. St. Mary's (Md.) won the regatta.