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Calif is a senior from San Leandro, California, and the team's practice captain! She has never sailed before college but enjoys being out on the water, even after a traumatic practice of capsizing three times. She is currently one of the top crews on the team and compete in regattas during the season. Aside from competing, she organizes team practices with Coach Jeremy. Calif is a SPIA major with an environmental focus.

Nelson is a senior from Long Island, New York. His first time sailing was on Lake Carnegie during the fall of frosh year. He has a habit of dropping bailers and water bottles out of the boat. He is a premed studying Molecular Biology and Global Health here at Princeton.

Nikhil is a senior from Fort Worth in the Computer Science Department. He started sailing at Princeton and now skippers and crews. Last summer he sailed RS Aeros and Quests out of Viridian Sailing Center in Arlington, TX. Outside of sailing he plays bass and guitar in the jazz department and is an officer in Princeton’s largest undergraduate consulting group. He is known among the team for his passion for pickles.

Bella is a senior on the team majoring in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department. She joined Princeton Sailing with no prior sailing experience but is grateful to have learned the sport at a competitive level alongside such an amazing team. After serving as the team's Secretary, then Practice Captain, she is excited to assume the role of Commodore this year. Outside of sailing, Bella enjoys playing the piano, laughing way too much at her own jokes, and spending time with her friends.

Katie is a senior from New York City studying Economics with a minor in Sustainable Energy Studies. She started sailing when she was eight years old, learning to sail sunfish and 420s at Camp Seafarer in North Carolina. She joined the sailing team her freshman year, and served as the social chair of the team her sophomore year.

Hailing from Brooklyn, NY, Connor grew up sailing in Chester, Nova Scotia before sailing year-round on the Long Island Sound for LISOT. Connor won the 2015 US Youth Team Racing National Championship, and sailed 420s and J70s competitively up until his arrival on campus. At Princeton, he has sailed as A-Skipper since Fall 2018, winning A-division on four occasions. Besides sailing, Connor is the President of the Princeton Jungle Fan Group and studies History with a certificate in African Studies.

Benny is a senior from Mount Kisco, NY. He grew up sailing Optis on Long Island Sound and picked sailing back up when he joined the team as a Sophomore. Outside of sailing Benny plays the saxophone, chess, and can do 21 fitness gram pacer test push-ups. If he can pull himself together, Benny will be graduating with an ORFE degree.

Robert is a senior in the ORFE department who has never sailing competitively before coming to Princeton. Initially starting as a crew, he is now mostly skippers but will also crew in heavy wind. Outside of sailing, he enjoys running, swimming, and spending time with his two dogs.