2016-17 Sailing Roster

Elena VandenBerg

Elena VandenBerg

  • Position
    Skipper / Crew
  • Height
    5-4
  • Class
    Junior
  • High School
    Archbishop Spalding
  • Hometown
    Annapolis, MD
  • Major
    Architectural Design

Biography

As a Junior (2016-17)

  • Finished fourth in the PCCSC Match Race Championship (Oct. 1-2).
  • Finished sixth in the B-division of the Navy Fall Women’s with Mimi El-Khazindar, helping Stanford finish sixth overall (Oct. 8-9).
  • Skippered Stanford’s B-squad to a ninth-place finish in the B-division at the Mrs. Hurst Bowl (Oct. 22-23).
  • Won the B-division of the PCCSC Fall Women’s with Mimi El-Khazindar (Oct. 29-30).
  • Finished ninth in the B-division of the Charleston Spring Coed with Julia Lambert (March 11-12).
  • Helped Stanford finish ninth at the Emily Wick Women’s Trophy, taking 11th place in the B-division (April 8-9).
  • Won the B-division of the PCCSC Coed Championship, helping Stanford win the championship (April 28-29).
  • Finished fourth in the B-division of the Sperry Women’s Championship, helping Stanford finish fifth overall (May 23-26).
  • Helped Stanford finish seventh in the LaserPerformance Team Race Championship with an 11-11 overall record (May 23-26).

As a Sophomore (2015-16)

  • Finished third at the Trojan Women’s Invite with Olivia Gugliemini (Sept. 27).
  • Won the B-division of the Navy Fall Women’s with MiMi El-Khazindar, helping the Cardinal take seventh place (Oct. 11).
  • Took fifth place at the Fall Women’s PCCSC Championship with Meg Gerli (Nov. 1).
  • Served as crew at the Jeremy McIntyre Team Race, helping the Cardinal to a third place finish and a 7-2 record (Feb 27-28). 
  • Sailed in the North Gold Regatta to a fifth place finish in Division A (Mar. 19-20).
  • Sailed in the Dellenbaugh Women’s trophy to a third place finish in Division B (Apr. 2-3).
  • Sailed in the St. Francis Invitational to a first place finish in Division A (Apr. 2-3).
  • Sailed in the South Championship to a sixth place finish in Division A (Apr. 9-10).
  • Sailed in the Women’s PCCSC Championships to a first place finish in Division B (Apr. 16-17).
  • Sailed in the Sperry Women’s Eastern Semifinal to an eleventh place finish in Division A (May. 24-25).
  • Sailed in the Sperry College Sailing Women’s National Championship to a sixteenth place finish in Division A (May 26-27).

As a Freshman (2014-2015) 

  • Made her season debut at the Yale Women’s Intersectional, where she skippered the Cardinal to third place in the B-division and fifth overall (Oct. 18)
  • Helped Stanford claim the Fall Women’s PCCSC, winning the B-division with crew Haley Fox (Oct. 25)
  • Skippered Stanford’s B-unit to sixth place at the Nickerson Trophy, where the Cardinal took third place (Nov. 1)
  • Participated as a crew at the Friis Team Race (Mar. 28)
  • Skippered the A-unit to third place at the St. Francis Invitational, in which Stanford took third as a group (Apr. 4)
  • With Scott Buckstaff, finished fifth at the Stanford Cardinal/White Regatta (Apr. 12)
  • Served as a crew at the Navy Spring, helping Stanford finish third in the B-division and third overall (Apr. 19)
  • Helped Stanford win the B-division and the overall title at the Mark Healy Coed Conference Championship (May 2)

The VandenBerg File

  • Team captain and four-year varsity skipper at Archbishop Spalding in Severn, Md.
  • 2014 Gary Jobson Junior All-Star
  • Sixth overall at the 2013 US Youth Sailing Championship and top girl skipper
  • Fourth place at the 2013 Buzzards Bay Regatta
  • Fifth place at the 2013 Club 420 North American Championship and top girl skipper
  • Third at the 2013 US Junior Women’s Doublehanded Championship
  • Competed for the Annapolis Yacht Club 420 Race Team from 2010-2013
  • Hobbies include photography, skiing, scuba diving, biking, and exploring nature
  • Planning on concentrating in Architectural Design for a future career as an architect
  • Daughter of Gerard and Isabel VandenBerg
  • Has one younger brother, Marc