2021-22 Sailing Roster

Emily Gildea

  • Position Crew
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Palos Park, Ill.
  • High School Mother McAuley

Biography

2020-21: Helped the team to a runner-up finish at the ICSA Team Racing National Championship as a crew…Placed seventh in B Division at the ICSA Coed Dinghy National Championship…Helped the team qualify for team racing nationals with a win at the NEISA Team Race Championship…Helped the team win the Hap Moore Team Race…Crewed in the win at the Southern New England Team Race…Crewed the winning boat at the Robin Wallace Fleet Race…Part of the winning team at the Robin Wallace Team Race.
 
2019-20: Crewed to second place at the Sharpe Trophy Team Race…Finished runner-up at the Rudkin Team Race…Helped RWU finish fourth at the Hood Trophy…Took ninth at B Division at the Hatch Brown Trophy.
 
2018-19: Helped Roger Williams win the Hap Moore Team Race…Sailed to a runner-up finish at the Rudkin Team Race and the Friis Trophy…Took third place at A Division at the Mount Hope Bay Invitational…Earned fifth place at the Hood Trophy and the Hewitt Trophy Division 1…Took third place at A Division at the Oberg Trophy…Claimed fourth place at A Division at the Nicholas Barnett Trophy…Placed fifth at the NEISA Team Race Championship.
 
2017-18: Won A Division at the Sister Esther Open, aiding in RWU’s runner-up finish overall…Crewed at the Ike Geiger Team Race, leading RWU to second place overall…Finished in second place at A Division at the Southern Series 5, helping RWU win the regatta…Assisted in RWU’s third-place finish at the MIT Team Race Invitational Regatta…Earned fourth place at the Mystic Lake Team Race.
 
High School: A 2017 graduate of Mother McAuley High School…Four-year member of the Sailing team…Captain of the sailing team from sophomore to senior year…Two-time Junior Sailor of the Year at Columbia Yacht Club…Catherine McAuley Honors Scholar…National Honors Society Member…Illinois State Scholar.
 
Personal: Parents are Kevin and Julie…Has one sister, Elizabeth…Majoring in Business.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    Crew
    5'3"
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Crew
    5'3"
  • 2019-20Junior

    Crew
    5'3"
  • C

    2020-21Senior

    Crew
    5'3"
    C
  • C

    2021-22Fifth Year

    Crew
    5'3"
    C