Mercedes Newland Cespedes

Crew Rating

Career: 32.40 percentile of ICSA crews
1.001.251.501.75S. Menesale (14 races): -0.24S. MenesaleG. Jones (4 races): -0.16G. JonesG. Empel (4 races): +0.15Fall 2024: rating 1.53Fall 2024University of South FloridaH. Porrata (9 races): -0.13H. PorrataM. Dreyfuss (6 races): +0.07M. DreyfussSpring 2025: rating 1.39Spring 2025University of South Florida
▲ boats did better with this crew than with the skipper's usual crews▼ worseArrow length = size of the push, in rating points
Season Team Rating Range League
percentile
Team
percentile
On team Races Team page
Spring 2025 University of South Florida 1.39 Rating 1.39; 90% range -1.9 to 4.6; team skipper average 2.18 51.41 26.47 13 of 17 15 Team page
Fall 2024 University of South Florida 1.53 Rating 1.53; 90% range -1.7 to 4.7; team skipper average 2.15 52.92 39.29 9 of 14 22 Team page

Team Race Rating

Rating Rank vs fleet rating Record
1.46 unranked (fewer than 30 matches as skipper, or not active) +0.00
about what the fleet rating predicts
as crew 27–21 (56%)
SeasonRegattas Skipper W–LCrew W–L
Spring 20253—27–21

Team race surprisal: regatta by regatta

Over 3 graded regattas (48 matches) the record is 27–21 against 25.8 wins the pre-event forecasts expected (+1.2). 1 regatta clearly above the rating (P ≤ 20%), 1 clearly below (P ≥ 80%); 4 bits of surprise in all.

DateRegattaRole Value Perf. RecordExp.
wins
Δ Surprise
(bits)
P(this good
or better)
2025-04-05SAISA Open Team Race Champscrew2.582.177–87.8−0.400.283%
2025-03-08Bob Bavier Open Team Racecrew2.462.395–135.2−0.070.066%
2025-02-15Lake Virginia Team Racecrew2.165.1615–012.7≥+3.003.48%

Regatta results

Regatta Role Div Races Avg Rating
Spring 2025 Team page Season
SAISA Open Team Race Champs Crew TR 15 47% —
Peter Wenner Rainbow Invite Crew B 6 6.7 +0.07
Lake Virginia Team Race Crew TR 15 100% —
Hanbury Trophy Crew A 9 6.2 -0.13
Bob Bavier Open Team Race Crew TR 18 28% —
Fall 2024 Team page Season
Allstate Sugar Bowl Women's Regatta Women's Crew B 14 13.6 -0.24
USF Trophy Crew B 4 5.5 -0.16
Lake Virginia Invitational Crew B 4 4.8 +0.15

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