FCSL 2026 Gold Cup

# SchoolTeam Rec.
1 Greenwich Academy Greenwich Academy Gators 4–1
2 Greenwich High School Greenwich High School Cardinals 4–1
3 Brunswick School Brunswick School Bruins 3–2
4 Greens Farms Academy Greens Farms Academy Dragons 3–2
5 Fairfield Ludlowe High School Fairfield Ludlowe High School Falcons 1–4
6 Darien High School Darien High School Blue Wave 0–5

Pre-event forecast

Fitted on the 13,684 team race matches sailed before 2026-04-29, using the line-ups that actually raced. It called 12 of 15 matches (80%) with a log-loss of 0.448 (a coin flip scores 0.693), so the event went well for the forecast. Orderliness −0.35 ± 0.57: a typical event, more orderly than 21% of high school team race events (temperature of the forecast log-odds that best fits the results, relative to the league average; nothing about the field, venue or wind predicts it, see the Weather tab). vs forecast is a team's wins minus the wins the model expected from the matches it sailed: positive means it beat its rating.

PlaceSchool Pred. Strength Boats (skipper / crew, boat value) Pred. win % Recordvs forecast
1Greenwich Academy
Gators
45.06
school +0.34
Helena Borcherding / Atley Dimsey 2.06
Sophia Alexopoulos / Ana Gazoni 1.79
Taylor Nanni / Isla Van Biesen
51%4–1 (80%)+1.5
2Greenwich High School
Cardinals
26.19
school +0.19
Richard Sykes / Jesse Martines 2.75
Marcos Rotella / Liam Dozier 1.67
Luca Larosa / Garrett Wollins 1.48 2–1
Luca Larosa / Ashwin Aurora 1.49 2–0
70%4–1 (80%)+0.5
3Brunswick School
Bruins
17.33
school +0.51
Harrison Gandy / Henry Ginnel 2.25
William Whidden / Sean Mensi
Sebastian Sheppard / Andrew Ohls 2.23
86%3–2 (60%)−1.3
4Greens Farms Academy
Dragons
35.28
school +0.23, home +0.13
Avery Beck / Caroline Collins 1.91
Glen Foster / Ollie Ennico 1.93
Colin Verrengia / Alec Crum
55%3–2 (60%)+0.3
5Fairfield Ludlowe High School
Falcons
53.93Amelia Woodworth / Luke Demartino 1.95
Cameron Cooleen / Piper Youngs
Reid Smith / Maeve Kenney 0.82
32%1–4 (20%)−0.6
6Darien High School
Blue Wave
61.56
school −0.25
Chloe Dodd / Ella Seymour
Tripp Greifzu / James Napoli
Colin Casey / John Lubeley
6%0–5 (0%)−0.3

Surprisal: who beat their rating

Pre-event strength against the strength that would have made each record least surprising, everything else fixed. Δ is in the model's logit units, the same scale as the boat values above (a side is three boats plus the school term); green is a clear over-performance, red a clear under-performance. Skippers need three or more matches.

PlaceSchoolStrength Perf.RecordExp.
wins
ΔSurprise
(bits)
P(this good
or better)
1Greenwich Academy5.067.384–12.5+2.331.814%
2Greenwich High School6.197.114–13.5+0.920.352%
4Greens Farms Academy5.285.683–22.7+0.400.160%
5Fairfield Ludlowe High School3.932.591–41.6−1.340.494%
3Brunswick School7.335.203–24.3−2.131.799%
6Darien High School1.56-1.440–50.3≤−3.000.4>99%

By skipper

SkipperSchoolValue Perf.RecordExp.
wins
ΔSurprise
(bits)
P(this good
or better)
Sophia AlexopoulosGreenwich Academy1.794.114–12.5+2.331.814%
Taylor NanniGreenwich Academy0.823.154–12.5+2.331.814%
Luca LarosaGreenwich High School1.482.404–13.5+0.920.352%
Avery BeckGreens Farms Academy1.912.313–22.7+0.400.160%
Colin VerrengiaGreens Farms Academy1.061.463–22.7+0.400.160%
Amelia WoodworthFairfield Ludlowe High School1.950.601–41.6−1.340.494%
Reid SmithFairfield Ludlowe High School0.82-0.521–41.6−1.340.494%
Harrison GandyBrunswick School2.250.123–24.3−2.131.799%
Sebastian SheppardBrunswick School2.230.103–24.3−2.131.799%
Chloe DoddDarien High School0.82-2.180–50.3≤−3.000.4>99%
Tripp GreifzuDarien High School0.45-2.550–50.3≤−3.000.4>99%
Colin CaseyDarien High School0.43-2.570–50.3≤−3.000.4>99%

Match by match

Probability the model gave the side that went on to win. Red bars are upsets (the winner was given under 50%).

Rd#WinnerLoser P(winner)
11Greenwich AcademyGreenwich High School30%upset
12Brunswick SchoolFairfield Ludlowe High School93%
13Greens Farms AcademyDarien High School95%
14Greenwich High SchoolBrunswick School29%upset
15Greenwich AcademyDarien High School94%
16Greens Farms AcademyFairfield Ludlowe High School74%
17Brunswick SchoolDarien High School99%
18Greenwich High SchoolFairfield Ludlowe High School86%
19Greens Farms AcademyGreenwich Academy54%
110Fairfield Ludlowe High SchoolDarien High School86%
111Greenwich AcademyBrunswick School15%upset
112Greenwich High SchoolGreens Farms Academy67%
113Greenwich AcademyFairfield Ludlowe High School71%
114Greenwich High SchoolDarien High School97%
115Brunswick SchoolGreens Farms Academy83%
# Winner Loser Pos.
1 Greenwich Academy Gators 1-2-6 def. Greenwich High School Cardinals 3-4-5
2 Brunswick School Bruins 1-2-4 def. Fairfield Ludlowe High School Falcons 3-5-6
3 Greens Farms Academy Dragons 1-2-5 def. Darien High School Blue Wave 3-4-6
4 Greenwich High School Cardinals 1-2-5 def. Brunswick School Bruins 3-4-6
5 Greenwich Academy Gators 1-2-5 def. Darien High School Blue Wave 3-4-6
6 Greens Farms Academy Dragons 1-2-4 def. Fairfield Ludlowe High School Falcons 3-5-6
7 Brunswick School Bruins 1-2-5 def. Darien High School Blue Wave 3-4-6
8 Greenwich High School Cardinals 1-3-5 def. Fairfield Ludlowe High School Falcons 2-4-6
9 Greens Farms Academy Dragons 1-2-6 def. Greenwich Academy Gators 3-4-5
10 Fairfield Ludlowe High School Falcons 1-2-5 def. Darien High School Blue Wave 3-4-6
11 Greenwich Academy Gators 2-3-4 def. Brunswick School Bruins 1-5-6
12 Greenwich High School Cardinals 1-2-3 def. Greens Farms Academy Dragons 4-5-6
13 Greenwich Academy Gators 1-2-3 def. Fairfield Ludlowe High School Falcons 4-5-6
14 Greenwich High School Cardinals 1-2-4 def. Darien High School Blue Wave 3-5-6
15 Brunswick School Bruins 1-2-3 def. Greens Farms Academy Dragons 4-5-6

From the notes

Short write-ups of what the ratings and results show, with the numbers and how they were computed.

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