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2019-20 Sailing Roster

Sebby Turner

  • Class Senior
  • High School Southwestern HS
  • Hometown Lakewood, N.Y.

Biography

As a senior (2019-20)

• Competed in six regattas as a senior.
• Skippered B division as Cornell took third at the Boehringer Memorial.

As a junior (2018-19)

• Earned second-team All-MAISA skipper honors.
• Was skipper for races in Big Red regatta wins at the Jen Harris Women's and Susan Rogers '75 Memorial.
• Helped Cornell qualify for women's nationals while skippering two B division races.
• Was in the skipper seat for both the Sperry Women's Western Semifinals and the national finals.
• Competed in 13 varsity regattas during the season.
 

As a sophomore (2017-18)

• Crewed Cornell boats in all three disciplines (women's, team race and coed) at the national championships.
• Skippered the national semifinals and finals, competing in two races in the B Division in the semis and in four races in A Division in the finals as the Big Red took seventh overall.
• Was the skipper for 10 races at the MAISA Women's in B Division, helping Cornell qualify for nationals.
• Part of the championship team at the Susan Rogers '75 Memorial, sailing in A Division.
• Competed in nine total varsity regattas.
 

As a freshman (2016-17)

• Competed in seven varsity regattas as a freshman.
• Skippered eight races in A division at the Sperry Women's National Semifinals, posting five top 10 finishes.
• In the first seat in A division as the Big Red qualified for nationals at the MAISA Spring Women's.
• Made her collegiate debut at the SUNY Maritime Fall Open, winning two of the 13 races on the weekend.
• Skippered A division at the MAISA Fall Women's regatta.
 

Prior to Cornell

• Turner qualified for a number of invitational regattas while sailing for Chautauqua Lake Yacht Club.
• Was a four-year member of the Southwestern HS sailing team.
• She competed in the U.S. Youth Championships, the U.S. Junior Women's and U.S. Chubb Junior Championships in her final year of high school.
 

Personal

• Alyson Sebby Turner is the daughter of Marc and Amy Turner and has an older sister and two younger brothers.
• She is enrolled in the College of Human Ecology.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

  • 2017-18Sophomore

  • 2018-19Junior

  • 2019-20Senior