Racing - Honor Roll
Champions & Awards
Every name on this page earned its place on the water. Seven decades of national champions and perpetual-trophy winners — the living history of the Y-Flyer class.
SINCE 1982
Helen Hanley Award
Annually awarded to the highest placing female sailor in the Senior Nationals in honor of Helen Hanley. Helen Willis Hanley competed in numerous US Women's Championships
Current Holder
Tracy Sykes
Club: GMS
Venue: Louisville, KY
2026
2020s
2026 Tracy Sykes GMS · Louisville, KY
2025 Kate Rose AYC · Charleston, SC
2024 Amanda Hodges ★17 AYC · Carlyle, IL
2023 Amanda Hodges ★17 AYC · Augusta, GA
2022 Shelby Hatcher ★4 AYC · Charlotte, NC
2021 Not Awarded Little Rock, AR
2020 No Regatta-Covid Saratoga, NY
2000s
2009 Amanda Hodges ★17 AYC · Indianapolis, IN
2008 Amanda Hodges ★17 AYC · Atlanta, GA
2007 Lela Summers ★11 LMS · Carlyle, IL
2006 Amanda Hodges ★17 AYC · Charleston, SC
2005 Judy Barnett CSA · Chattanooga, TN
2004 Amanda Hodges ★17 AYC · Neoga, IL
2003 Amanda Hodges ★17 AYC · Indianapolis, IN
2002 Amanda Hodges ★17 AYC · Little Rock, AR
2001 Amanda Hodges ★17 AYC · Carlyle, IL
2000 Amanda Hodges ★17 AYC · Atlanta, GA
1980s
1989 Lela Summers ★11 LMS · Charleston, SC
1988 Lela Summers ★11 LMS · Indianapolis, IN
1987 Tarasa Davis ★4 AYC · Columbia, SC
1986 Tarasa Davis ★4 AYC · Carlyle, IL
1985 Tarasa Davis ★4 AYC · Charlotte, NC
1984 Judy Barnett CSA · Little Rock, AR
1983 Tarasa Davis ★4 AYC · Charleston, SC
1982 Elaine Parshall CSC · Greenville, SC
2010s
2019 Amanda Hodges ★17 AYC · Beaufort, SC
2018 Lucy Spearman AYC · Harbor Island, TN
2017 Shelby Hatcher ★4 AYC · Louisville, KY
2016 Amanda Hodges ★17 AYC · Little Rock, AR
2015 Shelby Hatcher ★4 AYC · Indianapolis, IN
2014 Amanda Hodges ★17 AYC · Carlyle, IL
2013 Amanda Hodges ★17 AYC · Atlanta, GA
2012 Shelby Hatcher ★4 AYC · Harbor Island, TN
2011 Lela Summers ★11 LMS · Neoga, IL
2010 Amanda Hodges ★17 AYC · Little Rock, AR
1990s
1999 Amanda Hodges ★17 AYC · Columbia, SC
1998 Lela Summers ★11 LMS · Lake Stickstion, MO
1997 Amanda Hodges ★17 AYC · Fort Walton Beach, FL
1996 Lela Summers ★11 LMS · Little Rock, AR
1995 Lela Summers ★11 LMS · Indianapolis, IN
1994 Zoe Dommel CSC · Charleston, SC
1993 Lela Summers ★11 LMS · Atlanta, GA
1992 Lela Summers ★11 LMS · Carlyle, IL
1991 Lela Summers ★11 LMS · Greenville, SC
1990 Lela Summers ★11 LMS · Little Rock, AR