PROVIDENCE, R.I. – National Championship season commenced for sailing this past weekend (April 23-24) with Brown hosting the first ever Women's Team Race National Championship to kick off a slew of ICSA regattas to come. Harvard finished in sixth place out of 12 competing teams with an overall record of 7-9, while Yale earned the title at 13-3.
The Crimson earned a spot in the top-six following a 6-5 performance in the opening round robin which included wins against Georgetown, Cornell, MIT, Tulane, South Florida and Michigan. Harvard went on to add one additional victory in the top-six round robin, beating Dartmouth with second, third and fourth place finishes.
The All-NEISA tandem of skipper
Sarah Burn and crew
Corinne Lee sailed in all 16 races on the weekend for Harvard.
Emma Kaneti and
Cordelia Burn also spent time as skippers, joined by crews
Marleigh Belsley,
Juliana Ruggieri,
Sophia Montgomery and
Cindy Tian. Sophomore
Marbella Marlo was the lone Crimson to see action at both skipper and crew this weekend.
Back home on the Charles, Harvard was also represented at both the Boston Dinghy Cup and Morris Trophy Fleet Race.
The Crimson took second at the former of the two regattas, totaling 141 points in the three-division fleet race co-hosted by Harvard and MIT. The Crimson finished inside the top-three in all divisions with
Lachlain McGranahan and
Chris Wang placing third in the "A" group,
Dylan Ascencios and
Alexandra Dorofeev taking second in "B" and
Eric Hansen and
Ariel Wang ranking third in the "C" division.
Due to limited breeze on day one, a total of nine races were sailed in each Division. The Ascencios/Dorofeev and Hansen/Wang boats each tallied one first-place finish, while McGranahan/Wang notched a team-high three seconds.
Roger Williams was crowned champion of the oldest trophy in college sailing with 121 total points.
The Morris Trophy Fleet Race was won by host, Boston University, with Harvard placing 16th.
Up Next:
Harvard's lone competition next weekend will be the NEISA Dinghy Championship, hosted at MIT April 30 – May 1. The top two teams at the regatta will earn automatic qualification to ICSA Dinghy Nationals May 19-22 in New Orleans.
