CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard Sailing captured the Marchiando Trophy Team Race on the Charles River this past weekend and competed at the Dellenbaugh Trophy Women's Team Race in Providence, Rhode Island.
Marchiando Trophy Team Race | Cambridge, Mass.
The top-ranked Crimson emerged victorious at the 41
st Cardinal Red Lynne Marchiando Trophy Team Race after finishing with a 15-3 record across three rounds of sailing. Harvard was two decisions clear of second-place and 11
th-ranked Dartmouth (13-5), with the rest of the field finishing as follows: No. 4 Brown (11-7), No. 3 Stanford (9-9), No. 16 MIT (7-11), No. 13 Tulane (4-14), Miami (4-14). The Crimson skippers included
Justin Callahan,
Lachlain McGranahan,
Mitchell Callahan and
Robby Meek, with the crew consisting of
Aidan Pesce,
Kennedy Leehealey,
Marbella Marlo and
Alexandra Dorofeev. The group went a perfect 6-0 in Round 1, with three 1-2-3 performances, before going 4-2 in second-round action. Round 2 featured wins over Dartmouth (1-3-5), Miami (1-2-3), MIT (1-3-4) and Tulane (1-2-5). Harvard finished its time on the Charles with a 5-1 third-round effort, falling to only the Big Green.
Dellenbaugh Trophy Women's Team Race | Providence, R.I.
Eighth-ranked Harvard finished 10
th of 11 teams at the Dellenbaugh Trophy. Near-perfect weather conditions greeted the sailors on Saturday and after a delay for no wind to start Sunday, the breeze picked up for another solid day of competition. The Crimson posted a 6-10 record, which was tied for the seventh-best showing along with South Florida, No. 15 Bowdoin and No. 10 Tulane, but took 10
th after the tiebreakers were sorted out.
Cordelia Burn,
Sarah Burn and
Zoey Ziskind were the Crimson skippers, with
Sarra Guezguez,
Emily Launderville,
Lily Bartlett and
Margo Silliman serving as crew. Following a tough first day on the water in which Harvard defeated only MIT (1-3-5) and Tulane (1-2-4), the Crimson rebounded on Sunday with a 4-2 performance, earning victories over No. 5 Cornell (1-3-5), No. 9 Charleston (1-2-6), USF (1-2-5) and No. 11 MIT (1-2-4).
Up Next
Harvard, which has won four races this spring, returns to the water this weekend, April 6-7, for the New England Open Team Racing Championship (Providence, R.I.) and Yale Women's Team Race (New Haven, Conn.).
