ST. MARY'S CITY, Md. – The fifth-seeded Harvard women's sailing team firmly stood in sixth place following a tricky first day of sailing at the ICSA Women's Fleet Race Semifinals. 

Teams in the eastern semifinals competed in five races throughout the day as the Crimson ended with a total score of 32.  Despite sitting in sixth place currently, Harvard is just one point behind Penn, MIT, and Boston College, who are deadlocked in third with a score of 31 each. 

Cordelina Burn (skipper) and Margo Silliman (crew) competed in the A division for the Crimson while Zoey Ziskind (skipper) and Christina Chen (crew) represented in the B division. 

Ziskind and Chen posted two top five finishes in their only two races on the day, coming in second and fourth.  Burn and Silliman placed fifth, seventh, and 14^th in their respective races. 

The Crimson will return to the water tomorrow for the second day of semifinals in St. Mary's City, Md.