CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard Sailing won the Women's Atlantic Coast Championship – Round 1, and completed four other regattas across New England this past weekend. The Crimson finished in ninth at the BU Invitational and 14^th at the Smith Trophy on Saturday before emerging triumphant at the Women's ACC event, coming in fourth at the Danmark Trophy and ninth at the Moody Trophy.

Women's Atlantic Coast Championship – Round 1 | Harpswell, Maine

It was a dominant showing by the Crimson as it won the two-day regatta with a score of 57, which was well ahead of runner-up Roger Williams and its 92. Zoey Ziskind and Christina Chen competed against the A-Division, while Kate Danielson and JJ Drummond drew the B-Division assignment. Peyton Hadfield also made the trip and served as a reserve.
 
Ziskind-Chen was a model of consistency, finishing all 10 races in seventh place or better and finishing among the top three seven times, including wins in Race 5, 6 and 10. The duo registered a division-best score of 32. Danielson-Drummond was equally impressive, winning Race 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 and 10, with the outliers being an eighth-place showing in Race 5 and a sixth place in Race 9 en route to a division-best 25.

Danmark Trophy | New London, Conn.

Harvard ended the regatta in a fourth-place tie with Boston College (176), but earned the higher nod due to the number of high-place finishes. Brown won the Danmark Trophy after posting a 139. Making the trip to New London were A-Division sailors Harrison Strom and Zia Zucker, and B-Division competitors Jacob Posner and Amelie Zucker.
 
After a 9-19-16 start, Strom and Z. Zucker settled down and posted eight straight single-digit finishes, beginning with a third-place showing in Race 4. From there, the duo hung six consecutive top-8 finishes before ending with a runner-up in Race 11. They finished with a 92. Posner-A. Zucker won three times over the 11 races (Race 3, 4, 9) and sprinkled in three other single-digit performances en route to an 84.

Moody Trophy | South Kingstown, R.I.

Harvard notched a 186 to finish in ninth place at the Moody Trophy. Bowdoin lifted the Moody Trophy with a score of 135. Max Wolfensberger teamed with Michelle Chung in the A-Division, with Grace Montgomery and Noelle Brighton taking care of the B-Division.
 
Wolfensberger-Chung opened the regatta with encouraging finishes, posting a line of 4-5-7-3 before encountering trouble over the next four races (10-5-11-10). The duo rebounded nicely, however, finishing 1-10-1-3 to end with a 70, which represented the fourth-best score in the division. Montgomery-Brighton showed flashes of exceptional sailing, registering top-9 efforts five times before ending with a B-Division score of 116.

Smith Trophy | Cambridge, Mass.

Harvard was represented on the Charles River by A-Division sailors Pax Huybers and Whitney Pickett, and B-Division athletes Grace Naylor and Elizabeth Jacobsson. Emily Chamish served as a reserve.
 
Huybers-Pickett's best finish was a 12^th-place showing in Race 3 and 8 en route to a 142. Naylor-Jacobsson, meanwhile, had four single-digit performances in the final five outings, including a runner-up effort in Race 7 as they finished with a 93. Altogether, the Crimson posted a score of 235 to finish in 14^th place. Brown won the one-day regatta with a 70.

BU Invitational | Cambridge, Mass.

James Bergstrom teamed with Mizuki Yashiro to form Harvard's A-Division entry, while Ross Wilson and Antonia Kolb went against the B-Division at the Saturday-only regatta.
 
For Bergstrom-Yashiro, the duo's top performance came in Race 2, when it finished in 11^th place. As for Wilson-Kolb, their best effort came in the final race of the day (Race 10) when they came in 14^th. When the water settled, the Crimson posted a 315 (Bergstrom-Yashiro – 149; Wilson-Kolb – 166).

Up Next

Harvard is set to appear at the Open ACC – Round 1 (St. Mary's host), Stu Nelson Trophy (Connecticut College host) and Sister Esther Trophy (Salve Regina host). All three are scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 10-Sunday, Oct. 11.