CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard Sailing is set to compete at the Marchiando Trophy Team Race on the Charles River and the Dellenbaugh Trophy Women's Team Race in Cranston, Rhode Island. Both regattas are slated for Saturday, March 28-Sunday, March 29.

Forecast

Marchiando Trophy Team Race | Cambridge, Mass.

"Chilly" might not do Saturday justice with the temperature projected to be in the low 30s, with a feels-like temp ranging from 21-26 degrees. On the plus side, it will be partly cloudy, with winds in the 8-10-knot range (N, NNW). Sunday will be warmer, with temps in the low 40s and rising to near 50 degrees by early afternoon. The wind will be blowing between 8-12 knots, shifting between the west-southwest and southwest.

Dellenbaugh Trophy Women's Team Race | Cranston, R.I.

Saturday is expected to be in the low 30s, with the temperature peaking at 36 degrees at 4 p.m. The wind, however, will be howling and coming out of the north, north-northwest and northwest (10-11 knots). Sunday will be in the 40s, reaching 48 degrees at 3 p.m. The wind will keep sailors on their toes as it is expected to originate out of the west-southwest, southwest and south-southwest throughout the day (8-14 knots).

What to Know

• Harvard enters the Marchiando Trophy Team Race, hosted by MIT, as the defending champions. The Crimson's 2025 victory was its third at the event since 2019.
• Harvard returns all three of its skippers from last season's Marchiando (Justin Callahan, Mitchell Callahan, Robby Meek) and two crew in Rosella Irfan and Christina Chen. The Crimson dominated the field, going 20-1 in sub-optimal weather conditions and winning the regatta by four races over runner-up Yale (16-5).
• Harvard is coming off a fourth-place performance at last year's Dellenbaugh Trophy, which marked its best showing at the regatta since 2019, when it came in third.
• Back from last season's Dellenbaugh outfit are skippers Kate Danielson and Zoey Ziskind, and crew Sophia Montgomery, Amelie Zucker, Peyton Hadfield and Katherine Shin. Harvard went 6-3 during first-day action to earn a spot in the Gold Top 4, but struggled on Sunday and ultimately finished at 7-8.
• The Crimson is coming off a weekend that saw it win the Friis Trophy Team Race and come in sixth at the Duplin Trophy Women's Team Race. The Friis victory was the program's fifth in four weeks, marking the first time since at least 2008-09 that Harvard has won at least one regatta in four straight spring weekends. Additionally, the Crimson has not finished lower than sixth place in any spring regatta and has not done so this season (2025-26) since Oct. 25, when it finished ninth of 18 teams at the Terrier Invitational.
• The Crimson's lineup at the Friis earned NEISA Open Sailor-of-the-Week honors, giving Harvard two such awards in as many weeks. This week's edition featured the Callahans, Aidan Pesce, Michelle Chung, Meek, Jacob Posner and Chen.
• Harvard enters this weekend's action ranked No. 1 in the Sail1Design coed rankings and No. 8 in the women's rankings. 

Up Next

Harvard will head to Cranston for the Fowle Trophy (NEISA Open Team Racing Championship) and to New Haven, Connecticut, for the Yale Women's Team Race. Both events are scheduled for Saturday, April 4-Sunday, April 5.