Sailing Completes Second Fall Weekend

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard Sailing completed its second weekend of the fall season on Saturday. The Crimson competed in the two-day NEISA Women's Singlehanded Championship and sailed at three one-day regattas, all of which took place in the Boston area. NEISA Women's Singlehanded Championship | Boston, Mass. Kate Danielson finished in second place at the NEISA event, ending with a score of 44 and trailing only Yale's Audrey Foley (32). First-years Grace Montgomery and Louise Martin, meanwhile, came in fifth (66) and sixth place (71), respectively, in the 11-athlete field. Danielson opened the regatta on a strong note, going 2-1-1 over her first three races and then registered four straight third-place finishes before logging another runner-up performance in Race 8. The next three starts, however, presented a challenge as Danielson went 8-6-9. With second place secured, Danielson ended the two-day regatta with a third-place showing. Montgomery was steady throughout the championship, registering single-digit finishes in all 12 races. Of the 12 starts, the first-year finished in the top five on six occasions, with two runner-up performances (Races 5, 10) and never finished below eighth. Martin, meanwhile, had 10 single-digit finishes, including six in the top 5 (Races 2, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12) and a win in Race 11. Hatch Brown Trophy | Cambridge, Mass. Harvard finished in eighth place with 197 points at the three-division Hatch Brown Trophy, hosted by MIT. Yale won the regatta with a score of 100. Zoey Ziskind and Christina Chen sailed in the A-Division, with the first-year duo of Max Wolfensberger and Zia Zucker drawing the B-Division. Xavier Ayala-Vermont and Julia Downey, meanwhile, competed in the C-Division. Ziskind and Chen, who were part of the group that earned NEISA Sailor-of-the-Week honors on Wednesday, were solid with six top-nine performances in the eight-race regatta. The duo's best showing came in Race 4, when they were the runner-up. They ultimately finished with a 57. Wolfensberger and Zia Zucker showed glimpses of excellent sailing, coming in second place in Race 1 and third in Race 5. The also posted an eighth-place finish in Race 2 and a sixth-place finish in Race 4. The duo ended the day with a 68 after double-figure finishes in the rest of its starts. Ayala-Vermont and Downey started slow in their first two races (12-14), but rebounded by placing in the top nine in five of the final six competitions. In Races 3-6, the pair put up a line of 3-6-6-9. In the final start of the day, a ninth-place showing put the finishing touches on their 72. Regis Trophy | Cambridge, Mass. The Crimson finished in 15 th place on the Charles River at the BU-hosted Regis Trophy. Harvard recorded a score of 261, while the champion, Tufts, posted a 74. Sophomore Grace Naylor and first-year Elizabeth Jacobsson went against the A-Division, while first-year Noelle Brighton and sophomore Skyler Reading sailed in the B. Naylor-Jacobsson had its best finish (seventh) come in the 10 th and final race. They also had an eighth-place showing in the opening competition and a ninth-place performance in Race 3 en route to a 126. Brighton-Reading's top finish occurred in Race 5 (10 th) and turned in a score of 135. Mystic Lake Invitational | Medford, Mass. Harvard ended its day in Medford in sixth place at the six-team regatta. The Crimson finished with a 296 at the three-division event. The junior duo of William Bourell and Antonia Kolb were Harvard's A-Division athletes, with first-years Pax Huybers and Whitney Pickett competing against the B-Division. Senior James Bergstrom and junior Mizuki Yashiro represented the Crimson in the C-Division. Bourell-Kolb produced an impressive four-race showing in Races 2-5, turning in a line of 4-3-5-6. The pair also logged a ninth-place finish in Race 7, helping them register a final score of 67. Huybers and Pickett enjoyed their best run of the day in Races 4-6, going 6-3-9, before ultimately finishing with a 94. Bergstrom-Yashiro, meanwhile, finished with an eight-race score of 135. Up Next Harvard is expected to compete in the Eagle Invitational, hosted by Boston College, on Saturday, Sept. 26. The Crimson will also appear at the two-day Mrs. Hurst Bowl (Dartmouth host), Hoyt Trophy (Brown host) and Hood Trophy (Tufts host), Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 26-27.