Strong Showing for Sailing

With its fall action nearing completion, the Harvard’s coed sailing team split up across New England to compete the Hoyt Trophy, the Oberg Trophy, and the Central Series 6, finishing within the top ten spots for two of the three regattas.

SHERMAN HOYT TROPY

The Crimson used Z420 boats at the only inter-conference regatta of the weekend, which was hosted by Brown. The previous week’s weather affected the regatta, leaving the waves choppy. Regatta officials found a hole in boat 10 that caused a recess in some of the competing teams’ races on Saturday.
“Sunday was very windy, so most of our mistakes were the result of sailing in parts of the course that had a lot of breeze,” freshman Kevin Coakley said.

Harvard came in 14th of 18 teams, dropping a place from last year’s showing at the regatta. The Crimson racked up a combined total of 203 points, 100 points behind the winner of the Trophy, Fordham.

Senior Brian Drumm and juniors Jake Bradt and Marek Zaleski, scored 104 and earned 11th place in the A division. Races one and five, in which they placed second and third respectively, were highlights.
Joining Coakley in the B division, junior co-captains Andrew Mollerus and Sydney Karnovsky also finished just outside the top-10 in 11th place, with their best performance earning them second place in their second race.

“In our first set together, Andrew and I made some mistakes that cost us a few boats,” Coakley said. “But we had much stronger finishes in the final two races of the regatta.”

OBERG TROPHY

It was a breezy yet beautiful day for sailing in Boston at the regatta hosted by MIT and Northeastern. Harvard improved its placement from last year, moving up five places to sixth from the contributions of the A, B, and C division teams. The Crimson scored 385 points, 84 points short of URI, who won.

Sophomores Matthew Mollerus and Olivia Kjorlien came in eighth place in division A. They finished in first place in two races, and placed in the top 10 in 11 starts.

Freshman Nick Sertl and sophomore Julia Lord had the best performance of the weekend for the Crimson, finishing fourth in the B division with a score of 110 points. In multiple races the duo placed within the top five, and in only two of the 17 races were they not a part of the top 10.

In the C division, sophomores Bennett Capozzi and Nomin-Erdene Jagdagdorj earned eighth place with 124 points.

CENTRAL SERIES 6

In previous Central Series regattas earlier in the season, the Crimson earned first, eighth, and second place finishes. Harvard maintained its top-10 finish following a fifth place showing in this regatta hosted by Boston College. The team scored a combined 149 points, 54 behind Dartmouth.

Freshman Taylor Ladd and junior Kristina Jakobson won fifth place in division A, adding 70 points to the total. They placed in the top-10 in all of their races.

Junior Sophie Bermudez and senior Ashleigh Inglis finished with 79 points, also winning fifth place in the B division. They scored in the top-10 in all of their races except for one, in which they were disqualified post-race for an error that occurred on the course.

“I think overall the regatta was a success,” Ladd said. “We sent the women’s team to a coed regatta and showed that we can hang with the boys. I was happy with our result as there were many good teams there and we held our own.”

Next up for the Crimson will be the Schnell Trophy, Victorian Urn Trophy, and the Nickerson Trophy this coming weekend.

“For the future, I think we need to continue being consistent, while also working on fleet management.” Ladd said. “It’s easy when you’re in the front of the pack to make stupid moves, when getting in the top three or five every race is solid and can win regattas.”