It was a busy and characteristically successful weekend for the Harvard sailing team.

In the most important competition of the weekend, sophomores Sean Doyle and Margaret Dill finished third and fifth, respectively, at the single-handed national championships in Newport, R.I.

The team finished fourth overall in the Horn Trophy at Harvard in an event named for Harvard's former sailing coach Mike Horn.

The team also sent two boats down the river to compete at a small regatta hosted by MIT. One of the boats finished second, the other placed fifth.

Doyle's third-place finish placed him above all other competitors from the US. He placed behind two sailors that compete on the Olympic circuit in Canada.

Although the Canadians were well ahead of Doyle, he battled for third place with a good friend of his from St. Petersburg, Fla., Brad Funk from Old Dominion. It came down to the last race between the two Americans, which Doyle won by two points.

"It was like the Floridians versus the Canadians," he said.

Gill, who finished first at nationals last year, struggled in the weekend's rough winds and said her relatively small size was an obstacle against her performance.