The ‘B’ division duties were handled by junior skipper Jennie Philbrick and classmate Diana Rodin on Saturday, with junior skipper Everett and sophomore crew Laura Schubert taking the helm on Sunday.
Harvard battled against Brown for the top of the ‘B’ division, with both teams staking claim to first at different points throughout the weekend.
The two teams had separated themselves from the pack by the end of the third race and then proceeded to battle for the top spot.
Initially, Philbrick and Rodin took control of the regatta, winning the first race, and holding the Bears off through three races.
“We concentrated on our starts and really watching the wind on the upwind legs,” Rodin said.
Brown victories in the third and fourth races put Harvard down one, but a third-place finish in the fifth race brought the Crimson even with the Bears.
Harvard finished third in the sixth race, two spots behind the victorious Brown squad. The two teams would not be as close again.
Brown took second in each of the next two races while Harvard placed ninth and seventh, increasing the margin between the them to 14 heading into Sunday.
“We didn’t have a lane in those races coming off the start,” Rodin said. “We were covered by other boats. We couldn’t be where we wanted on the course. We had to work our way up the fleet during the race.”
Everett and Schubert rallied on Sunday, winning one race and taking second in another, however, despite Brown’s worse finish of the regatta in the ninth race, Harvard was unable to take the lead, finishing down six points.
Like the ‘A’ boat, the foursome in the ‘B’ division was simply bested by the competition.
In addition to winning three races, the Bears finished outside the top-four only once. By comparison, the Crimson took first twice and finished outside the top-four on two separate occasions.
Harvard’s across-the-board consistency, however, earned the overall title, placing ahead of Brown and Dartmouth.
The Crimson victory qualifies the team for the Atlantic Coast Women’s Regatta, hosted by Connecticut College on November 16.
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