At the Nickerson Trophy regatta—hosted by Massachusetts Maritime Academy—the freshmen co-eds did not perform as well as their upper class counterparts, but still succeeded in qualifying for the Atlantic Coast Championships.

In the ‘A’ division, skipper Vince Porter and crew Ruth Schlitz sailed in the middle of the pack for the first 11 races, finishing no better than fourth and no worse than 11th.

The duo came to life in the last three races, winning them all. The strong finish thrust the Crimson into fifth place in the division.

Skipper Sloan Devlin and crew Mallory Greimann performed erratically in the ‘B’ division, placing second on four occasions, but tempering their success with an 11th- and 13th-place finish.

The tandem finished eighth and ninth in the final two races, which allowed boats from BU and Dartmouth to sneak ahead of Harvard in a tightly contested division.

Overall, the Crimson placed fourth, a single point behind Tufts.

Dartmouth took first, while Connecticut College finished second in the final standings.

Sailing Standings

In the Sailing World College Rankings of October 29th, the Harvard co-ed squad maintained its position atop the polls for the second consecutive time, placing just ahead of Brown.

Rounding out the top five are Hobart/William Smith, Hawaii and Georgetown.

The Harvard women climbed three spots in the rankings to No. 6, while Old Dominion rose one spot to lay claim to the No. 1 ranking.

This weekend’s effort turned in by both squads equaled the results which vaulted each to its high position in the rankings.

The Crimson race for the Glenn S. Foster Trophy and the Jane Lutz Trophy next weekend at the 2002-2003 Men’s and Women’s Singlehanded North Americans, hosted by Houston Yacht Club.