In a weekend full of first-place finishes, another team joined in on the fun.

Though it’s certainly early in the season, Harvard’s female sailors are making a case that they are one of the College’s top teams.

The Crimson continued its relatively surprising, early-season onslaught at the St. Mary’s Women’s Intersectional, taking home its second-straight regatta and almost doubtlessly maintaining its No. 1 ranking.

“We weren’t expected to do this well,” said senior crew Caroline Dixon.

Indeed, she said, most observers predicted only top-three finishes for the squad. And it all starts with their depth.

“Last weekend we had [sophomore] Genny Tulloch skippering A and [sophomore] Sloane Devlin skippering B,” Dixon said. “But we had an entirely different team in B this weekend, with Jenny Philbrick skippering with Diana Rodin. They also did extremely well against virtually the same competition. It just shows how deep our team is this year—that we can have completely different people sailing B and still win.”

The surprises began with a windier-than-expected second day said Tulloch, followed by an unexpectedly strong performance from the Tufts ‘B’ boat.

Each Crimson division finished second, but the overall score was good for the top spot.

Tulloch skippered the A division, joined by crews junior Daphne Lyman and senior Caroline Dixon, who split their time on the water.

In B, senior Jenny Philbrick was joined by crew Diana Rodin, whom Dixon called “one of the best crews in the nation.”

And how will they sustain this succces?

“We have to practice hard, stay focused, make the most of our spring break trip (to St. Mary’s),” Dixon said.

“We just have to stay consistent and avoid mistakes, because we’re fast,” said coach Mike O’Connor. “We have to play conservative and make the right choices.”

And, to be sure, they do not want the early success get to go to their team’s heads.

“We don’t want to get overconfident,” Tulloch said.