The Crimson’s regatta-winning ways were not uniform, however, as its top No. 8 co-ed upperclassmen finished fourth in the Thompson Trophy, a fleet-racing intersectional at Connecticut College. As 18 teams sailed 17 races, Harvard finished fourth—though only two points out of third place and 15 out of second—by the score of its B-division.

“This was the last big intersectional prior to our New England qualifiers for nationals. We went in there knowing that it didn’t count for anything,” sophomore skipper Clay Johnson said. “But we wanted to go out and have a good performance.”

Johnson left little room for doubt in the B-division, as he and crews Lyman and sophomore Kristen Lynch won the division with 81 points to runner-up South Florida’s 131. After breaking down in the second race, the B-division maintained consistency, finishing out of the top 10 only once and winning four.

“I was really excited with the way I sailed. I won my division—it doesn’t get much better than that,” Johnson said.

Junior captain Vince Porter skippered the A-division, crewed by junior Ruth Schlitz and sophomore Matt Knowles, to 14th place. In contrast, the A-division only cracked the top 10 for five races in the regatta.

“We all know Vince is a great sailor. He’s definitely carried the team before, in the past, and it’s good to get it out of his system before nationals,” Johnson said. “Everyone has one off weekend.”

Additionally, the Crimson finished sixth of eight teams in the Metro Series 5, hosted by Harvard and Brandeis on Saturday. In finicky winds, Harvard’s A-division of sophomore Robby McIntosh and freshman Alicia Harley took seventh, while the B-division of sophomore Marion Guillaume and freshman Katie Beck finished sixth.

—Staff writer Samuel C. Scott can be reached at sscott@fas.harvard.edu.