The Harvard sailing team had a busy schedule the past couple of days, competing in numerous tournaments around Boston and in Connecticut. The Crimson posted some strong results overall.

With five regattas and an invitational in only four days, the Harvard sailing team certainly had its hands busy this past week. Despite failing to capture a first-place team finish for the first time in four weeks, the Crimson had impressive showings both in the Boston area and in Connecticut en route to capturing four top-10 finishes.

“This weekend was the beginning of the more competitive regattas,” explained junior crew Quincy Bock. “I think now, we’re getting back into the swing of things.”

The handful of tournaments provided plenty of practice, and the upcoming four weeks will give the squad ample time to train for the ACC Qualifiers.

HARVARD INVITATIONAL TWO

At Sunday’s Harvard Invitational Two, the Crimson finished fourth of nine teams with 54 points behind Brown, Tufts, and Bowdoin. In the A Division, sophomores Nick Waldo and Jinyan Zang took fourth, one point behind the third-place Polar Bears. In the seven-race set on the Charles, Waldo and Zang captured three second-place finishes.

RICHARD B. ROSS COLLEGE BOWL

A barge transiting across the Courageous Sailing Center’s course mid-race made for a rather interesting turn of events this past Saturday, but the Boston-based Ross Trophy regatta was still a success. Initially planned as a six-race event, the barge’s crossing reduced that number to five. In the A Division, Harvard nabbed sixth place out of 16 thanks to the efforts of senior Colin Santangelo and sophomore Samuel Millham.

MYSTIC LAKE INVITATIONAL, CENTRAL SERIES FOUR

Home turf proved to be an enormous advantage for the Jumbos this weekend at the Mystic Lake Invitational–the Tufts 2, 1, and 3 boats captured the top-three finishes, respectively. The Crimson sent freshmen Ben Lamont and Margaret Fulham in the A division and classmates Ames Lyman and Alice Kenney in the B division, and the rookies held their own in a seventh-place finish. The first-year sailors edged out Amherst and Northeastern by more than 100 points.

SMITH TROPHY

Sailing against 25 other teams last weekend at the MIT-hosted regatta, Harvard ended the 12-race set in 16th place overall with 346 points. Top-three teams Yale, Roger Williams, and Dartmouth dominated the competition with point totals of 154, 160, and 162, respectively.

In a standout performance, sophomore skipper Ryan Byrne sailed with freshmen crews Isabel Ruane and Sarah Pierson to claim fifth place in the A division with 131 points. The race was far from easy, though.

“We sailed in a boat that we don’t usually sail in so we weren’t really used to it,” Byrne said.

Despite the lack of familiarity with the tech boats used, Byrne and his crews managed very well–in four of 12 races the athletes nabbed top-five finishes.

Ruane also sailed in the B division with classmate Caitlin Watson and junior Julia VanderVink. The end result proved not as promising, however, as the group accrued 215 points for 19th place.