THOMPSON TROPHY

Despite finishing in the top third of the field, the co-ed team walked away from the Thompson Trophy, hosted by the Coast Guard Academy, feeling disappointed.

“In my mind, it was a pretty mediocre performance,” junior crew Meghan Wareham said. “But I was happy that we did have some good races. There was good competition there. It was good to sail against some people outside of New England after the New England Championships last weekend.”

Wareham and junior skipper Alan Palmer racked up three second-place finishes through the 13-race regatta, coming in sixth in the A division.

“We had some very good races, but a lot of bad ones too,” Wareham said. “It was definitely tough conditions, but you can’t blame that. We had some major mess-ups at the start—we need to work on that this weekend at semifinals.”

Junior John Stokes skippered the B division boat, with senior Michelle Konstadt and junior Quincy Bock splitting time at crew.

The boat finished in the top six six times on the weekend, placing fifth overall.

But the co-eds focus lies squarely on this weekend’s opportunity to qualify for next month’s national championship regatta.

“What we need is to put in two solid performances this weekend on both days, keep it consistent,” Wareham said. “We don’t have to be winning races to qualify, but that would be nice.”

PRIDDY TROPHY

While the upperclassmen were sailing in the weekend’s big intersectionals, a pair of rookies stayed close to home, taking second place in the all-freshman Priddy Trophy, hosted by Mass Maritime.

Ryan Byrne and Alma Lafler finished second in a 14-team field, beating out third-place Brown by three points. Vermont won the regatta easily, amassing 49 points through 14 races.

Skipper Byrne and crew Lafler won three races, finishing as runners-up twice.

BU TROPHY

Sparked by a second-place finish in the A division, Harvard took seventh at the BU Trophy.