“We have some big shoes to fill with Emily and Alex now competing with the co-eds,” Watson said. “But we’re up to the challenge, and we’re always ready to race and do our best against the rest.”
In the B-division, sophomore Isabel Ruane competed for the first time with freshman Kendra Norton. The duo combined for 87 points to claim 13th place in its division.
With the first month of sailing down in the books, Harvard is once again showing why it has one of the top sailing programs in the nation.
The co-ed squad is currently ranked third in the country only behind Ivy League rival Yale and annual powerhouse Boston College. The women’s team, after trading the talents of Jumper and Lambert to the co-eds, is still in the top ten, ranked eighth in the nation.
“We’ve still got the rest of the season to look forward to, so we’re not going to settle for just one regatta win,” Kopp said. “We know we’re one of the best, and we prove it week in week out. All that’s left for us to do is to keep doing what we’re doing: winning.”
—Staff writer Ricky Liu can be reached at ricky.liu12@college.harvard.edu.