On Saturday the team struggled to manage clean starts in unpredictable conditions.

“It was hard racing,” said Karnovsky. “It was hard to figure out where you wanted to be to catch the right shift.”

NEVIN’S TROPHY

The Crimson also found tough competition off the coast of Long Island. With 511 overall points, Harvard placed 14th among 20 schools at the Nevin’s Trophy regatta in Kings Point, N.Y.

Sophomores Gram Slattery and Richard Bergsund and junior Alice Kenney tallied 197 points in Division A, good enough for 15th place. The team struggled to crack the top 10 in races throughout the weekend but produced a strong fourth-place showing in the 16th and final race of the regatta.

Over in Division B, sophomores Brian Drumm, Luke O’Connor, and Bergsund amassed 147 points to collect an 11th-place finish. A second-place performance in their sixth race tempered a poor start in their first race of the regatta.

Freshman Marek Zaleski manned the single-handed boat for the Crimson in Division C. Zaleski scored 167 points to place 11th in his solo collegiate debut.

At the top of the leader board, Georgetown cruised to an easy overall victory with 273 total points after notching wins in Divisions A and C. Brown’s boat placed first in Division B.