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Sailing Takes Home New England Match Racing Championship

Shifty winds prevailed both days for the sailors who competed in Z420 boats resulting in two capsizes on Sunday. The US Coast Guard Academy dominated with University of Rhode Island and Yale behind them, respectively.

CAPTAIN HURST BOWL

Harvard finished 14th out of 18 teams over three divisions at the Dartmouth-hosted Captain Hurst Bowl. Freshman skipper Nick DiGiovanni and junior crew Priscilla Russo took the A division, freshman skipper Jackson Wagner and junior crew Olivia Kjorlien sailed in the B division, and sophomore skipper Dylan Farrell and junior crew Nomin-Erdene Jagdagdorj took the C division.

Winds ranged from five to 15 knots and temperatures in the 60 degree range on Saturday. Temperatures dropped drastically on Sunday to lows in the mid 20s with mild snow flurries.

In the A division, the Crimson placed 13th out of 19 teams with a score of 156. The B division, won by Stanford freshmen Kathryn Booker and Russell Clarida, saw Harvard finish 16th with freshman Divya Arya and sophomore Kevin Coakley rotating in. They also pulled out a 13th place in the C division.

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Boston College finished first backed by a dominating boat in the C division.

NEISA INVITATIONAL AT MIT

The Crimson finished in seventh place close to home, racing Firefly and FJ vessels in a one day regatta on the Charles River in ideal sailing weather. Harvard sent two pairings of freshman skipper Nick Karnovsky and crew Alejandra Resendiz in the A division and junior skipper Bennett Capozzi and freshman crew Catherine Tang in the B division.

MIT captured the gold in its home Regatta.

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