Sailing in FJs, the Crimson fought through perhaps the most challenging, variable conditions of the weekend to pick up 155 points en-route to an eighth-place finish out of 15 schools at the in-conference, tri-divisional regatta hosted by Dartmouth.

“The breeze was really up and down in velocity, and the wind shifts were pretty unpredictable, so you had to be really mentally in it all day,” junior skipper Taylor Ladd said. “It was tough conditions and we learned a lot.”

Ladd and sophomore crew Kristin Anderson had an especially strong weekend in the B boat, notching a handful of top-five results to keep Harvard in a competitive position. In the end, Yale took top marks, with host Dartmouth and Coast guard more than 100 points behind in second and third, respectively.

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Led by a strong showing from its B boat, the Crimson sailed to a solid finish at the two-day, MIT-hosted regatta. Despite finishing behind a quartet of local rivals, Harvard capped a successful weekend on the Charles by ending up in fifth place out of 19 teams. Tufts, Brown, BU, and Northeastern, listed in order of finish, took the top four spots.

After a slow start, the Crimson B boat of sophomore skipper Andrew Puopolo and freshman crew Tancredi Castellano Pucci Di Barsento notched a string of competitive finishes to keep Harvard in top-five position. The duo did not finish outside of the first six places for eight races in a row, coming away with two victories along the way to help consolidate the team’s lead over sixth-place MIT.

–Staff writer Sam O.M. Christenfeld can be reached at schristenfeld@college.harvard.edu.