After last weekend's competitions, both the co-ed and women's teams held tight to their positions within the top 16 and 13 teams in New England respectively, allowing both to qualify for important upcoming regattas, the Schell and the Urn.
The co-ed team sent the squad of Alex Takata '12, Laura Heyl '10, DJ Hatch '11, Leah Hughes '11, Alex Sutula '13 and Mae Speight '13 to the three-division Oberg Trophy at MIT.
While disappointing conditions with no breeze on Saturday led to the cancellation of racing for the day, the team was able to hit the ground running on Sunday. The duo of Sutula and Speight fared particularly well in the C-division with four top-five finishes, leading to their ninth place finish within their division, which contributed to the team's 13th place in the overall standings.
The co-ed sailors competing in the Central Series at Boston University faced a similar fate on Saturday due to the absence of wind on the Charles River. Luckily, the lack of racing on Saturday didn't set the Polar Bears back, and the team finished fourth out of fourteen teams at the event. Billy Rohman '11 and Ben Berg '12 sailed in the A-division, while Tom Charpentier '10 and Katharine O'Brien '12 sailed in the B division. They faced difficult conditions as per usual on the Charles but were able to finish strong. Rohman attributed the success of the weekend to the team's outlook.
"We decided to look at the event as a tune-up for the New England Championship," Rohman said. "We put ourselves into difficult situations on the race course in order to learn the most, and we had fun."
The co-ed team also competed closer to home in the Wellehan Trophy held at Sail Maine on Sunday. The team of Jeff Goodrich '12, Clare Henry '12, Jimmy Rohman '13 and Zac Fox '13 finished sixth at the event.
The women's team faced another tough weekend at the Stu Nelson Trophy at Connecticut College. The team of Charlotte Williams '10, Coco Sprague '11, Kat McNeil '12, Caitlin Beach '10 and Jane Koopman '10 placed 17th in the highly competitive fleet.
The teams look ahead to the fall New England Championships this weekend. The co-ed team will compete in the Schell Trophy at MIT, while the women's team will compete at the Victorian Coffee Urn at Harvard.
Both teams are looking to qualify for the Atlantic Coast Championships by placing in the top seven at the Schell or top eight at the Urn.
The first years on the team will also get their chance to shine this weekend at the Nickerson, the New England Freshman Championship, held at BU.