Wood Trophy

Summary

Saturday, March 10:

8 teams arrived on the Charles to beautiful conditions. Temperatures were in the high 30s and there was a stiff 5-15 knot breeze with regular puffs exceeding 20 knots. This made for exciting team racing conditions! There were several capsizes throughout the day and many close calls. Many thanks to MIT Sailing for providing their facility, rescue boat and support, Ken Legler from Tufts for manning the finish boat all day, Jon Farrar from Northeastern for manning the mark boat and Harvard alum Colin Santangelo '11 for serving as the PRO - the regatta would not have been possible without everyone's help.

1 complete round robin was sailed and a second was started. We hope to finish the second round robin and sail a final series, time permitting. Harvard leads after day one with an 8-2 record, with URI and Tufts tied for second at 6-4.

Sunday, March 11:

Classic early "spring" weather for the second day of the Wood Trophy, with blue skies and 5-10 knot breezes shifting from W to N and then back. Despite the stolen hour of sleep, teams sailed a clean Sunday, with no protests despite a number of tight races.

The second round robin was finished by early afternoon, the top four teams sailed a final round robin. Tufts stole the final RR with a 3-0 performance, jumping up into a tie with the Harvard Crimson overall. Harvard won the head-to-head 2-1, so takes the Wood Trophy overall. A nice way to end the week for the Harvard team.

Thanks again to Jon Farrar from Northeastern for mark-boat duties all day, and to Ken Legler for setting the finish and hearing several protests. Thanks also to Maria Tarazona '21 from Harvard for taking finishes on Sunday.

Finally, a big thank-you to Fran Charles and MIT for letting us host at MIT on short notice and providing marks, a safety boat, and support all weekend!

Final Results

#SchoolTeamRec.SkippersCrews
*1HarvardHarvard UniversityCrimson12/5Dylan Farrell '18Lena Episalla '19
Nicholas Karnovsky '19Jessica Williams '20
Andrew Puopolo '19Iulianna Taritsa '20
**2TuftsTufts UniversityJumbos12/5Florian Eenkema Van Dijk '19Emily Shanley-Roberts '18
Jack Bitney '19Bram Brakman '21
Cameron Holley '19Lara Dienemann '18
Ian Morgan '19
3NortheasternNortheastern UniversityHuskies10/7Jackson Hamilton '19Jacqueline Berlin '19
Kurran Singh '19Connor O'Neill '19
Kyle Riggs '21John Hughes '18
Jon Ewing '21
b4CornellCornell UniversityBig Red8/9Luke Andersen '18Patricia Corujo '21
Ethan Andersen '20Ana Schonander '20
Phillip Schofield '21Miranda Sannino '20
Alex Fowkes '20Ethan Andersen '20
5Rhode IslandUniversity of Rhode IslandRams7/7Dakota Northrup '19Caroline Rocchio '20
Luke Ingalls '21Ellis Havelock '18
Brendan Read '19Caitlin Abel '21
Lauren Richards '19
6VermontUniversity of VermontCatamounts6/8Colin Richards '20Amanda Engeman '20
Jan Kite-Powell '19Nellie Stidham '21
Vincent Yannelli '19Isabella Arnaboldi '21
7FordhamFordham UniversityRams5/9Brad Seferian '19Makena Masterson '19
Thomas Capozzi '19Brigid Murphy '20
Eduardo Mintzias '21Jacqueline Tobin '20
8BrownBrown UniversityBears2/12Franco Bilik '18Jack Papetti '21
Sophie Hibben '19Maxine De Havenon '19
Nathan Housberg '19Elizabeth Rolfes '21
Sym.Explanation
*Number of races won when tied teams met (2)
**Number of races won when tied teams met (1)
bCornell made it to final four, so extra losses shouldn't count against their record