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MIT Sailing Records Three Top-10 Finishes At Weekend Regattas

The Engineers finished fourth at the Yale Women's Intersectional

ATLANTIC COAST CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS | St Mary's City, Md. (16 of 18, 213 points)
 
- A Division (18 of 18, 122 points): The boat of senior John Ped (Portland, Ore.) and first-year Samantha Karlson (Groton, Conn.) earned two top-10 finishes in the race.
 
- B Division (11 of 18, 91 points): Sophomore Sam Bruce (Severna Park, Md.) and senior Maaya Prasad (Yorktown, Va.) steered the MIT boat to three top-five finishes including a third-place finish in the race. Overall, they finished in the top-10 in six of nine races.
 
 
OBERG TROPHY | Boston, Mass. (7th of 18, 275 points)
 
- A Division (12th of 18, 117 points): Senior Alex Abate (Kemah, Texas) and junior Abby VanLonkhuyzen Yarmouth, Main) helped guide the Engineers' boat to six top-10 finishes including one victory. The team finished one point behind Tufts for 11th place.
 
- B Division (3rd of 18, 77 points): The duo of sophomore Maks Groom (Seattle, Wash.) and junior Wendy Wu (Andover, Mass.) put together a collection of great races to earn a third-place finish in a tightly contested B Division. The top-three teams were separated by just three points as winner North Carolina State won with 74 points. Groom and Wu registered six top-five finishes including one victory.
 
- C Division (5th of 18, 81 points): Senior Julia Wyatt (Sudbury, Mas.) and senior Zoe Fisher (River Forest, Ill.) helped MIT to a fifth-place finish in the race as they collected two wins and five top-five finishes overall in the event.
 
 
YALE WOMEN'S INTERSECTIONAL | New Haven, Conn. (6th of 15, 178 points)
- A Division (6th of 15, 77 points): MIT used a rotation of crew members to contend with the tough wind conditions on the water. Senior Dana Haig (Beach Haven, N.J.) skippered the boat while senior Kaila Pfrang (Suffolk, N.Y.), senior Maile Jim (Honolulu, Hawaii) and junior Grace Mao (Overland Park, Kan.) took turns as the crew. The team turned in 10 top-10 finishes including one win and four top-three finishes.

- B Division (7th of 15, 101 points): Once again the Engineers used a rotation of skippers and crew to put the team in the best position to contend with the tough race conditions. Pfrang and first-year Brooke Schmelz (Monmouth Beach, N.J.) split the skippering duties while Mao and Jim shared the crew responsibilities. The team was able to steer the MIT boat to eight top-10 finishes.
 

NORM REID TEAM RACE | Cambridge, Mass. (4 of 6)
- The MIT Engineers took fourth place overall in the event. The team was made up of skippers junior Emily Scherer (Oshkosh, Wis.), first-year Lucy Brock (Austin, Texas) and senior Lulu Russell (Marion, Mass.) and the crew was junior Brianna Ryan (Kapaa, Hawaii), junior Soleh Anderlini (Washington, D.C.), first-year Julius Heitkoetter (Austin, Texas) and sophomore Sophie Yang (Wynnewood, Pa.).

- In the round robin race, the Engineers went 3-2 in round one with wins over Boston College, Brown and Tufts. In round two MIT went 2-3 with victories over Tufts and finished the race in round three, going 3-2 with two wins over the Jumbos and a victory over Brown.  


UP NEXT:
- Next week the Engineers will compete in three races and will be hosting the Schell Trophy from Saturday, October 30-31.


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Players Mentioned

Soleh Anderlini

Soleh Anderlini

5' 4"
Junior
Sam Bruce

Sam Bruce

5' 8"
Sophomore
Zoe Fisher

Zoe Fisher

5' 7"
Senior
Maks Groom

Maks Groom

6' 1"
Sophomore
Dana Haig

Dana Haig

5' 2"
Senior
Maile Jim

Maile Jim

5' 7"
Senior
Grace Mao

Grace Mao

5' 4"
Junior
Maaya Prasad

Maaya Prasad

5' 0"
Senior
Lulu Russell

Lulu Russell

5' 6"
Senior
Brianna Ryan

Brianna Ryan

5' 8"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Soleh Anderlini

Soleh Anderlini

5' 4"
Junior
Sam Bruce

Sam Bruce

5' 8"
Sophomore
Zoe Fisher

Zoe Fisher

5' 7"
Senior
Maks Groom

Maks Groom

6' 1"
Sophomore
Dana Haig

Dana Haig

5' 2"
Senior
Maile Jim

Maile Jim

5' 7"
Senior
Grace Mao

Grace Mao

5' 4"
Junior
Maaya Prasad

Maaya Prasad

5' 0"
Senior
Lulu Russell

Lulu Russell

5' 6"
Senior
Brianna Ryan

Brianna Ryan

5' 8"
Junior