ATLANTIC COAST CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS | St Mary's City, Md. (16 of 18, 213 points)
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- 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.
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- 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.
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OBERG TROPHY | Boston, Mass. (7th of 18, 275 points)
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- A Division (12
th 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 11
th place.
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- B Division (3
rd 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.
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- C Division (5
th 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.
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YALE WOMEN'S INTERSECTIONAL | New Haven, Conn. (6th of 15, 178 points)
- A Division (6
th 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 (7
th 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.
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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.
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- 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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