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Sailing Earns Two Top-10 Finishes Over the Weekend

The Engineers took part in Five Events This Weekend

Regis Trophy – (7th of 18, 135 points)
- Julia Wyatt (Sudbury, Mass.) and Zoe Fisher (River Forest, Ill.) guided the MIT boat to a fifth-place finish, earning 50 points in the A Division.
- The second MIT boat steered by Lucy Brock (Austin, Texas) and Lulu Russell (Marion, Mass.) placed seventh with 75 points in the B Division.
 
Women's Singlehanded New England Championship –
- Three MIT sailors competed in the event
- Brooke Schmelz (Monmouth Beach, N.J.) earned a ninth-place finish with 85 points while Emily Scherer (Oshkosh, Wis.) finished in 11th with 104 points and Jemma Schroder (Menlo Park, Calif.) finished 14th with 126 points.
 
New England Singles –
- Four MIT boats competed in the race.
- Charles Lindsay (Palm Beach, Fla.) was the top finisher for the Engineers with a 13th-place finish as he totaled 109 points. Teammate Matthew Elliot (Waterford, Mich.) finished behind him in 14th with 134 points.
- Jeremy McCulloch (San Diego, Calif.) registered a 17th-place finish with 180 points and Raymond Huffman (Manhasset, N.Y.)  finished in 22nd with 203 points.
 
Hatch Brown Trophy – (Engineers 2 – 12th of 18, 148 points; Engineers 1- 13th, 152 points)
-  In the A Division, the MIT boat, sailed by Alex Abate (Kemah, Texas) and Abby VanLonkhuyzen (Yarmouth, Maine) placed 13th overall with 64 points while the boat with John Ped (Portland, Ore) and Elissa Ito (Tokyo, Japan) placed 15th with 66 points, just one point behind Salve Regina.
- MIT earned a top-10 finished with the 2nd boat in the B Division as Kaila Pfrang (Suffolk, N.Y.) and Maile Jim (Honolulu, Hawaii) got the Engineers 43 points. Dana Haig (Beach Haven, N.J.) and Grace Mao (Overland Park, Kan.) steered the Engineers 1 boat to a 12th place finish with 52 points.
- The C Division race saw the Engineers claim two top-five spots with Sam Bruce (Severna Park, Md.) and Suparnamaaya Prasad (Yorktown, Va.) guiding the 1 boat to a fourth-place finish (37 points) while Maks Groom (Seattle, Wash.) and Wendy Wu (Andover, Mass.) sailed the second boat to a fifth-place finish (39 points).
 
Tufts Invitational – (4th of 18, 74 points)
-  In the 'A' Division, Max Katz-Christy (Cambridge, Mass.) and Sophie Yang (Wynnewood, Pa.) guided MIT to a fifth-place finish with 43 points.
- Julius Heitkoetter (Austin, Texas) and Nicholas Abate (Kemah, Texas) sailed to a second-place finish in the B division, just seven-points behind first-place Connecticut College.
 
UP NEXT:
- MIT is back in the water next weekend as the Engineers will compete in the Mrs. Hurst Trophy, the Hoyt Trophy, the Harvard Invitational II and the Hood Trophy.
 
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Players Mentioned

Sam Bruce

Sam Bruce

5' 8"
Sophomore
Matthew Elliott

Matthew Elliott

6' 0"
Sophomore
Zoe Fisher

Zoe Fisher

5' 7"
Senior
Maks Groom

Maks Groom

6' 1"
Sophomore
Dana Haig

Dana Haig

5' 2"
Senior
Elissa Ito

Elissa Ito

5' 4"
Junior
Maile Jim

Maile Jim

5' 7"
Senior
Charles Lindsay

Charles Lindsay

6' 2"
Graduate Student
Grace Mao

Grace Mao

5' 4"
Junior
Jeremy McCulloch

Jeremy McCulloch

5' 9"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Sam Bruce

Sam Bruce

5' 8"
Sophomore
Matthew Elliott

Matthew Elliott

6' 0"
Sophomore
Zoe Fisher

Zoe Fisher

5' 7"
Senior
Maks Groom

Maks Groom

6' 1"
Sophomore
Dana Haig

Dana Haig

5' 2"
Senior
Elissa Ito

Elissa Ito

5' 4"
Junior
Maile Jim

Maile Jim

5' 7"
Senior
Charles Lindsay

Charles Lindsay

6' 2"
Graduate Student
Grace Mao

Grace Mao

5' 4"
Junior
Jeremy McCulloch

Jeremy McCulloch

5' 9"
Senior