The Lead: The MIT sailing team grabbed two top-five finishes over the weekend.
 
2022 NEISA TEAM RACE CHAMPIONSHIP | Cambridge, Mass. | 11th of 12
 
- Senior John Ped (Portland, Ore.), sophomore Sam Bruce (Severna Park, Md.), and sophomore Maks Groom (Seattle, Wash.) skippered the Engineers boat with junior Abby VanLonkhuyzen (Yarmouth, Maine), senior Jeremy McCulloch (San Diego, Calif.), senior Maaya Prasad (Yorktown, Va.), first-year Nicholas Abate (Kemah, Texas), and first-year Samantha Karlson (Groton, Conn.) making up the crew.
 
- The team grabbed a victory over Bowdoin in round one.
 
EMILY WICK TROPHY | New London, Conn. | 4th of 15 (187 points)
 
-  The MIT boat finished in the top five in fourteen of the races including three victories and 10 top-three finishes.

CAMEL WOMEN'S TEAM RACE | New London, Conn. | 4th of 9

- Senior Dana Haig (Beach Haven, N.J.), senior Kaila Pfrang (Suffolk, N.Y.), senior Julia Wyatt (Sudbury, Mass.), and first-year Brooke Schmelz (Monmouth Beach, N.J.) skippered the MIT boat with crew first-year Shayne Bersin (Port Washington, N.Y.), senior Maile Jim (Honolulu, Hawaii), junior Grace Mao (Overland Park, Kan.), and first-year Mercedes Escandon (Brick, N.J.).

- The team went 12-7 over the two-day event going 5-3 in round one, 6-2 in round two, and 1-2 in round three.

UP NEXT:
- The Engineers are back in the water next weekend to compete in four races. MIT will host the Oberg Trophy while also sending boats to Bowdoin College, the Thompson Trophy and Tufts.

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