The MIT sailing team qualified for the Open ACC Championship with a third-place finish during the two-day Round 1A regatta this weekend. The Engineers also captured third at the Stu Nelson Trophy. 

 
OPEN ACC ROUND 1A | Annapolis, MD. | 3rd of 18 (120 Points) 

• Robert Ulmer and Ellie Pinto led the 'A' Division boat to a first-place finish with 61 points. Three straight top-two finishes helped the team jump to the top of the standing as they finished with two wins and two second place finishes.  
• In the 'B' Division, Will Kulas and Elliott Chalcraft took sixth with 59 points and earned six top-five finishes.  

 
STU NELSON TROPHY | New London, CT | 3rd of 16 

• Karya Basaraner and Alice Colby were in the 'A' Division boat that finished second, two points behind Brown which took the division with 13 points. MIT won two of the four races and finished second and 11th in the others. 
• Emma Wang and Noelani Li finished third in the 'B' Division with 25 points, earning three top-three finishes in five races. 
• In the 'C' Division, Sophia Woodbury and Ada Kilian finished in ninth with 32 points, earning a first and third place finish in out of four races.  

UP NEXT: 

• MIT will compete at the Women's Atlantic Coast Championship and the Captain Hurst Bowl next weekend, Saturday, October 17 – Sunday, October 18.  

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