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2015-16 Sailing

David Larson

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown San Diego, Calif.
  • High School Francis Parker
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

2015-16: ICSA Scholar-Athlete ... competed in 15 regattas as a senior ... opened the fall season by aiding the Engineers to sixth place at the Pine Trophy (9/12-13) and the team as a whole to fourth place at the Hatch Brown Trophy (9/19-20) ... finished sixth in the B-Division at the Captain Hurst Bowl (10/17-18) ... helped MIT to first place at the Oberg Trophy (10/24-25) ... in California at the Rose Bowl (1/2-3), registered a 12th place finish in the A-Division (14th as a team) ... in team racing, notched a 7-5 record for third place at the Sharpe Trophy (3/6-7), a 13-7 mark for third place at the Wood Team Race (3/12-13) and a 15-4 mark for second place at the Arctic Circle Team Race (3/12-13) ... closed the spring campaign with a seventh place finish in the B-Division (fourth as a team) at the Boston Dinghy Club Challenge Cup (4/23-24) and fifth in the C-Division (fourth as a team) at the Thompson Trophy (4/16-17) ... [SEASON RESULTS]

2014-15: Competed in 13 regattas his junior year ... finished eigth at the New England Dinghy Championship (5/3) ... placed third in the Boston Dinghy Club Championship (4/26) ... registered a first place finish in the Saint Mary's Fall Intersectional (9/28) ... opened the season with a second place finish in the A Division at the Philip Harmon Trophy (9/14) ... helped the Engineers compile a 15-1 record and second place overall finish at the Mendleblatt Team Race (3/1) ... [SEASON RESULTS]

2013-14: Competed in 13 regattas as a skipper...finished sixth at the New England Match Race Championship (10/13)...was 17th in the A Division of the Atlantic Coast Championship (11/17)...won the Tufts Team Race (3/9)...was the runner-up at the Staake Trophy Team Race (3/23) and in the B Division of the Oberg Trophy (4/13)...secured third place at the Pine Trophy (9/15) and Geiger Team Race Trophy (3/15)...claimed fifth place in the C Division of the Boston Dinghy Club Challenge Cup (4/20)...captured eighth place in the C Division of the Oberg Trophy (10/27)...finished ninth in the B Divisions of the Hatch Brown Trophy (9/22) and Navy Fall Intersectional (10/20).

2012-13: Competed in nine regattas as a skipper and was the crew in two events...was the crew in MIT's fifth-place finish at the NEISA Match Racing Championship (10/7)...captured third place in the A Division of the Central Series 1 (3/16)...finished fourth in the B Divisions of the Smith Trophy (9/23) and the Hood Trophy (9/23)...ranked fifth in the A Division of the Oberg Trophy (4/14)...shared time as both the crew and skipper in the B Division boat that finished eighth at the Rose Bowl Regatta (1/6)...claimed eighth place in the A Division of the Nickerson Trophy (10/28).

On Dry Land at MIT: Majoring in mechanical engineering … intern at the Cubic Corporation … conducted a UROP in Hydrodynamics & Controls and Instrumentation & Dynamics … SNAME New England Student Paper Competition 2nd Place 2015 … Wunsch Family Foundation Silent Hoist and Crane Research Award 2015 (MIT Mech.E.) … Louis N. Tuomala Thermal-Fluids Award 2015 (MIT Mech.E.).

High School: A 2012 graduate of Francis Parker School...captain and team MVP...competed in the 2009 Mallory Cup High School National Championship...also competed for the San Diego Yacht Club...National Society of High School Scholars...Science Olympiad vice president.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13First Year

    5'9"
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    5'9"
  • 2014-15Junior

    5'9"
  • 2015-16Senior

    5'9"