As the fall regular conference season draws to a close, teams in SAISA North and SAISA South hit the water at the final division points regattas this past Saturday with championship qualifications in the balance. In the South Eckerd College secured the division title despite a late surge and points event win from USF. In the North Division, NC State won in Wilmington, earned the division title for the first time in program history, and are recognized as this week's SAISA Conference Sailors of the Week for Week 4.
*** Fox and Nelson are the NEISA Co-ed Sailors of the Week***
***Kaneti and Jakobson are the NEISA Women Sailors of the Week***
*** Klingler and Webb are the NEISA Women’s Sailors of the Week ***
*** Agerup, Reynolds, Zonnenberg are the NEISA Coed Sailors of the Week ***
The in-conference half of the season has concluded as conferences square off at two major inter-conference regattas in New England along with the women showcase qualifiers.
Harvard University won the Danmark Trophy, hosted by the United States Coast Guard Academy. The Crimson finished 46 points ahead of second placed St. Mary’s, led by a dominant B-Division performance by Henry Burnes ‘21 and Lulianna Tarista ‘20. The tandem defeated Luke Arnone ‘23 and Meredith Ryan ‘22 of Yale by 36 points. Burnes and Tarista scored only one race outside the top-8 and only had 3 races outside the top-5; including five first place finishes, three in the last four races of the event.
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