Looking to prove that it has what it takes to be one of the country’s top teams, the Harvard sailing team entered the third week of its fall schedule still searching for its first top finish. The practice that the sailors put in the last couple of weeks paid off, as the Crimson finally grabbed its first regatta win of the season.

With only a month left before the national championship and the start of the postseason just around the corner, the Harvard women’s sailing team needed a finish in the top half of the field at the Reed Trophy Regatta to follow in the footsteps of its co-ed counterpart and extend its spring season.