Neither the Crimson co-eds nor the women were slowed by the frigid temperatures on the Charles this weekend, as each team burned the competition to capture intersectional regatta titles.

Professor Schell Trophy Regatta

At the Professor Schell Trophy regatta, hosted by MIT, the Harvard co-eds turned in a consistently solid performance to hold off Tufts and best the 18-team field.

The bulk of the competition took place on Saturday, which featured 10 races held in winds between 10 and 20 knots coming from the northwest.

On Sunday, only two races were held under mild wind conditions, 0 to 5 knots from varying directions.

In the ‘A’ division, captain Clay Bischoff and senior crew Lema Kikuchi struggled the entire weekend to make up for their first race.

In that race, the two began over the starting line but did not return to cross the line and start the race. The result was a recorded finish of 19th, which set the duo well behind from the onset of competition.

In spite of the early difficulty, the pair came back with a very strong showing, winning three of the remaining eleven races, placing in the top-three on seven occasions and in the top-five 10 times.

However, a fifth place finish in the final race—one spot behind Tufts—dashed the tandem’s hopes of victory within the division, but still secured second place.

While the Crimson did not win the ‘A’ division, Bischoff and Kikuchi’s comeback effort kept Harvard in the running for the overall regatta title, pending the results of the ‘B’ division.

In that division, junior skipper Cardwell Potts and sophomore crew David Darst did not encounter the same initial difficulties as their ‘A’ division counterparts.

However, the squad from Yale turned in five consecutive top-three performances to start the regatta, and heading into the sixth race, the Crimson trailed by 19 ranks.

“It didn’t really affect anything,” Potts said. “It was like last weekend. You just need to know there are more races ahead.”

A Yale breakdown in race six seemed to signal a change in momentum, however.

While the Crimson won three of the final seven races and placed second in three more, the Elis could muster no better than a third-place finish for the remainder of the regatta.