Word: skippering
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After three years of playing second skipper on the Harvard sailing team, senior Kyle Kovacs finally got a chance to step into the spotlight. And boy, did he shine. The former captain of the Crimson squad racked up honor after honor in his final season, capping the fall campaign with a victory at the NEISA Singlehanded Championship. With the departure of his longtime training partner Clay Johnson ’07, a four-time winner of the NEISA singlehanded event, Kovacs stepped up admirably and kept the title in Cambridge for the ninth straight year...
...disallowed, giving Harvard sole possession of third place and a ticket to nationals, which will be held from May 30-June 1 in Newport, R.I.Boston College and host Brown will join the Crimson at nationals.Harvard fielded three boats at the regatta. The team’s pairs were senior skipper Kyle Kovacs and crew Dolbec, skipper Garrity and junior crew Kerry Anne Bradford, and freshman skipper Alan Palmer and junior crew Lauren Brants.The secret to the Crimson’s success? Despite their youth and relative inexperience, the team kept a level head even in intense competition...
...Charles. According to Dolbec, the southerly breeze forced the squad to make some adjustments.“I think we handled it well,” Dolbec said. “We did what we had to do.”Kovacs anchored the skipper position through all eight races in the A-divison, while Garrity ran crew for the first two races before giving way to Dolbec.“The past two years, I’ve gotten a lot of experience at crew,” Garrity said. “This year...
...Meanwhile, the B-division boat of freshman skipper Alan Palmer and junior crew Lauren Brants placed fifth behind 10 top-five finishes and two wins of their...
...Crimson was represented at the regatta by a pair of freshmen, skipper Colin Santangelo and crew Rachel Park. After sailing to a victory in the regatta’s first race, the pair consistently placed in the top eight, but a 17th-place finish in the fifth race kept Harvard in the middle of the pack...