ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Navy offshore sailing team completed a pair of races last week in Newport, R.I., as the Midshipmen opened up their summer racing slate.
 
Starting off with two boats sailing in the yearly Annapolis to Newport Race, Navy finished second and third in both their class and the overall fleet on Tuesday in what was an incredibly challenging race. Rising senior skipper Phil Pacheco and senior XO Dylan Medina led their crew aboard Defiance to second place, while senior skipper Aidan Johnson and senior XO Jaden Tabak led their Integrity crew to a third-place finish.
 
The Mids then had three crews competing in the New York Yacht Club's 169th Annual Regatta this past weekend. Pacheco led his Defiance crew to fourth in their 13-boat ORC E class, two points ahead of Johnson and Integrity, who took fifth place in the class. The third Navy boat was Poseidon and senior skipper Rowan Suarez, finishing ninth in its class.
 
Pacheco's crew included Medina, senior Frank Carter, junior Ethan Sullivan and sophomores Eva White, Matt Irving, Kaili Williams and Kai Widick, while Johnson's crew consisted of Tabak, senior Kobe Nguyen, juniors Austin Nolan and Jack Ubert and sophomores Maddie Nienow, Jordan Hall and Nancy Rhodes. Suarez's crew featured senior XO Henry Isom, fellow senior Sydney Richardson, juniors Nick Gibbons and Nathan Broomfield and sophomores Myles McGrail, Josh Fisher, Cory Daut and Conner McKee.
 
Next up for Pacheco and Johnson's crews will be the 630-mile Marion to Bermuda Race, starting next Friday, while Suarez and the Poseidon crew head to Martha's Vineyard for the Edgartown YC Regatta next Thursday and Friday alongside the Farr 40 Zephyr and its senior skipper, Rick Irving.