ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Navy intercollegiate sailing team returned from spring break training in Charleston this past weekend to compete in a pair of Maryland-based regattas.
 
Hosted by the Midshipmen in Annapolis, the Graham Hall Team Race, one of the biggest annual collegiate team races on the schedule, featured 16 teams from around the country in a very deep, talented field. Light wind on Saturday morning caused a short postponement but the afternoon saw near-perfect conditions, while Sunday also had a delay before light wind allowed for the completion of the round robin and a final-four competition.
 
Despite many of the Mids recovering from illness, the team stepped up to go 10-5 in the round robin to finish in a respectable sixth place. Navy's team consisted of junior Evie Blauvelt, sophomores Nathan Smith and Jack Welburn and freshman Henry Allgeier as skippers with crews in senior Madeline Smith, junior Ryan Wahba and sophomores Ellie Alex and Darby Graham.
 
Many of Navy's other sailors competed in the Washington College Team Race in Chestertown, Md., where light winds and strong currents saw that event also complete a single round robin and a final four from the eight-team field.
 
Navy's team featured skippers in senior Trenton Shaw, junior Tanner Kelly and freshmen George Carty, Logan Hayes, Kate Zurinskas, Spencer Dominguez and Teddy Martin with crews consisting of juniors Maggie Schuler and Linnea Forsberg, sophomore Alex Brenia and freshman Fiona Cullen, Darby Dryden, Mary Dwyer and Eva Ottenbreit, as the Mids took third overall with a record of 6-4.
 
Navy is back in action with three events on March 23-24, sending Mids to the Aaron Szambecki Team Race in Norfolk, Va., the Seahawk Women's Team Race in St. Mary's City, Md., and the Severn River Team Race in Annapolis.