Paige Railey, the 19-year-old sailor from Clearwater, FL, was one of several favorites to win the Laser Radial fleet going into US SAILING's Rolex Miami OCR last week. An elite athlete, Paige arrived in Miami prepared to compete against the best in the world. Five days into the regatta, Paige found herself with three yellow flags from the on-the-water judges for rocking her boat too much, a violation of Rule 42. Paige promptly acknowledged the penalty and retired after finishing. "What I’m going to do is learn from this experience, go back to training and work on the mistakes I made,” said Paige.

Like any dedicated athlete looking to perform at the highest level of the sport, when Paige isn't competing in a major regatta, she can be found on the water or in the gym getting ready for the next race and finding new ways to improve her sailing. “I tried to add some new things in at this event and obviously they weren’t good for the judges, so I have to go back and practice more.”