Palma de Mallorca, Spain (April 4, 2014) – With medal race berths on the line, US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider 470 athletes rose to the challenge on Day 5 at ISAF Sailing World Cup Mallorca. Facing exclusion from the medal race, and with their backs against the wall, the US Men’s 470 team of Stu McNay (Providence, R.I) and David Hughes (Miami, Fla.) achieved their best performance of the event in Friday’s final race. With most of the talent-laden 470 gold fleet vying for a start near the race committee boat, McNay and Hughes chose to start on the unfavored but much less crowded “pin” end of the starting line. The gamble paid off, as strong pressure filled in on the left side of the racecourse, allowing the veteran pair to achieve, and then successfully defend, a 2nd place position. Locked in a 3-way tie on points for the 10th and final medal race berth, McNay and Hughes won the spot by virtue of their victory over the Finnish and French teams in the final race.

– 10th overall, Stuart McNay (Providence, R.I.) and David Hughes (Miami, Fla.), US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider

– 5th overall, Annie Haeger (East Troy, Wisc.) and Briana Provancha (San Diego, Calif.), US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider

– 32nd overall, Brad Funk (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) and Trevor Burd (Marblehead, Mass.), US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider

– 39th overall, Thomas Barrows (St. Thomas, USVI) and Joe Morris (Annapolis, Md.), US Sailing Development Team

– 19th overall, Paris Henken (Coronado, Calif.) and Helena Scutt (Kirkland, Wash.), US Sailing Development Team

-11th overall, Caleb Paine (San Diego, Calif.), US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider

– 22nd overall, Charlie Buckingham (Newport Beach, Calif.)
, US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider

– 17th overall, Sarah Newberry (Miami, Fla.) and John Casey (Longwood, Fla.), US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider