US SAILING Team

2007 US Sailing Team

As part of US SAILING's Olympic Sailing Committee (OSC) ongoing mission to facilitate the success of elite performance athletes, the US Sailing Team will choose the top three (3) ranked sailors in each of the 11 classes. The US Sailing Team annually distinguishes the top three ranked sailors in each of the nine classes (11 events) selected for the next Olympic Games. The classes selected for the 2008 Olympic Games are: Finn (men); 470 (men and women); Laser (men); Laser Radial (women); Neil Pryde RS:X (men and women); 49er, Star, Tornado (all open); and Yngling (women).

The 2008 Olympic Games are scheduled for August 8-24 in Beijing, China. The Olympic Regatta will be held in Qingdao, a coastal city located 430 miles east of Beijing.

The members of the 2007 US Sailing Team are listed below in ranking order one through three. Team members are named based on the 2007 Ranking Systems.
(This list includes the athlete's name, hometown and yacht club.)

49er -- Skipper and Crew (Skiff)
Morgan Larson Pete Spaulding	Capitola, CA Santa Cruz, CA	Santa Cruz YC/St. Francis YC New York Yacht Club
Tim Wadlow Chris Rast	Beverly, MA Wake Forest, NC	Southwestern Yacht Club
Dalton Bergan Zack Maxam	Seattle, WA Coronado, CA	Seattle Yacht Club Coronado YC/San Diego Yacht Club
470 MEN -- Skipper and Crew (Men's Two-Person Dinghy)
Mikee Anderson-Mitterling David Hughes	Coronado, CA San Diego, CA	San Diego YC/Coronado YC Harraseeket YC
Stuart McNay Graham Biehl	Boston, MA San Diego, CA	Beverly YC/Yale Corinthian YC San Diego Yacht Club
Justin Law Michael Miller	Newport Beach, CA Charleston, SC	Newport Harbor Yacht Club
470 WOMEN -- Skipper and Crew (Women's Two-Person Dinghy)
Amanda Clark Sarah Mergenthaler	Shelter Island, NY Harvey Cedars, NJ	Shelter Island YC/New York Yacht Club Surf City Yacht Club
Erin Maxwell Isabelle Kinsolving	Stonington, CT New York, NY	Ram Island YC/Mudheads Sailing Assoc. Fishers Island Yacht Club
Molly Carapiet Molly O'Bryan	Belvedere, CA San Diego, CA	St. Francis YC/San Francisco YC San Diego YC/Kaneohe YC
FINN (Heavyweight Dinghy)
Zach Railey	Clearwater, FL	St. Francis Yacht Club
Geoff Ewenson	Annapolis, MD	Annapolis YC/Storm Trysail Club
Darrell Peck	Gresham, OR	Vancouver Lake Sailing Club
LASER (Men's One Person Dinghy)
Brad Funk	Clearwater, FL	Clearwater Yacht Club
Andrew Campbell	San Diego, CA	San Diego Yacht Club
Kurt Taulbee	Dunedin, FL	Clearwater Yacht Club
LASER RADIAL (Women's One Person Dinghy)
Anna Tunnicliffe	Ft. Lauderdale, FL	North Cape YC/Norfolk Yacht & Country
Paige Railey	Clearwater, FL	St. Francis Yacht Club
Sarah Lihan	Ft. Lauderdale, FL	Lauderdale Yacht Club
RS:X MEN (Men's Windsurfer)
Ben Barger	St. Petersburg, FL
Bob Willis	Chicago, IL	Columbia Yacht Club
Mark Powell	Coconut Grove, FL	US Sailing Center Miami
RS:X WOMEN (Women's Windsurfer)
Nancy Rios	Cocoa, FL	Banana River Windsurfing Resort
Karen Marriott	Lakewood, CO
Farrah Hall	Annapolis, MD
STAR -- Skipper and Crew (Men's Keelboat)
John Dane Austin Sperry	Gulfport, MS Gulfport, MS
Andy MacDonald Brian Faith	Laguna Beach, CA Miami, FL	Newport Harbor Yacht Club
John MacCausland Bob Schofield	Medford, NJ Annapolis, MD	Cooper River Yacht Club
TORNADO -- Skipper and Crew (Multihull)
John Lovell Charlie Ogletree	New Orleans, LA Kemah, TX	Southern Yacht Club Newport Harbor YC / Houston YC
Robbie Daniel Hunter Stunzi	Clearwater, FL Marblehead, MA
Don Thinschmidt Drew Wierda	Holland, MI Miami, FL	Chicago Yacht Club Card Sound Sailing Club/Chicago YC
YNGLING -- Skipper and Crew (Women's Keelboat)
Sally Barkow Carrie Howe Debbie Capozzi	Chenequa, WI Grosse Pointe, MI Bayport, NY	Pine Lake Yacht Club Grosse Pointe Yacht Club Sayville Yacht Club
Carol Cronin Kim Couranz Margaret Bonds Podlich	Jamestown, RI Annapolis, MD Annapolis, MD	Sail Newport Severn Sailing Association Severn Sailing Association