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Paul Callahan

Keith Burhans

Corky Aucreman

Age: 42

Age: 43

Age: 53

Hometown: Newport, R.I./
                 Palm Beach, Fla.

Hometown: Irondequoit, N.Y.

Hometown: Dana Point, Calif.

US Disabled Sailing Team: ‘98-00

US Disabled Sailing Team: ‘99-‘00

US Disabled Sailing Team: ‘99-‘00

Member: New York Yacht Club

Member: Rochester Yacht Club

Member:

Harvard University, graduated ‘85

Rochester Institute of Technology

Loma Linda University, grad 1964

Harvard, graduated ’92 MBA

Loma Linda School of Medicine, ‘68

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS:
’98 Sonar World Disabled Silver Medalist
’98 Irish America ‘Top 100 Irish-American
’98 National Sportswriters ‘Unsung Hero in Sports’

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS:
’98 Sonar World Disabled Silver Medalist

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS:
’98 Sonar World Disabled Gold Medalist

Joe Guay

Joe Del Vecchio

Michael Witkowsky

Age: 42

Age: 49

Age: 52

Hometown: Barrington, R.I.

Hometown: E Providence, R.I.

Hometown: Derby, Conn.

Nancy Graver

Roy Rindom

Dan Davison

Age: 49

Age: 39

Age: 33

Hometown: Lemont, Ill.

Hometown: Hollywood, Fla.

Hometown: Naples, Fla.

Kerry Gruson

Edward Piper

Mark Evju

Age: 52

Age: 53

Age: 33

Hometown: Miami, Fla.

Hometown: Salinas, Calif.

Hometown: Santa Rosa, Calif.

John Kostanecki

Hugh Elliot

Mike Passaro

Age: 39

Age: 53

Age: 33

Hometown: Sugarland, Texas

Hometown: Alexandria, Va.

Hometown: Orangevale, Calif.

US Disabled Sailing Team: ‘98-00

US Disabled Sailing Team: ‘98-00

US Disabled Sailing Team: ‘00

Member:

Member: Noroton Yacht Club
St. Petersburg Yacht Club
Severn Sailing Association

Member:

Georgetown University

Eton, graduated 1964

New York University, MBA

Cambridge, graduated 1968

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS:
’99 US Disabled National Champ
’98 US Disabled National Champ

Herb Meyer

Adrian Wilt

Chris Lawry

Age: 43

Age: 15

Age:

Hometown: Larkspur, Calif.

Hometown: St. Petersburg, Fla.

Hometown: New Orleans, La.

Karen Mitchell

Greg Watts

Julia Dorsett

Age: 38

Age: 46

Age: 31

Hometown: Deerfield Beach, Fla.

Hometown: Sunrise, Fla.

Hometown: West Chester, Pa.

John Ross-Duggan

Chris Murphy

Jim Leatherman

Age: 45

Age: 28

Age: 39

Hometown: Newport Beach, Calif.

Hometown: Annapolis, Md.

Hometown: Glen Arm, Md.

US Disabled Sailing Team ‘98-00

US Disabled Sailing Team: ‘98

US Disabled Sailing Team: ‘98

Member: St. Petersburg Yacht Club

Member:

Member:

Newport Harbor H.S., 1972

Loyola, graduated 1994

UC Irvine, graduated 1979

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS:
98 World Disabled Sailing Gold Medalist
’96 Paralympic Bronze Medalist
’96 Hobie 16 Trapseat World Champion
’96 US SAILING’s Male Athlete of the Year

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS:
’96 Paralympic Bronze Medalist

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS:
’96 Paralympic Bronze Medalist

Mike Strahle

Jonathan Hahn

Craig Ackerman

Age: 40

Age: 41

Age: 38

Hometown: McCloud, Calif.

Hometown: Sarasota, Fla.

Hometown: Redding, Calif.

David Trude

Waldo Esparza

Larry Kutno

Age: 42

Age: 43

Age: 46

Hometown: Oxnard, Calif.

Hometown: Seffner, Fla.

Hometown: Seffner, Fla.

US Disabled Sailing Team: ‘98-00

St. Ignacio H.S., 1976

University of Washington, 1981

U W School of Medicine, 1981, BS

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS:
’98 Sonar World Disabled Gold Medalist

2.4 METRE

Tom Brown

Age: 40

Hometown: Bar Harbor, Maine

US Sailing Team: 1999

Lee Buratti

Age: 51

Hometown: Costa Mesa, Calif.

Roger Cleworth

Age: 40

Hometown: Brandon, Fla.

Rick Doerr

Age: 39

Hometown: Clifton, N.J.

US Disabled Sailing Team: ‘98-00

Member: St. Petersburg Yacht Club

Montclair Academy, graduated 1978

New England Academy, graduated 1982 BA

Chicago Medical School, graduated 1989, MD

Tom Franklin

Age: 35

Hometown: Miami, Fla.

John Ruf

Age: 32

Hometown: Pewaukee, Wis.

David Schroeder

Age: 43

Hometown: Miami, Fla.

US Disabled Sailing Team: ‘98-00

Member: US Sailing Center

University of Miami, graduated 1984, Master

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS: ’97 North American Paralympic 2.4 Meter Champion