|
4.25.07
This week's Spotlight features:
-- Pan Am Games Team Announcement
-- Mid Results from Semaine Olympique Francaise in Hyeres, France
US SAILING Selects Team to Compete at 2007 Pan American
Games
US SAILING's Olympic Sailing Committee (OSC)
has selected 16 American sailors to compete at the 2007 Pan American
Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from July 13-29, 2007.
The
members of the 2007 Pan American Games Sailing Team are: Hobie 16
-- Bob
Merrick (Branford,
Conn.)/
Eliza Cleveland (Branford,
Conn.);
J/24 -- Daniel Borrer (St.
Augustine Beach,
Fla.)/
Nate Vilardebo (Tampa,
Fla.)/
Patrick Wilson (Savannah,
Ga.)/
Josh Putnam (Augusta,
Ga.);
Laser -- Andrew Campbell (San
Diego,
Calif.);
Laser Radial -- Paige Railey (Clearwater,
Fla.);
Lightning -- David Starck (Buffalo,
N.Y.)/
Jody Starck (Buffalo,
N.Y.),
Bill Faude (Chicago,
Ill.);
RS:X Men -- Ben Barger (Tampa,
Fla.);
RS:X Women -- Nancy Rios (Cocoa
Beach,
Fla.);
Snipe -- Augie Diaz (Miami,
Fla.)/ Tracy
Smith (Newport,
R.I.) and
Sunfish -- Paul Foerster (Rockwall,
Texas).
For more information, please
click here
for the press release.
Five American Teams Currently in Top Ten at Hyeres
The US Sailing Team members competing
at Semaine Olympique Fran?ise in Hy?es, France have stayed strong
this week. After four days of racing in light, tricky and inconsistent
wind, five American teams are currently in the top ten overall: the
Yngling team of Sally Barkow, Carrie Howe and Debbie Capozzi (?Team
7?) secured second place for the second day in a row, after moving up
two spots yesterday and dropping their last race today. The Laser
Radial class is as tight as ever: Paige Railey moved up to second
place, after dropping her worst race yesterday and finishing second in
her last race today, and Anna Tunnicliffe is in sixth place. Laser
sailor Brad Funk holds the fifth spot after six races. And Mikee
Anderson-Mitterling and Dave Hughes are now in tenth place after seven
races in the Men's 470.
Conditions have been challenging for
sailors this week, but the regatta organizers are doing their best to
stay on schedule. There was no breeze today until late morning, when a
light six knots blew in, which increased to eight knots this
afternoon. Its inconsistency resulted in abandoned racing in the
Yngling, 49er, Tornado and Laser fleets. Depending on the fleet
size, today was the first of two days of racing in split fleets of
Gold, Silver, Bronze and Emerald. The medal races are scheduled for
Friday.
?Hyeres and Palma used to be the
venues where you had to hold on tight, because it was going to be a
fast ride. But this year, we've had to inch along, deal with slow
shifts and make big risk decisions," said Howe of Team 7, who won the
Yngling fleet last year at Semaine Olympique Fran?ise. Despite the
light air, the weather has been a treat - dry and warm, as opposed to
windy and wet, reportedly the norm for this time of year. Forecasters
predict the winds to begin to build tomorrow.
For full results, please visit the event web site:
http://sof.ffvoile.net/
2007 Upcoming Events
April 19-27: Semaine Olympique Francaise de Voile, Hyeres, France
sof.ffvoile.net
May 23-27: Holland Regatta, Medemblik, The Netherlands
www.hollandregatta.org/2007
June 1-10 : 470 European Championship, Thessaloniki, Greece
June 1-9: Finn European Championship, Balatonfoldvar, Hungary
June 2-9: Laser European Championship and Laser Youth European
Championship , Hyeres, France
June 5-15: RS:X European Championship, Limassol, Cyprus
June 14-17: Laser North American Championship, Hyannis, MA, USA
June 16-30: Kiel Week, Kiel, Germany
www.kieler-woche.de/eng/englishdefault.htm
June 28-July 13: ISAF Combined Olympic Class World Championship in
Cascais, Portugal (first Olympic Qualifier for all classes)
www.cascaisworlds2007.com
About the Teams
The 2007 USST consists of the top three-ranked sailors in each of the
nine classes (11 events) selected for the 2008 Olympic Games: 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). For a complete list of the 2007 USST and their hometowns,
please visit:
www.ussailing.org/olympics/2007/team.asp
The 2007 USDST also consists of the top three ranked sailors in each of
the three classes chosen for the 2008 Paralympic Games: the 2.4mR, the
Sonar, and SKUD-18. For a complete list of the 2007 USDST and their
hometowns, please visit:
www.ussailing.org/olympics/paralympic/2007/team.asp
Newly launched in 2007, the Elite Youth Development Team represents the
country's top youth sailors in the Laser and Laser Radial. To help the
athletes gain more sailing experience at the highest levels, members of
the Team will travel to major international regattas worldwide and be
supported by elite-level coaches. To meet the members of the 2007 UYDT
and read their bios, please visit:
www.ussailing.org/olympics/EYDT/2007/team.asp
Sponsors of the 2007 US Sailing Teams are: Rolex Watch U.S.A., Vanguard
Sailboats, Nautica, Gill, Sperry Top-Sider, RIBCRAFT, Harken, New
England Ropes, Extrasport, Nikon and Team McLube.
Contact:
Marni Lane
Press Officer, US Sailing Teams
US SAILING
617.671.8332
401.683.0800 x671
MarniLane@ussailing.org
|
