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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Jan Harley, Media Pro, 401-849-0220
U.S.A.’s
2004 YOUTH WORLD TEAM NAMED
PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (March 10, 2004) – The Olympic Sailing Committee (OSC) of
US SAILING, national governing body for the sport, has announced the team
which will represent the U.S.A. at the 2004 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF
(International Sailing Federation) World Championships. The championships
will be sailed July 8-17, 2004, in Gdynia, Poland, and is open athletes
who will not reach their 19th birthday in 2004. Racing will
take place on the Bay of Gdansk in the following classes (events): Hobie
16 (open multihull); Laser (boys singlehanded) and Laser Radial (girls
singlehanded); International 420 (boys and girls doublehanded); and
Mistral (boys and girls boardsailing). Regatta information can be found
online at www.worldyouthsailingpoland.com.
The US Youth World Team is sponsored Rolex Watch, U.S.A., Vanguard,
and West Marine.
Suppliers to the Team are Extrasport, Gill North America, and Sperry
Top-Sider. The members of the 2004 US Youth World Team are:
2004 U.S. Youth World Team:
Girls Singlehanded: Paige Railey
(Clearwater, Fla.)
Boys Singlehanded: Reed Johnson
(Tom’s River, N.J.)
Girls Doublehanded: Leigh Kempton
(Island Heights, N.J.) and Kaity Storck (Huntington, N.Y.)
Boys Doublehanded: Zach Brown and
Graham Biehl (both San Diego, Calif.)
Girls Boardsailing: Nancy Rios
(Naples, Fla.)
Boys Boardsailing: The U.S.
will not have a competitor entered in this event.
Open Multihull:
Harry Newkirk (Gulf Breeze, Fla.) and Tommy Fruitticher (Pensacola Beach,
Fla.)
Additional information on the U.S. team members can be found
here
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