US SAILING Announces U.S. Team to Compete In
2006 ISAF World Sailing Games

Portsmouth, R.I. (May 8, 2006) – US SAILING has announced the team of 41 athletes who will represent the USA at the 2006 International Sailing Federation (ISAF) World Sailing Games in Lake Neusiedl, Austria, from May 10-20, 2006. Made up of well-known sailors including US Sailing Team-members and World Champions, the U.S. Team will compete against over 700 sailors from more than 60 nations for ten World Championship titles: Men’s One Person Dinghy, Women’s One Person Dinghy, Men’s Windsurfer, Women’s Windsurfer, Men’s Two Person Dinghy, Women’s Two Person Dinghy, Men’s Multihull, Women’s Multihull and Open two-boat Team Sailing.

Members of the U.S. Team were selected using a qualification system announced last year or were invited by the ISAF organizers based on an entry system outlined in the Notice of Race. US Sailing Team High Performance Director and Head Coach Gary Bodie will serve as the team leader and coach. US Sailing Team Coach Skip Whyte will join Bodie as coach.

Organized by ISAF, the World Sailing Games are held every four years. The first ISAF World Sailing Championship was held in La Rochelle, France in 1994. The name of the event was later changed to ISAF World Sailing Games and was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in 1998 and Marseille, France in 2002. The ISAF World Sailing Games organizers hope to attract 100,000 visitors to the event this year.

The members of the 2006 World Sailing Games US SAILING Team are:

Men’s One Person Dinghy (Laser Standard):
• Brad Funk (Clearwater, Fla.)

Women’s One Person Dinghy (Laser Radial):
• Genoa Griffin (Tampa, Fla.)
• Sarah Lihan (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.)
• Paige Railey (Clearwater, Fla.)
• Anna Tunnicliffe (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.)

Men’s Windsurfer (Neil Pryde RS:X):
• Ben Barger (St. Petersburg, Fla.)

Women’s Windsurfer (Neil Pryde RS:X):
• Farrah Hall (Annapolis, Md.)
• Karen Marriot (Wheat Ridge, Colo,)

Men’s Two Person Dinghy (470):
• Mikee Anderson-Mitterling (Coronado, Calif.) and Dave Hughes (San Diego, Calif.)
• Stu McNay (Boston, Mass.) and Graham Biehl (San Diego, Calif.)

Women’s Two Person Dinghy (470):
• Amanda Clark (Shelter Island, N.Y.) and Sarah Mergenthaler (Harvey Cedars, N.J.)
• Sara Fox (Cumberland, ME) and Katy Love

Men’s Multihull (Hobie Tiger WSG Edition):
• Ollie Jason and Kelli Jason (Oldsmar, Fla.)
• Greg Thomas (San Diego, Calif.) and Jacques Bernier (San Marcos, Calif.)

Women’s Multihull (Hobie 16 with Spinnaker):
• Annie Nelson (San Diego, Calif.) and Susan Korzeniewski (Liverpool, N.Y.)
• Sandra Tartaglino (Tiverton, R.I.) and Teri McKenna (Hacienda Heights, Calif.)

Open Team Sailing (International 420):
• Justin Law (Newport Beach, Calif.), Jennifer Chamberlain (Newport Beach, Calif.), Andrew Watters (St. Inigoes, Md.) and Megan Hawn
• Pete Levesque (Annapolis, Md.), Liz Hall (Bristol, R.I.), Colin Merrick (Portsmouth, R.I.) and Amanda Callahan (Canton, Mass.)
• Danny Pletsch (New York, N.Y.), Carrie Howe (Grosse Pointe, Mich.), Caleb Silsby and Paige Hannon (Newport Beach, Calif.)
• Tim Wadlow (Beverly, Mass.), Ery Largay (Beverly, Mass.), Tim Fallon (North Falmouth, Mass.) and Karen Renzulli (Somerville, Mass.)

For more information about the U.S. team, please visit www.ussailing.org/olympics/2005/isafwsgteam.htm.  

For more information on the 2006 ISAF World Sailing Games, please visit the event website www.worldsailinggames2006.at.  

The United States Sailing Association (US SAILING) is the national governing body for sailing and sailboat racing. Headquartered in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, the organization's mission is to encourage participation and promote excellence in sailing and racing in the U.S. US SAILING offers training and education programs, supports a wide range of sailing organizations and communities, and provides administration and oversight of competitive sailing across the country, including the US Sailing Teams and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Sailing Team. For more information, please visit www.ussailing.org.  

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