US SAILING SENDS TEAM TO 2006 VOLVO YOUTH SAILING
ISAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Portsmouth, R.I. (July 7, 2006) – US SAILING, national governing body for the sport, will send 10 members of the US Youth World Team to represent the United States at the 2006 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship in Weymouth and Portland, Great Britain. Home of the 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition, the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy will host the regatta from July 12-21, 2006.

More than 350 of the world's best young sailors from a record 64 nations will compete for seven gold medals in the following classes: singlehanded Laser (boys) and Laser Radial (girls), the doublehanded 420 (boys and girls), the RS:X windsurfer (boys and girls), and multihull Hobie 16 (open).

"This is the most important international youth event of the year," said Dean Brenner, Chairman of US SAILING's Olympic Sailing Committee. "It’s the event where our best and brightest young talent represents the U.S. on the world stage."

The US Youth World Team members qualified for the team after winning a select regatta previously determined as a qualifying event. The members of the 2006 US Youth World Team are:

• Girls Singlehanded: Stephanie Roble (East Troy, Wis.)
• Boys Singlehanded: Royce Weber (Surf City, N.J.)
• Girls Doublehanded: Emily Dellenbaugh (Easton, Conn.) and Briana Provancha (San Diego, Calif.)
• Boys Doublehanded: Michael Menninger (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Nick Martin (San Diego, Calif.)
• Open Multihull: Evan Miller (Panama City, Fla.) and Kyler Hast (Lynn Haven, Fla.)
• Boys Windsurfer: James Sobeck (East Quogue, N.Y.)
• Girls Windsurfer: Nancy Rios (Cocoa, Fla.)

The 2006 US Youth World Team will be accompanied by Team Leader David Dellenbaugh (Easton, Conn.) and coaches Brett Davis (St. Petersburg, Fla.) and Mikee Anderson-Mitterling (Coronado, Calif.).

For more information on the 2006 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship, please visit www.youthworlds.org.  

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 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 Teams. For more information, please visit www.ussailing.org.

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