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US SAILING TEAM
ALPHAGRAPHICS MEMBERS
ERIN MAXWELL AND ISABELLE KINSOLVING WIN 470 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Portsmouth, R.I. (January 30, 2008) - Erin Maxwell (Stonington, Conn.)
and Isabelle Kinsolving (New York, N.Y.) concluded their winning streak down
under in Melbourne, Australia, by winning the 470 Women's World Championship
earlier today. The impressive victory follows their win earlier this month
at Sail Melbourne, an ISAF Grade 1 event.
The team of 28-year-olds defeated a very competitive fleet of 58 boats from
across the globe, finishing an emphatic ten points ahead of world's number
one ranked team and silver medalists in this event, Italians Giulia Conti
and Giovanna Micol.
Last fall, Maxwell and Kinsolving finished second at the U.S. Olympic Team
Trials for Sailing, narrowly missing the spot on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team.
"If there was ever a way to make me feel better about not being selected for
the Olympics … this is it,” an ecstatic Maxwell said. “I don’t know what the
future holds but we’re going to savor today, that’s for sure.
“We’re going to campaign for 2012 but jobs, graduate school and marriages
come before that,” Maxwell added.
Also representing the USA at the 2008 470 Women's World Championship were
2008 U.S. Olympic Team members Amanda Clark and Sarah Mergenthaler, who
finished 11th overall.
For complete results from the 470 World Championship, please visit the event
website at
www.sailmelbourne.com.au/event/470worldchampionships2008.
Maxwell and Kinsolving have been sailing together since the summer of 2006
and quickly became a strong force on the women's 470 sailing scene. In 2007,
the two had several top ten finishes in major international events.
The two are members of the US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics. Kinsolving
represented the USA at the 2004 Olympic Games in Greece as crew in the
Women's 470 class, finishing just out of medal range in fifth place.
In addition to AlphaGraphics, sponsors of the US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics
are: Rolex Watch U.S.A., LaserPerformance, Nautica, Gill, Sperry Top-Sider,
RIBCRAFT, Harken, New England Ropes, Extrasport, Nikon, Team McLube, and
Trinity Yachts.
The US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics is managed by US SAILING, national
governing body for the sport of sailing. Headquartered in Portsmouth, Rhode
Island, the organization provides leadership for the sport of sailing in the
United States. US SAILING offers training and education programs for
instructors and race officials, supports a wide range of sailing
organizations and communities, issues offshore rating certificates, and
provides administration and oversight of competitive sailing across the
country, including National Championships and the U.S. Olympic and
Paralympic Sailing Teams. For more information, please visit
www.ussailing.org.
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