At The Helm: The State of the Team As We Enter the Games Year
By Josh Adams, Managing Director of US Olympic Sailing The US Sailing Team Sperry is riding momentum toward Rio de Janeiro as we enter the 2016 Games year. A review of the team’s highlight performances in 2015 reveals a group of Olympic and Paralympic athletes with improved prospects on the Games stage. US 470 teams…Read More
2016 US Sailing Team Sperry: Olympic & Paralympic Hopefuls Named To Roster
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 19, 2016 Portsmouth, R.I. – With 200 days remaining until the start of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, US Sailing, the national governing body for the sport, has named 21 of America's best sailors to the 2016 US Sailing Team Sperry, the national sailing team. While the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Sailing Teams, which…Read More
Benjamin, Haeger Named Rolex Yachtsman, Yachtswoman of the Year
Steve Benjamin and Annie Haeger today were named US Sailing’s 2015 Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year. These two sailors, at different stages of their sailing careers, amassed a year to remember and will be recognized as the best of 2015.
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Olympian Molly Vandemoer Joins Staff of US Sailing Olympic Development Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 13, 2016 Portsmouth, R.I. - US Sailing announced today that U.S. Olympian and World Champion Molly Vandemoer (Stanford, Calif.) has joined the staff of the Olympic Development Program (ODP) as Program Manager. In this role, Vandemoer will work with sailors, families, coaches, host organizations and youth sailing stakeholders to assist with the…Read More
Youth Worlds: Gold In The Boy’s 420, and Reflections On USA Progress
Pictured: I420 gold medalists Will Logue (Cos Cob, Conn.) and Bram Brakman (Darien, Conn.), at center. Photo: Christophe Launay/ISAF FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 5, 2016 Portsmouth, R.I. - The US Sailing Youth Worlds Team concluded a successful event in Langkawi, Malaysia, where American sailors secured a victory in the boy's International 420 class and finished in the…Read More
Mid-Regatta Report: Americans Showing Strength at ISAF Youth Worlds
Pictured: I420 leaders Will Logue (Cos Cob, Conn.) and Bram Brakman (Darien, Conn.). Photo: Christophe Launay/ISAF FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 1, 2016 Portsmouth, R.I. - US Sailing's ISAF Youth Worlds Team has submitted strong results after four days of racing at the 2015 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championship in Langkawi, Malaysia. Five American boats are currently battling…Read More
2016 Olympic Development Program (ODP) Schedule Released
Pictured: ODP sailors Alie Toppa (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) and Liza Toppa (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) at a US Sailing Youth Worlds Team Training Camp in Miami, Florida. Photo: Christos Epperson, Archangel Films FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 18, 2015 Portsmouth, R.I. - US Sailing's Olympic Development Program (ODP) has released the 2016 ODP event schedule, which includes the training camps, clinics and regattas that…Read More
Para Worlds: Porteous, McKinnon and Team Doerr Take Lead In Rio 2016 Selection Process
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 4, 2015 Portsmouth, R.I. - US adaptive athletes completed racing at the 2015 Para World Sailing Championships in Melbourne, Australia on December 3, an event with important implications for the 2016 US Paralympic Sailing Team. In addition to being Paralympic sailing's premier event for 2015, the regatta also served as part…Read More