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2003 U.S. Youth Worlds Team named
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| US Youth Sailing Team - 2003 U.S. Youth Worlds Team named |
| PORTSMOUTH, R.I. USA-(23-6-2003) 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 2003 ISAF (International Sailing
Federation) Youth Sailing World Championships in Portugal from July 17-26,
2003. To date, over 200 competitors (representing more than 40 countries)
have registered for this event which is open to sailors who will not have
reached their 19th birthday in 2003. Quinta do Lorde Yacht Club, on the
eastern side of the island of Madeira, will host the racing which will be
conducted in four classes (six events): 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.worldyouthsailingmadeira.com. The US
Youth World Team is sponsored by Lands’ End. Suppliers to the Team are
Extrasport, Gill North America and Sperry Top-Sider.
For the third consecutive year, Brian Doyle (Darien, Conn./Hanover, N.H.),
the OSC’s Youth Development Coach, will act as Team Leader. Doyle is a 1992
graduate of Brown University with a degree in organizational behavior and
management, and has been the head sailing coach at Dartmouth College
(Hanover, N.H.) since 1993. Assisting Doyle as coach will be Nathaniel
Stoffelsma (Sidney, British Columbia), who has been coaching at the U.S.
Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point, N.Y.) for the last two years.
2003 U.S. Youth World Team:
Girls Singlehanded: Paige Railey (Clearwater, Fla.)
Boys Singlehanded: Chris Branning (Sarasota, Fla.)
Girls Doublehanded: Caroline Young and Shannon Heausler (both Tampa, Fla.)
Boys Doublehanded: Zach Brown and Graham Biehl (both San Diego, Calif.)
Girls Boardsailing: Nancy Rios (Naples, Fla.)
Boys Boardsailing: Philip Muller (Ft. Pierce, Fla.)
Additional information on the U.S. team members can be found at:
www.ussailing.org/Olympics/YouthWorld/
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Source: Jan Harley, Media Pro |
