US Sailing annouce youth team

Sailors selected for Volvo Youth World Championships in Poland this summer

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 2004 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF (International Sailing Federation) World Championships.

The championships will be sailed July 8-17, 2004, in Gdynia, Poland, and is open athletes who will not reach their 19th birthday in 2004. Racing will take place on the Bay of Gdansk in the following classes (events): Hobie 16 (open multihull); Laser (boys singlehanded) and Laser Radial (girls singlehanded); International 420 (boys and girls doublehanded); and Mistral (boys and girls boardsailing).

The US Youth World Team is sponsored Rolex Watch, U.S.A. and Vanguard. Suppliers to the Team are Extrasport, Gill North America, and Sperry Top-Sider. The members of the 2004 US Youth World Team are:

Girls Singlehanded: Paige Railey (Clearwater, Fla.)
Boys Singlehanded: Reed Johnson (Tom's River, N.J.)
Girls Doublehanded: Leigh Kempton (Island Heights, N.J.) and Kaity Storck (Huntington, N.Y.)
Boys Doublehanded: Zach Brown and Graham Biehl (both San Diego, Calif.)
Girls Boardsailing: Nancy Rios (Naples, Fla.)
Boys Boardsailing: The U.S. will not have a competitor entered in this event.
Open Multihull: Harry Newkirk (Gulf Breeze, Fla.) and Tommy Fruitticher (Pensacola Beach, Fla.)