Based on the results of December’s ISAF Sailing World Championship in Perth, Australia, US Sailing has selected nearly the entire U.S. team for the 2012 Olympic regatta in Weymouth, England, July 27-Augusts 12.
Standouts at the Perth event included Paige Railey in the Laser Radial class, and Mark Mendelblatt and Brian Fatih in the Star class, who took bronze in their two events. The match racing team of Anna Tunnicliffe, Deb Capozzi and Molly Vandemoer took gold.
The United States has yet to qualify for a spot in the women’s RS:X windsurfer fleet. The women’s match racing team will be decided at a trials regatta in Weymouth May 4-9. For more on the U.S. Olympic squad, visit olympics.ussailing.org.
The current squad is as follows:
Star
Men’s keelboat
Mark Mendelblatt and Brian Fatih
49er
Men’s Two-Person High-Performance Dinghy
Erik Storck and Trevor Moore
470
Women’s Two-Person Dinghy
Amanda Clark and Sarah Lihan
470
Men’s Two-Person Dinghy
Stu McNay and Graham Biehl
Laser Radial
Women’s one-person dinghy
Paige Railey
Laser
Men’s one-person light dinghy
Rob Crane
Finn
Men’s one-person heavy dinghy
Zach Railey
RX:S
Men’s Windsurfer
Bob Willis
Photo: The next stop for US 49er sailors Erick Storck and Trevor Moore is the 2012 Olympic regatta in Weymouth, England. Photo courtesy US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics.
