United States 2012 Olympic Sailing Team Set Following ISAF World Championships in Perth, Australia
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Team McLube congratulates the members of US Sailing's Team Alphagraphics that have now secured a spot on the 2012 US Olympic Sailing Team.
1200 sailors from 79 countries competed to qualify their nation for the 2012 Olympics at the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Perth, Australia December 3-18. For Team USA and US Sailing's Team Alphagraphics (USSTAG), the championships also served as the final event to determine which sailors will represent the USA in each country-qualified class, except for Women's Match Racing which will hold their final Olympic trial in May.
Here are the 2012 US Olympic Sailing Team representatives listed class by class.
- 49er (Men’s Two Person Dinghy High Performance):
Erik Storck (Huntington, N.Y.) and Trevor Moore (North Pomfret, Vt./Naples, Fla.) - Men’s 470 (Men’s Two Person Dinghy):
Stuart McNay (Boston, Mass.) and Graham Biehl (San Diego, Calif.) - Women’s 470 (Women's Two Person Dinghy):
Amanda Clark (Shelter Island, N.Y.) and Sarah Lihan (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) - Finn (Men’s One Person Dinghy Heavy):
Zach Railey (Clearwater, Fla.) - Laser (Men’s One Person Dinghy):
Rob Crane (Darien, Conn.) - Laser Radial (Women’s One Person Dinghy):
Paige Railey (Clearwater, Fla.) - Men’s RS:X (Men’s Windsurfer):
Robert Willis (Chicago, Ill.) - Women’s RS:X (Women’s Windsurfer):
Farrah Hall (Annapolis, Md.) - Star (Men’s Keelboat):
Mark Mendelblatt (Miami, Fla.) and Brian Fatih (Miami, Fla.)
View full results from ISAF Worlds in Perth
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