US Team set for 2002 ISAF World Sailing Games

by Jan Harley on 20 Jun 2002 The Olympic Sailing Committee of US SAILING, national governing body for the sport, has announced the team that will represent the U.S. at the 2002 ISAF World Sailing Games. Regatta organizers anticipate that 64 nations will be represented in Marseille, France, when the competition, scheduled for June 29-July 10, 2002, gets underway on the Mediterranean in seven classes.

The U.S. will send two entries apiece to compete in nine of the 10 events:
the Formula Windsurfer (women), 470 (men and women), Laser (men), Laser
Radial (women), Hobie 16 (men and women), J/22 (women) and J/80 (men). At
this time, the U.S. has not confirmed an entry for the men’s Formula
Windsurfer event. The US Sailing Foundation has awarded grants to each
competitor on the U.S. team. The team representing the USA is as follows:

Formula Windsurfer Women: Karen Marriot (Arvada, Colo.) and Julie Rosenberg
(W. Palm Beach, Fla.).

470 Men (skipper and crew): Mark Ivey (Huntington Beach, Calif.) with Howard
Cromwell (New Orleans, La.); and Mark Teborek (Winnetka, Ill.) with Matt
Herbster (Manchester, Mass.).

470 Women (skipper and crew): Katie McDowell (Barrington, R.I.) with
Isabelle Kinsolving (New York, N.Y.); and Genny Tulloch (Houston, Texas)
with Lindsey Duda (Dallas, Texas).

Laser –Zach Railey (St. Petersburg, Fla.) and Brad Funk (Clearwater, Fla.).

Laser Radial – Emily Hill (Miami, Fla.) and Jane Codman (Marblehead, Mass.).

Hobie 16 Open (skipper and crew) – Mike Montague (Santa Rosa, Calif.) with
Heather Mathews (Westfield, N.J./Marina del Rey, Calif.); and Tom
Korzeniewski (Syracuse, N.Y.) with Amy O’Connor (Annapolis, Md./Syracuse,
N.Y.).

Hobie 16 Women (skipper and crew) – Barbara Poe Perlmutter (Huntington
Beach, Calif.) with Susan Stockdale (Los Angeles, Calif.); and Susan
Korzeniewski (Manlius, N.Y.) with Stephanie O’Connor (Rochester, N.Y.).

J/22 (skipper and three crew) - Melinda Berge (Annapolis, Md.) with Sandra
Malakis (Annapolis, Md.), Linda McKee (Houston, Texas) and Lisa Simpkins
(Annapolis, Md.); and Kris Zillman (Lakewood, Ohio) with Sue McDowell (Bay
Village, Ohio), Kellie Hawkins Schaffner (Bay Village, Ohio) and Suzie Wulff
(Cleveland, Ohio).

J/80 (skipper and three crew) – Chris Wientjes (Metairie, La.) with Pearce
Wood (New Orleans, La.), Ward Pitard (Metairie, La.) and Chris Wilke (New
Orleans, La.); and Michael Lague (Stewartsville, N.J./Central Falls, R.I.)
with Joe Waters (Columbia, S.C.), Josh Kerst (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and PK
Carelli (Lakewood, Ohio).

The support team accompanying the U.S. sailors includes Team Leader Katie
Richardson (Barrington, R.I.), and coaches Scott Ikle (Geneva/Manhasset,
N.Y.), and Robert Kjellen (Sweden).

Results, news and race information will be available online at
www.sailing-games.com.