ISAF Sailing World Cup Mallorca: US Preview & Media Guide

Racing Dates: March 31-April 5, 2014
Location: Palma de Mallorca, Spain

On Monday, twenty athletes on the US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider, in addition to nine members of the US Sailing Development Team (USSDT), will begin racing at ISAF Sailing World Cup Mallorca. One of the biggest annual events on the Olympic classes racing calendar, Mallorca will feature 1,130 sailors from 55 countries. Racing will begin at 11:00AM local time.

To follow American athletes as they test themselves against the world’s best, use the following:

US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider media channels:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/ussailingteam
Twitter: @USSailingTeam, www.twitter.com/ussailingteam
Instagram: @USSailingTeam, www.instagram.com/ussailingteam
YouTube: www.youtube.com/ussailingteam
Audio Interviews: www.soundcloud.com/ussailingteam
Web: http://sailingteams.ussailing.org

ISAF Sailing World Cup Mallorca event media channels:

Event Website: http://www.trofeoprincesasofia.org
Results: http://www.trofeoprincesasofia.org/en/default/results
Entry List: http://www2.trofeoprincesasofia.org/en/default/results/listainscritos
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TrofeoPrincesaSofia
Twitter: @TrofeoSofia_En, https://twitter.com/trofeosofia_en

US Entry List: (37 Athletes)

470 Men:

– Stuart McNay (Providence, R.I.) and David Hughes (Miami, Fla.), US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider

470 Women:

– Annie Haeger (East Troy, Wisc.) and Briana Provancha (San Diego, Calif.), US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider

49er:
– Brad Funk (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) and Trevor Burd (Marblehead, Mass.), US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider
– 
Trevor Moore (Naples, Fla.) and Cooper Dressler (Coronado, Calif.), USSDT
– Thomas Barrows (St. Thomas, USVI) and Joe Morris (Annapolis, Md.), USSDT

49erFX:
– 
Kristen Lane (San Francisco, Calif.) and Maggie Shea (Chicago, Ill.), US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider
– Genny Tulloch (San Francisco, Calif.) and Kathleen Tocke (Buffalo, N.Y./Newport R.I.)
, US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider
– Debbie Capozzi (Blue Point, N.Y.) and Molly Vandemoer (Stanford, Calif.)
, USSDT & US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider
– Paris Henken (Coronado, Calif.) and Helena Scutt (Kirkland, Wash.), USSDT

Finn:

– Caleb Paine (San Diego, Calif.), US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider
– John F. Dane (Pass Christian, Miss.), US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider
– Gordon Lamphere (Lake Forest, Ill.), USSDT
– Luke Lawrence (Miami, Fla.)
– Philip Toth (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Laser:

– Charlie Buckingham (Newport Beach, Calif.)
, US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider
– Chris Barnard (Newport Beach, Calif.), US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider
– Erik Bowers (Excelsior, Minn.), USSDT

Nacra 17:
– Robbie Daniel (Clearwater, Fla.) and Catherine Shanahan (St. Petersburg, Fla.), US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider
– Sarah Newberry (Miami, Fla.) and John Casey (Longwood, Fla.), US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider
– Taylor Reiss (Clearwater, Fla.) and Sandra Tartaglino (Tiverton, R.I.), USSDT
– Sarah Streater (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) and Matthew Whitehead (Tampa, Fla.)
– Mark Mendelblatt (Miami, Fla.) and Carolina Mendelblatt (Miami, Fla.)

RS:X Women
– Farrah Hall (Annapolis, Md.), US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider

About the US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider 


The US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider is managed by the United States Sailing Association (US Sailing), the national governing body for the sport of sailing and sailboat racing. The top boats in each Olympic and Paralympic class are selected annually to be members of the US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider. US Sailing helps these elite athletes with with financial, logistical, coaching, technical, fitness, marketing and communications support. The title sponsor of the team is Sperry Top-Sider; other sponsors include Harken and Team McLube. Yale Cordage is a team supplier. The US Sailing Center Miami is an Olympic training site. Oakcliff Sailing and Clearwater Community Sailing Center are US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider training centers. Chubb Personal Insurance sponsors US Sailing’s National Team Tour, a nationwide presentation program for US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider athletes.

The United States Sailing Association (US Sailing), the national governing body for sailing, provides leadership, integrity, and growth for the sport in the United States. Founded in 1897 and headquartered in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, US Sailing is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization. US Sailing offers training and education programs for instructors and race officials, supports a wide range of sailing organizations and communities, issues offshore rating certificates, and provides administration and oversight of competitive sailing across the country, including National Championships and the US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider.

For more information, visit www.ussailing.org

Source: US Sailing