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J/24 Team=20
Claims USA's Second Gold Medal
at Pan Am Games =
Sailing=20
Event
SANTO DOMINGO, R.D. (August 10, 2003) – The U.S.A. =
won its second=20
sailing gold medal today after its J/24 team won the first =
of two=20
final races at the Pan Am Games, edging out their =
last-threat --=20
Brazil -- to do so. Skipper Tim Healy (Newport, R.I.) and =
crew Nick=20
Judson (Nantucket, Mass.), Gordon Borges (Newport, R.I.) and =
Davenport Crocker (Cohasset, Mass.) are part of the U.S.A.'s =
13-member Pan American Games Team-Sailing, which wrapped up=20
competition today in Santo Domingo. The Pan Am Games sailing =
competition hosted a total of 114 sailors from 17 countries, =
sailing=20
in seven classes (eight disciplines).![](3D"J24upwind.jpg")
"We had two shots at taking the gold =
today," said=20
Healy. "We could either wrap it up with a first in either of =
today's=20
two races or with a second in either race, as long as Brazil =
was=20
behind us. We were hoping to do it in one race, and we did." =
As=20
such, Healy's team retired before the day's second race =
began.=20
Brazil retired as well, having secured the silver medal, =
while Chile=20
sailed the second race to take bronze.
USA =
confidently=20
started near the leeward end of the starting line, while the =
rest of=20
the fleet stacked up to windward. "We wanted to be on the =
left side=20
up the whole course because the pressure was there," said =
Judson,=20
who serves as the team's tactician. "We also wanted to be to =
leeward=20
of Brazil and then find a good time to tack and cross the =
fleet."=20
Judson credited Healy's ability at the helm for allowing =
them to=20
foot out quickly from underneath the fleet. "He is just so =
good at=20
getting the boat to go fast, and everybody on the team does =
such a=20
good job of communicating." The U.S.A. led around the =
course,=20
putting another boat between itself and Brazil.
"I =
think I=20
can speak for the entire J/24 team that this was an awesome=20
experience," said Healy. "We are used to sailing on our own, =
so we=20
enjoyed every aspect of being with the other sailors, =
coaches and=20
support staff and representing the U.S.A. this=20
way."
Yesterday, the U.S.A. won its first medal -- =
also a=20
gold -- when Mistral Women's sailor Lanee Butler (Aliso =
Viejo,=20
Calif.) turned in two race victories to make it =
mathematically=20
impossible for anyone to catch her in today's finals. Having =
secured=20
the gold, Butler sat out today's races. Canada and Argentina =
took=20
silver and bronze, respectively.
"Twenty five percent =
of our=20
events yielded gold medals, and all of our team members had=20
significant moments of glory," said Team Leader Fred =
Hagedorn=20
(Chicago, Ill.).
For Snipe sailors Henry Filter=20
(Stevensville, Md) and Lisa Griffith (San Diego,=20
Calif./Phillipsburg, N.J.), those moments of glory happened =
at the=20
end of the regatta. Going into today sixth overall, Filter =
and=20
Griffith won both of their final races, knocking off both =
Argentina=20
and Canada in the overall scoring to move up to fourth. "We =
weren't=20
even thinking about Argentina, which yesterday was in =
fourth," said=20
Filter. "We just knew that Canada had one point on us for =
fifth=20
yesterday, and it was who beat whom for finishing fifth =
overall=20
today." Filter, allowing that Brazil and Cuba, which =
ultimately took=20
gold and silver medals, were busy match racing each other =
for their=20
podium positions, felt good about his team's performance=20
nevertheless. "We finally had the conditions we're fast in: =
15-16=20
knots, which is a step up from what it had been on our =
course," said=20
Filter. Taking the bronze medal in this class was=20
Uruguay.
After Brazil clinched the Laser gold =
yesterday,=20
Canada and Chile turned in silver- and bronze-worthy =
performances=20
today. Ben Richardson (Gloucester, Mass.) maintained his =
fifth-place=20
finish with a 5-3 today. "I'm disappointed because I beat =
both the=20
silver and bronze medallists at the Spa Regatta this year," =
said=20
Richardson. "That's the way it goes: one regatta it's one =
way,=20
another regatta it's another way."
Laser Radial =
sailor Sally=20
Barkow (Pine Lake, Wisc.) again showed great upwind speed in =
both=20
races today, rounding the top marks in second. Still hexed =
with her=20
downwind speed, however, she slipped to finish 4-3 and =
secured a=20
fifth overall. "This was a cool experience being with all =
different=20
athletes instead of just sailors," said Barkow, who hopes to =
win the=20
U.S.A.'s Olympic Team Trials in the Yngling and have the =
Olympic=20
experience for real in 2004. "It also got me better prepared =
for my=20
Trials, because I will be sailing in a small fleet at those, =
too."=20
Mexico secured the gold medal yesterday and Canada and =
Argentina=20
claimed silver and bronze medals today.
For Sunfish =
sailor=20
Jeff Linton (Tampa, Fla.) a sixth-place finish overall was =
his final=20
posting after finishes of 6-4 today. "I just wish it blew =
and there=20
were waves like this at home. Then I would have been more =
prepared,"=20
said Linton. "I've sailed here before and it never blew like =
this; I=20
expected it to be light." Venezuela claimed the gold =
yesterday, with=20
Bermuda and Dominican Republic fighting successfully today =
for=20
silver and bronze.
Hobie 16 sailors Paul and Mary Ann =
Hess=20
(Napa, Calif.) finished 6-7 today for a sixth overall, while =
Puerto=20
Rico, Mexico and Guatemala made their final plays for gold, =
silver=20
and bronze respectively. "The competition was as stiff as we =
had=20
anticipated," said Mary Ann Hess. "We basically sail at the =
amateur=20
level, and the others here are world champions, so it was =
hard for=20
us, but we had fun."
Peter Wells (Newport Beach, =
Calif.)=20
sailed a single final race in the Mistral Men's class today, =
finishing fourth and securing sixth overall for the regatta. =
"I=20
learned some important lessons here," said Wells, who is =
gunning for=20
the Olympics and struggled here with getting his new board =
up to=20
speed, "and relearned some lessons I already knew. They will =
help=20
me." Brazil, Argentina and Canada took the top-three medal=20
positions.
Medal ceremonies will take place tomorrow =
at 1600.=20
The Pan American Games, held every four years since their =
inception=20
in 1951, are always held the summer preceding the Olympic =
Games and=20
are attended by athletes from 42 nations in North, Central =
and South=20
America, and the Caribbean who compete in 288 events across =
36=20
sports. The event showcases all 28 Olympic sports and eight=20
non-Olympic events.
Additional information is =
available at=20
www.ussailing.org/Olympics/PanAm/
(end)
Day Seven RESULTS Top-Three and U.S.
Hobie 16 Open (9 boats)
1. E. Figueroa, PUR,=20
(2)-(2)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1; 10
2. A. Noriega, MEX,=20
(7)-1-4-2-2-3-4-2-(5)-2-2-2; 24
3. JI Maegli, GUA,=20
3-3-2-3-4-(5)-3-3-2-4-(5)-3; 30
6. Paul/Mary Ann Hess, =
USA,=20
5-6-3-6-5-4-(8)-(8)-8-7-6-7; 57
J/24 Open (11 boats)
1. Tim Healy/Davenport =
Crocker/Gordon=20
Borges,/Nick Judson, USA, 1-2-1-3-(5)-1-2-1-4-2-1-(12); =
18
1. M.=20
Santa Cruz, BRA, 2-1-2-1-1-(7)-3-2-3-4-3-(12); 22
3. A. =
Gonzalez,=20
CHI, 7-3-(11)-4-3-2-4-(12)-1-10-4-4; 42
Laser Male (15 boats)
1. Robert Scheidt, BRA,=20
1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-(16)-(16); 10
2. B. Luttmer, CAN,=20
3-(5)-2-3-3-3-2-5-2-(6)-1-1; 25
3. M. del Solar, CHI,=20
4-4-(16)-2-2-(5)-5-2-4-2-2-2; 29
5. Ben Richardson, USA,=20
5-3-5-6-5-(11)-(14)-4-6-9-5-3; 51
Laser Radial Female (11 boats)
1. T.E. Calles, MEX,=20
1-1-3-1-1-2-3-1-2-1-(12)-(12); 16
2. K. Rasa, CAN,=20
2-3-1-(6)-4-(5)-2-3-1-4-3-1; 24
3. F. Cerntti, ARG,=20
3-5-2-3-2-(6)-1-2-4-(6)-2-2; 26
5. Sally Barkow, USA,=20
4-4-(6)-4-3-4-6-5-3-(8)-4-3; 40
Mistral Male (10 boats)
1. R. Santos, BRA,=20
(3)-(3)-2-2-1-2-1-1-1-1-1-1; 13
2. M. Galvan, ARG,=20
(2)-1-1-1-2-1-2-2-2-2-2-(11); 16
3. K. Stittle, CAN,=20
1-2-3-6-4-3-4-3-5-4-(11)-(11); 35
6. Peter Wells, USA,=20
(7)-6-5-4-3-6-5-7-6-(11)-5-4; 51
Mistral Female (7 boats)
1. Lanee Butler, USA,=20
2-1-1-1-1-3-1-1-1-1-(8)-(8); 12
2. D. Vallee, CAN,=20
1-3-3-3-(4)-4-3-2-2-(4)-1-2; 24
3. C. Walther, ARG,=20
(5)-2-5-2-3-(DSQ)-2-3-5-2-3-3; 30
Snipe Open (8 boats)
1. B. Amorim, BRA,=20
1-(3)-1-(3)-1-1-2-2-2-3-3-3; 19
2. N. Manso, CUB,=20
3-1-2-2-2-(7)-3-1-1-2-(5)-2; 19
3. S. Silveira, URU,=20
2-4-3-1-(6)-4-1-(7)-4-1-2-5; 27
4. Henry Filter/Lisa =
Griffith,=20
USA, (6)-6-(7)-4-4-6-4-5-5-6-1-1; 42
Sunfish Open (11 boats)
1. E. Cordero, VEN,=20
1-5-1-1-1-3-2-1-1-5-(12)-(12); 21
2. M. Smith, BER,=20
2-3-2-(7)-6-(7)-4-3-3-1-1-1; 26
3. R. Aguayo, DOM,=20
5-6-3-5-2-1-6-5-2-(9)-4-2; 35
6. Jeff Linton, USA,=20
3-8-7-6-7-8-9-2-(12)-3-6-4; 54
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