US Sailing Development Team
The 2012 US Sailing Development Team (USSDT) is comprised of two teams: the Youth Development Team and the Olympic Development Team.
This is the youth pipeline team supported by US Sailing’s Olympic Sailing Committee (OSC). The USSDT was created to help young athletes, who have been identified as future Olympic prospects, acquire the skills necessary to launch successful campaigns and compete at the Olympic level.
The USSDT is comprised of talented, up-and-coming sailors, who were the top finishers at US Sailing's Youth Worlds Team qualifying events (Youth Worlds Team) and US Sailing's 2012 Rolex Miami OCR (Olympic Development Team).
For information about the selection process for the 2012 US Sailing Development Team.
Official announcement: http://sailingteams.ussailing.org/News/2012/2012_USSDT_Named.htm
Meet the Team through the series "Road to Rio 2016"
Meet the 2012 USSDT:
| Olympic Development Team | ||||
| 470 (Two Person Dinghy) | Hometown |
Yacht Club/Sailing Association | School | |
| Sydney Bolger Nancy Hagood |
Long Beach, Calif. Charleston, S.C. |
Alamitos Bay Yacht Club/ Newport Harbor Yacht Club Carolina Yacht Club |
Georgetown University Georgetown University | |
| Annie Haeger Briana Provancha |
Lake Forest, Ill. San Diego, Calif. |
Lake Beulah Yacht Club Southwestern Yacht Club |
Boston College Boston College | |
| Connor Brady Dillon Paiva |
Hilton Head, S.C. Norfolk, Va. |
- Lake Norman Yacht Club |
- Old Dominion University | |
| Ian Robinson Alex Hume |
Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. Grosse Pointe, Mich. |
Bayview Yacht Club Bayview Yacht Club/Detroit Yacht Club |
Boston University - | |
| 29XXer (Skiff) | ||||
| Kristen Lane Molly Carapiet |
Tiburon, Calif. Belvedere, Calif. |
St. Francis Yacht Club St. Francis Yacht Club/San Francisco Yacht Club |
California State University Yale University | |
| Annie Schmidt Helena Scut |
Larkspur, Calif. Kirkland, Wash. |
- Seattle Yacht Club/Sail Sand Point |
- Stanford University | |
| 49er (Men's Two Person Dinghy High Performance) | ||||
| Zach Brown Fred Strammer |
San Diego, Calif.. Nokomis, Fla. |
New York Yacht Club, San Diego Yacht Club, Mission Bay Yacht Club ICSA |
Yale University Brown University | |
| Ryan Pesch Trevor Burd |
Chicago, Ill. Marblehead, Mass. |
VHYC Eastern Yacht Club |
Boston University Boston University | |
| Finn (Men's One Person Dinghy Heavy) | ||||
| Gordon Lamphere | .Lake Forest, Ill. | Lake Geneva Yacht Club/Chicago Yacht Club | St. Mary's College of Md. | |
| Eric Lidecis | Huntington Beach, Calif. | Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club/Alamitos Bay Yacht Club | SUNY Maritime College | |
| Laser (One Person Dinghy) | Hometown |
Yacht Club/Sailing Association |
School | |
| Charlie Buckingham | Newport Beach, Calif. | Newport Harbor Yacht Club | Georgetown University | |
| Chris Barnard | Newport Beach, Calif. | Newport Harbor Yacht Club | Georgetown University | |
| Greg Martinez | Houston, TX | Texas Corinthian Yacht Club / Gulf Coast Youth Sailing Association |
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| Laser Radial (One Person Dinghy) | ||||
| Erika Reineke | Fort Lauderdale, Calif. | |||
| Claire Dennis | Saratoga, Calif. | St. Francis Yacht Club/San Francisco Yacht Club |
Yale University | |
| RS:X (Windsurfer) | ||||
| Carson Crain | Houston, Texas | GCYSA/TCYC | St. John's | |
| Stuart Saffer | Rye, N.Y. | |||
| Solvig Sayre | Vineyard Haven, Mass. | Vineyard Haven Yacht Club | Eckerd College | |
| Margot Samson | Belleair, Fla. | Clearwater Community Sailing Center | Palm Harbor University High School | |
| Multihull | ||||
| Sarah Newberry Matthew Whitehead |
Miami, Fla. Panama City, Fla. |
Miami Yacht Club St. Andrew's Bay Yacht Club/Miami Yacht Club/Clearwater Community Sailing Center |
New College of Florida University of South Florida | |
| - John Williams |
Long Beach, Calif. |
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| Youth Development Team | ||||
| I420 (Two Person Dinghy) | ||||
| Megan Grapengeter-Rudnick Abigail Rohman |
Darien, Conn. Larchmont, N.Y. |
Noroton Yacht Club Beach Point Yacht Club |
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| Harry Koeppel Charles Bocklet |
Mamaroneck, N.Y. Waccubuc, N.Y. |
Larchmont Yacht Club American Yacht Club |
Fieldston John Jay High School | |
| 29er (Two Person Skiff) | Hometown |
Yacht Club/Sailing Association |
School | |
| Quinn Wilson Dane Wilson |
Ojai, Calif. Ojai, Calif. |
Santa Barbara Yacht Club Santa Barbara Yacht Club |
- Oak Grove | |
| Christopher Williford Kai Friesecke |
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. |
Lauderdale Yacht Club Lauderdale Yacht Club |
St. Thomas Aquinas St. Thomas Aquinas | |
| Zack Downing Andrew Cates |
Leucadia, Calif. San Diego, Calif. |
San Diego Yacht Club San Diego Yacht Club |
The Bishop's School Charter School of San Diego | |
| Paris Henken Connor Kelter |
Coronado, Calif. Newport Beach, Calif. |
San Diego Yacht Club Newport Harbor Yacht Club |
Coronado High School Corona del Mar High School | |
| Radial (One Person Dinghy) | ||||
| Mitchell Kiss | Holland, Mich. | Macatawa Bay Yacht Club | Black River High School | |
| Erik Weis | Fort Lauderdale, Fla. | - | - | |
| Nikki Medley | Fort Lauderdale, Fla. | - | - | |
| Haddon Hughes | Bellaire, Texas | - | - | |
| Techno 293 (Windsurfer) | ||||
| Lucas Gonzalez | Miami Beach, Fla. | Miami Yacht Club | Miami Beach Senior High School | |
| Marion Lepert | Belmont, CA | St. Francis Yacht Club | Castilleja School | |
| Ian Stokes | Norfolk, VA | Norfolk Yacht Club | Norfolk Collegiate School | |
| Charlotte Samson | Belleair, FL | Clearwater Community Sailing Center | Palm Harbor University High School | |
| Mulithull | ||||
| Jeremy Herrin Sam Armington |
Sarasota, Fla. Sarasota, Fla. |
Sarasota Sailing Squadron/Sarasota Youth Sailing Sarasota Youth Sailing |
Out-of-Door Academy Riverview Hgih |
photo: US Sailing Development Team at the U.S. Olympic Committee's Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., March 2012 Credit: US Sailing