US Sailing Development Team
This is the youth pathway 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 2013 US Sailing Development Team (USSDT) is comprised of sailors in the classes selected for the ISAF Youth World Championships and the Olympic Games.
Read the Team announcement here.
For information about the selection process
| Class(es) | Hometown |
Yacht Club/Sailing Association | School | |
Nikki Medley Lara Dallman-Weiss |
470 | Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Ham Lake, Minn. |
Lauderdale Yacht Club White Bear Yacht Club |
Pigeon Forge High School '13 Eckerd College '11 |
Wade Waddell* Henry Fernberger* |
470, I420 | Palm Beach, Fla. New York, N.Y. |
Palm Beach Sailing Club Larchmont Yacht Club |
Jupiter High School '15 Dwight Englewood School '14 |
| Kristen Lane Molly Carapiet |
49er FX | Tiburon, Calif. Belvedere, Calif. |
St. Francis Yacht Club St. Francis Yacht Club/San Francisco Yacht Club |
California State University Yale University '06 |
| Christine Neville | 49er FX, Radial | Oakland, Calif. | Oakland Yacht Club | Colorado College '03 |
| Brad Funk Erik Aakhus |
49er | Miami, Fla. Corona del Mar, Calif. |
Lauderdale Yacht Club Balboa Yacht Club |
Old Dominion University - |
| Eric Lidecis | Finn | Huntington Beach, Calif. | Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club/Alamitos Bay Yacht Club | SUNY Maritime College |
| Greg Martinez | Laser | Houston, TX | Texas Corinthian Yacht Club / Gulf Coast Youth Sailing Association | Georgetown University '16 |
| Claire Dennis | Laser Radial | Saratoga, Calif. | St. Francis Yacht Club/San Francisco Yacht Club |
Yale University '13 |
| Marion Lepert* ** | RS:X | Belmont, Calif. | St. Francis Yacht Club | Castilleja School '13 |
| Christopher Waldo | RS:X | Clearwater, Fla. | Clearwater Community Sailing Center | F. W. Buchholz High School '14 |
| Maximo Nores* | RS:X | Miami, Fla. | Miami Yacht Club | - |
| Jonathan Rudich | RS:X | Clearwater, Fla. | Clearwater Yacht Club | Palm Harbor University High School '14 |
| Margot Samson | RS:X | Belleair, Fla. | Clearwater Community Sailing Center | Palm Harbor University High School |
| Charlotte Samson | RS:X | Belleair, Fla. | Clearwater Community Sailing Center | Clearwater High School '15 |
| Megan Grapengeter-Rudnick Haley Fox |
I420 | Darien, Conn. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. |
Noroton Yacht Club Lauderdale Yacht Club |
Brown University '17 Pinecrest '14 |
| Casey Klingler* Fiona Walsh* |
I420 | Larchmont, N.Y. Rye, N.Y. |
Larchmont Yacht Club American Yacht Club/Larchmont Yacht Club |
The Hotchkiss School '14 Rye High School '13 |
| Reinier Eenkema van Dijk Spencer McDonough |
I420 | Rye, N.Y. Greenwich, Conn. |
Larchmont Yacht Club Indian Harbor Yacht Club |
Stanford University '17 Brunswick School '14 |
| Quinn Wilson* Dane Wilson* |
29er |
Ojai, Calif. |
Santa Barbara Yacht Club Santa Barbara Yacht Club |
Home schooled '14 Oak Grove School '14 |
| Nic Muller Kai Friesecke |
29er |
Fort Pierce, Fla. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. |
Lauderdale Yacht Club Lauderdale Yacht Club |
Lincoln Park Academy '16 St. Thomas Aquinas |
| Paris Henken |
49er |
Coronado, Calif. | San Diego Yacht Club | Coronado High School |
| Addison Hackstaff* | Laser Radial | St. Petersburg, Fla. | St. Petersburg Yacht Club | Lakewood High School '14 |
| Gary Prieto | Laser Radial | Southold, N.Y. | Old Cove Yacht Club | Southold High School '14 |
| Haddon Hughes* | Laser Radial | Houston, Texas | Texas Corinthian Yacht Club | Episcopal High School '15 |
| Dana Rohde | Laser Radial | Richmond Hill, Ga. | Lauderdale Yacht Club | Richmond Hill High School '14 |
| Ravi Parent* Sam Armington* |
Mulithull | Bradenton, Fla. Sarasota, Fla. |
Sarasota Youth Sailing Sarasota Youth Sailing |
Southeast High School '14 Riverview Hgih |
| Dave Hein Taylor Reiss |
Mulithull | Rocky River, Ohio/Miami, Fla. Panama City, Fla. |
Lauderdale Yacht Club,Cleveland Yachting Club St. Andrews Bay Yacht Club |
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| Sarah Lihan | Multihull, 470 | New York, N.Y. | Lauderdale Yacht Club | Yale University |
*Denotes members of the 2013 U.S. Youth World Team
**Denotes member of the 2013 US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider