2002 U.S. YOUTH WORLD TEAM COMPLETE
Doyle Will Be Team Leader
PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (June 28, 2002) – The Olympic Sailing
Committee (OSC) of US SAILING, national governing body for
the sport, has announced the final member of its team which
will represent the U.S.A. at the 2002 Volvo Youth Sailing
ISAF (International Sailing Federation) World Championships.
Andrew Campbell (San Diego, Calif.) won the 2002 U.S. Youth
Championship earlier this week after taking the lead early
in the six-day event. Campbell’s third consecutive U.S.
Youth Championship win also puts him in the history books
as the only sailor to earn the coveted singlehanded championship
crown three times. Campbell joins seven members of the team,
previously announced, who will compete in Lunenburg, Nova
Scotia, from July 18-27. The 2002 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF
World Championships will offer competition in the 29er (boys
and girls doublehanded), Byte (girls singlehanded), Laser
(boys singlehanded), and Mistral (boys and girls boardsailing)
for sailors who have not have reached their 19th birthday
in 2002.
Brian Doyle (Darien, Conn./Hanover,
N.H.), a 1992 graduate of Brown University with a degree in
organizational behavior and management will act as Team Leader.
Doyle was captain of Brown's sailing team in ‘91-92
and was an honorable mention member of the 1992 Intercollegiate
Yacht Racing Association (ICYRA) All-America Team. He has
been the head sailing coach at Dartmouth College (Hanover,
N.H.) since 1993. As the OSC’s Youth Development Coach,
a part-time position created by the OSC, Doyle is responsible
for creating and coordinating a development program for advanced
youth sailors in the U.S. Assisting Doyle will be Richard
Feeney (Bristol, R.I.), who will act as coach.
2002 U.S. Youth World Team:
The eight members of the 2002 U.S. Youth World Team are:
Boys Singlehanded: 2002 U.S. Youth Champion Andrew Campbell
(San Diego,
Calif.)
Girls Singlehanded: US SAILING’S 2001 Female Athlete
of the Year Paige Railey (Clearwater, Fla.). Boys Doublehanded
(skipper and crew): Alex Bernal and Tedd White (both Santa
Barbara, Calif.) Girls Doublehanded (skipper and crew): Molly
Carapiet (San Francisco,
Calif.) and Mallory McCollum (Concord, Calif.).
Boys Boardsailing: Philip Muller (Ft. Pierce, Fla.)
Girls Boardsailing: Ericka Kofkin (Melbourne, Fla.)
Also notable is that Campbell, Muller
and Kofkin have all qualified through the rankings as members
of the 2002 US Sailing Team.
