Portsmouth, R.I. (December 1, 2005) — US SAILING, national governing body for the sport, has named the members of the 2005 US Youth Sailing Team. The members of this honorary team are considered the strongest young sailors in the U.S. They each won a US SAILING National Championship this year or are members of the 2005 US Youth World Team, which represented the U.S. at the 2005 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship held last July in Korea.

The following sailors have been named to the 2005 US Youth Sailing Team:

U.S. Junior Triplehanded Championship (Sears Cup)

Ted Hale (Annapolis, Md.)

Evan Aras (Annapolis, Md.)

Joe Morris (Annapolis, Md.)

U.S. Junior Doublehanded Championship (Bemis Trophy)

Cole Hatton (Newport Harbor, Calif.)

Blair Belling (Newport Beach, Calif.)

U.S. Junior Singlehanded Championship (Smythe Trophy)

Cameron Cullman (Rye, N.Y.)

U.S. Youth Championship – Singlehanded

Thomas Barrows (St. Thomas, USVI)

U.S. Youth Championship – Singlehanded

Kyle Rogachenko (Collegeville, Pa.)

U.S. Youth Championship – Doublehanded

Emily Dellenbaugh (Easton, Conn.)

Leigh Hammel (Warren Vt.)

U.S. Youth Multihull Championship

Sam Ingham (Rochester, N.Y.)

Michael Siau (Manlius, N.Y.)

U.S. Junior Women’s Singlehanded (Leiter Trophy)

Stephanie Roble (East Troy, Wis.)

U.S. Junior Women’s Doublehanded Championship (Ida Lewis Trophy)

Rebecca Dellenbaugh (Easton, Conn.)

Leigh Hammel (Warren, Vt.)

US Youth World Team

Girls Singlehanded:

Paige Railey (Clearwater, Fla.)

Boys Singlehanded:

Royce Weber (Surf City, N.J.)

Girls Doublehanded:

Megan Magill (San Diego, Calif.)

Briana Provancha (San Diego, Calif.)

Boys Doublehanded:

Adam Roberts (San Diego, Calif.)

Nick Martin (San Diego, Calif.)

Multihull:

T.J. Tullo (Staten Island, N.Y.)

Jerry Tullo (Staten Island, N.Y.)

About US SAILING

The United States Sailing Association (US SAILING) is the national governing body for sailing and sailboat racing. Headquartered in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, the organization’s mission is to encourage participation and promote excellence in sailing and racing in the U.S. US SAILING offers training and education programs, supports a wide range of sailing organizations and communities, and provides administration and oversight of competitive sailing across the country, including the US Sailing Teams and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Sailing Teams. For more information, please visit www.ussailing.org.

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