From International veterans at the top of the leaderboard to 11 year olds in the top 50 overall, the 31 members of Team USA put in a dominating performance over six days of racing at OptiNam2010 in Kingston, Ontario.
Competing against 196 sailors from 21 nations from as far away as Japan and New Zealand, American Christopher Williford successfully defended his North American Championship title. Brother Duncan Williford finished second overall and fellow Floridian Conner Harding earned third overall with a 2-1-1 last day performance to fill the podium for Team USA. Complimenting the success the fast Florida boys, Fort Lauderdale-based Alie Toppa was 2nd girl overall and 1st North American girl with Eliot Caple from Naples, FL 3rd girl overall.
In an impressive collective performance, Team USA filled five of the top ten places, ten of the top twenty places and every single American sailor was in the top 100. This appears to be a record-breaking set of results for Team USA in North American Fleet racing and congratulations are well deserved by every single member!
In Team Racing, competition was halted on Wednesday afternoon due to deteriorating conditions and final racing took place on the originally scheduled layday on Thursday. At the end of the ladder it was Team USA1 comprised of our 2010 Worlds group earning Gold, Team USA2 Silver, Team ISV third and Team USA3 in 4th.
The boats are packed, Team USA sailors are boarding flights and parents are wondering about the results of the high energy gear swapping of team gear after the closing ceremonies. As we look forward to the results from our Team USA sailors now competing in Flanders and getting ready to sail the Europeans in Poland it is time ton once again thank Team Leader and Master of Every Detail Erik Eenkema Van Dijk for his steady leadership throughout the week and coaches Todd, Pepe, Nico and Genoa for setting the stage for such strong sailing by every member of Team USA this year.
Post by Blake MacDiarmid, Communications Committee
Competing against 196 sailors from 21 nations from as far away as Japan and New Zealand, American Christopher Williford successfully defended his North American Championship title. Brother Duncan Williford finished second overall and fellow Floridian Conner Harding earned third overall with a 2-1-1 last day performance to fill the podium for Team USA. Complimenting the success the fast Florida boys, Fort Lauderdale-based Alie Toppa was 2nd girl overall and 1st North American girl with Eliot Caple from Naples, FL 3rd girl overall.
In an impressive collective performance, Team USA filled five of the top ten places, ten of the top twenty places and every single American sailor was in the top 100. This appears to be a record-breaking set of results for Team USA in North American Fleet racing and congratulations are well deserved by every single member!
In Team Racing, competition was halted on Wednesday afternoon due to deteriorating conditions and final racing took place on the originally scheduled layday on Thursday. At the end of the ladder it was Team USA1 comprised of our 2010 Worlds group earning Gold, Team USA2 Silver, Team ISV third and Team USA3 in 4th.
The boats are packed, Team USA sailors are boarding flights and parents are wondering about the results of the high energy gear swapping of team gear after the closing ceremonies. As we look forward to the results from our Team USA sailors now competing in Flanders and getting ready to sail the Europeans in Poland it is time ton once again thank Team Leader and Master of Every Detail Erik Eenkema Van Dijk for his steady leadership throughout the week and coaches Todd, Pepe, Nico and Genoa for setting the stage for such strong sailing by every member of Team USA this year.
Post by Blake MacDiarmid, Communications Committee
