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2007 Qingdao International Regatta Results The 2007 Qingdao International Regatta was held at the Qingdao International Marina Olympic Sailing Center from August 9th - 24th, 2007; with racing on Fushan Bay from August 15th - 23rd and the closing ceremony on August 24th. Racing in the eleven Olympic events took place with courses and competition as similar as possible to those to be used in the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition. The ten race opening series scheduled for each event (15 for the 49er), was followed by the decisive Medal Race for the top ten competitors.
The members of the 2007 US Sailing Team are listed below in ranking order one through three. This list includes the athlete's name, hometown and yacht club. The number one-ranked members of the USST were invited to compete in the 2007 Qingdao International Regatta: | 49er -- Skipper and Crew (Skiff) | | Morgan Larson Pete Spaulding | Capitola, CA Santa Cruz, CA | Santa Cruz YC/St. Francis YC New York Yacht Clu | | Tim Wadlow Chris Rast | Beverly, MA Wake Forest, NC | Southwestern Yacht Club | | Dalton Bergan Zack Maxam | Seattle, WA Coronado, CA | Seattle Yacht Club Coronado YC/San Diego Yacht Club | | 470 MEN -- Skipper and Crew (Men's Two-Person Dinghy) | | Mikee Anderson-Mitterling David Hughes | Coronado, CA San Diego, CA | San Diego YC/Coronado YC 438 YC | | Stuart McNay Graham Biehl | Boston, MA San Diego, CA | Beverly YC/Yale Corinthian YC San Diego Yacht Club | | Justin Law Michael Miller | Newport Beach, CA Charleston, SC | Newport Harbor Yacht Club | | 470 WOMEN -- Skipper and Crew (Women's Two-Person Dinghy) | | Amanda Clark Sarah Mergenthaler | Shelter Island, NY Harvey Cedars, NJ | Shelter Island YC/New York Yacht Club Surf City Yacht Club | | Erin Maxwell Isabelle Kinsolving | Stonington, CT New York, NY | Ram Island YC/Mudheads Sailing Assoc. Fishers Island Yacht Club | | Molly Carapiet Molly O'Bryan | Belvedere, CA San Diego, CA | St. Francis YC/San Francisco YC San Diego YC/Kaneohe YC | | FINN (Heavyweight Dinghy) | | Zach Railey | Clearwater, FL | St. Francis Yacht Club | | Geoff Ewenson | Annapolis, MD | Annapolis YC/Storm Trysail Club | | Darrell Peck | Gresham, OR | Vancouver Lake Sailing Club | | LASER (Men's One Person Dinghy) | | Brad Funk | Clearwater, FL | Clearwater Yacht Club | | Andrew Campbell | San Diego, CA | San Diego Yacht Club | | Kurt Taulbee | Dunedin, FL | | | LASER RADIAL (Women's One Person Dinghy) | | Anna Tunnicliffe | Ft. Lauderdale, FL | North Cape YC/Norfolk Yacht & Country | | Paige Railey | Clearwater, FL | St. Francis Yacht Club | | Sarah Lihan | Ft. Lauderdale, FL | Lauderdale Yacht Club | | RS:X MEN (Men's Windsurfer) | | Ben Barger | St. Petersburg, FL | | | Bob Willis | Chicago, IL | Columbia Yacht Club | | Mark Powell | Coconut Grove, FL | US Sailing Center Miami | | RS:X WOMEN (Women's Windsurfer) | | Nancy Rios | Cocoa, FL | Banana River Windsurfing Resort | | Karen Marriott | Lakewood, CO | | | Farrah Hall | Annapolis, MD | | | STAR -- Skipper and Crew (Men's Keelboat) | | John Dane Austin Sperry | Gulfport, MS Gulfport, MS | | | Andy MacDonald Brian Faith | Laguna Beach, CA Miami, FL | Newport Harbor Yacht Club | | John MacCausland Bob Schofield | Medford, NJ Annapolis, MD | Cooper River Yacht Club | | TORNADO -- Skipper and Crew (Multihull) | | John Lovell Charlie Ogletree | New Orleans, LA Kemah, TX | Southern Yacht Club Newport Harbor YC / Houston YC | | Robbie Daniel Hunter Stunzi | Clearwater, FL Marblehead, MA | | | Don Thinschmidt Drew Wierda | Holland, MI Miami, FL | Chicago Yacht Club Card Sound Sailing Club/Chicago YC | | YNGLING -- Skipper and Crew (Women's Keelboat) | | Sally Barkow Carrie Howe Debbie Capozzi | Chenequa, WI Grosse Pointe, MI Bayport, NY | Pine Lake Yacht Club Grosse Pointe Yacht Club Sayville Yacht Club | | Carol Cronin Kim Couranz Margaret Bonds Podlich | Jamestown, RI Annapolis, MD Annapolis, MD | Sail Newport Severn Sailing Association Severn Sailing Associatio | Joining the team in China were: Olympic Sailing Committee Chairman and Team Leader Dean Brenner; High Performance Director and Head Coach Gary Bodie; Coaches Luther Carpenter, Jay Glaser, Skip Whyte, Jay Glaser, Mark Reynolds, Kenneth Andreasen, Aaron McIntosh, Anthony Kotoun, Steve Erickson and James Lyne; Boatwright Donovan Brennan; Medical Staff Shawn Hunt and Mark Kenna; Nutritionist Lisa Dorfman; Weather Forecaster Jennifer Lilly; and U.S.-China Liaison Dr. David Pan.
The US Sailing Team has circled the globe this summer, winning medals and achieving top finishes at dozens of regattas. One of the highlights was the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships, where USST members brought home a silver medal and six top-ten finishes. In addition, top performances by the team qualified the United States for spots at the 2008 Olympic Games in the following 10 classes: Finn, 470 Men and Women, 49er, Laser, Laser Radial, RS:X Men, Star, Tornado and Yngling.
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