Newell et al,
We should also be proud that Emery also won the sportsmanship award - a true reflection on the camaraderie and sportsmanship exhibited by our fellow local laser sailors.
"The David M. Perry Perpetual Sportsmanship Trophies were awarded to the sailors voted by their peers as demonstrating true sportsmanship behavior in each fleet. The awards went to the winner of the Laser class Emery Wager..."
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From: owner-seattle-laser@sailpix.com
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Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 10:14 AM
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Subject: FW: Emery rocks
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From: Matt Cockburn [mailto:mcockbur@adobe.com]
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 9:58 AM
To: Newell D. Smith
Subject: Emery rocks
U.S. YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS
Milwaukee, WI (June 26, 2003) - In his fourth time to the US Youth
Championship, Emery Wager of Seattle, WA, dominated the Laser fleet from
the first day to win the Robert L. Johnstone III Trophy. Emery's score of
eight bullets, a fourth and a fifth for 17 total points was good enough to
keep him from having to sail in the final race. Wager credits his win to
good practice. "In Seattle, we can sail year round. I can practice in a
variety of conditions on Puget Sound as well as Lake Washington." Former
U.S. Youth Champion and Olympic medalist Carl Buchan is one of Wager's role
models. Wager says that Buchan advised him, "If you want to win, it's not
enough to just sail fast, you have to be tough." In second place in the
Laser fleet, also with a significant enough lead to sit out today's final
race, was Mike Wilde of Rochester, NY, with 32 points.
In the Club 420 fleet, last year's runners up, Zachary Brown with crew Melanie Roberts (both from San Diego, CA) hung on to their lead to win the championship with finishes of 1-1-3-5-4-4-4-1-2-(11)-8 for 33 total points. It was not an easy win. According to Brown, "We were way back in the fleet and banged the left corner to come back to eighth." With their win, Brown and Roberts take home the Manton Scott Perpetual Trophy. The battle for second place overall in the Club 420 fleet was won by two brothers who overtook their sisters on the final day to place second overall. Erik Storck (Huntington, NY) and John Kempton with 39 total point beat Leigh Kempton and Kaitlin Storck with 48 total points.
The David M. Perry Perpetual Sportsmanship Trophies were awarded to the
sailors voted by their peers as demonstrating true sportsmanship behavior
in each fleet. The awards went to the winner of the Laser class Emery
Wager, to Club 420 skipper Zack Kavanaugh (South Dartmouth, MA) and Club
420 crew Gardiner Bowen (Wayland, MA).
Complete results at:
http://www.ussailing.org/youthchamp/2003/RaceZone.asp
Received on Fri Jun 27 10:28:18 2003