Profiles of Competing Teams
09/20/01

Profiles will be updated as information is received.
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BROADSIDE
Skipper: Derby Anderson, Annapolis, Maryland USA

Liz Levitt, Harwood, Maryland
Lucy Kupersmith, Alexandria, Virginia
Sarah Shattuck, Easton, Maryland

The youngest skipper in the 2001 Rolex IWKC, Anderson,17, is sailing with a team made up of fellow students. She took third in this year's High School Nationals and, along with Levitt, in the Ida Lewis Women's Doublehanded Nationals.

Skipper: Katie Behan, Rochester, New York USA
Annemarie Cook, Michelle Villani, Meghan Lissow

TEAM SUNDANCE
Skipper: Melinda Berge, Annapolis, Maryland USA
Lisa Simpkins, Annapolis, Maryland
Sarah Phelps, Annapolis, Maryland
Linda McKee, Houston, Texas

New to the Rolex IWKC, Berge has successful fleet and match racing experience, including the Adams and Santa Maria Cups and the U.S. Women's Challenge. The top female skipper in the 1995 J/22 Worlds and 2000 Midwinters, she also campaigns a J/35 on a regional and national basis. Simpkins has been part of successful regional and North American J/35 and J/29 campaigns, while Phelps was part of the winning Viper 640 in the 1999 Marblehead NOOD. A web designer, Berge is responsible for the 2001 Rolex IWKC website. Other members of the team include a mergers and acquisitions manager, financial consultant, and nurse.

BONS TEMPS
Skipper: Danielle Bernstein-Rossi, Arlington, Virginia USA
Vivian Chang, Washington, D.C.
Karen Long, Maryland
Debbie Koellicker, Virginia Beach, Virginia

New to the Rolex IWKC, Bernstein-Rossi holds a USCG license and has served as a Naval Academy coach. An experienced offshore racing navigator, she also is a veteran of national and regional championships. A former member of the University of Pennsylvania sailing team, since college Chang has been actively racing J/24s and J/80s on the Chesapeake as well as in Florida and Newport, and took part in the 2001 Chicago-Mackinac. Long, Women's Singlehanded Bronze Medallist in the 1991 Pan Am Games , was first female skipper in this year's Laser Nationals and has skippered two Santa Maria Cup Regattas. Most recently, Koelliker has been racing J/105s, J/24s, and J/22s - including the J/22 Worlds in Cleveland, Ohio, and Mendemblik, Holland. Occupations: product manager, physicist, architect, real estate consultant.
Sponsor: Rossi Engineering, Inc.

Skipper: Bell Carty
Annapolis, Maryland USA

Molly Hughes, Annapolis, MD
Missy Salvesen, Annapolis, MD
Kate Edwards, Annapolis, MD

Skipper: Patricia Connerney
Middletown, Rhode Island USA

Lynne Shore
Kim Hapgood, Newport, Rhode Island
Louisa Boatwright, Providence, Rhode Island

Connerney is the 1999 Rolex IWKC Champion, and has been involved with seven of these events since she crewed on J.J. Isler's winning boat in 1987. Returning from her 1999 winning crew are Hapgood and Boatwright, joined by 1988 Olympic Gold Medallist and Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year Lynne Shore.

Skipper: Carol Cronin
Jamestown, Rhode Island USA

Liz Filter, Stevensville, Maryland
Linda Epstein
Kate Fears

 

Skipper: Susan Danielson
Mandeville, Louisiana USA

Leigh Wanless, Mandeville, Louisiana
Julie Bolyard, Mandeville, Louisiana
Janet Miller-Schmidt, Mandeville, Louisiana

Danielson has won the J/22 Fleet 22 Championship both this year and last, and the 2001 Area D Adams Cup Semifinals. In 1993 and '94 she qualified for the Optimist World/European Trials. All three of Danielson's crew have been part of her Adams Cup team. Wanless has been part of the Fleet 22 champion team from 1998-2001 and has participated in numerous regional and national events in this class. Bolyard has haexperience in Key West Race Weeks and the Texas and St. Petersburg NOODS, as well as having been part of the winning team in last year's St. Petersburg-Cuba race. In addition to her Adams Cup credits, Miller-Schmidt has the 1991 North American Women's Sunfish Championship on her resume. The team's occupations include student, registered nurse, gumbo chef, and Methodist minister's wife.
Sponsors: Westwind Sails, Boudreaux's Butt Paste

THE COVEN
Skipper: Janie Davis
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA

Letty Eby, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Linda Bays, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Paula Gooden, Denton, Texas

Davis, last year's Central States Sailing Association Women's Champion, along with Eby and Bays, participated in the 1999 Rolex IWKC. Bays herself was at the helm to win the 1998 and '99 Oklahoma City Boat Club Women's Championship. The team's occupations include business owner, pharmacist, risk management specialist, and lab researcher.
Sponsor: Red Carpet Carwash

Skipper: Teresa Decker
Charlotte, North Carolina USA
Leanne Roberts, Charlotte, NC
Lynn Strange, Mooresville, NC

Teresa Decker Sailing Resume:
2001 Larchmont NOOD/Soverel 33 Nationals 2nd Spinnaker trim
2001 St. Petersburg NOOD/Henderson 30 4th Spinnaker trim
2001 Key West Race Week 2nd, Div 2E, PHRF 9 Jib & Spinnaker trim Tripp 26
2000 US Sailing Offshore Championship (Lloyd Phoenix) 4th Jib & Spinnaker trim Navy 44
2000 US Sailing Women's Championship (Adams) 9th Skipper/helmsman Etchells
1999 US Sailing Offshore Championship (Lloyd Phoenix) 2nd Jib & Spinnaker trim Catalina 37
1996-2000 Key West Race Week Various Jib & Spinnaker trim Tripp 26

Sponsor : Millennium Rigging

GROOVEDERCI
Skipper: Deneen Demourkas
Santa Barbara, California USA

Betsy Alison, Newport, R.I.
Terre Layton, San Francisco, California
Aimee Hess, San Francisco, California

Demourkas started sailing in 1993, and bought her first boat last year, a Farr 40 in which she took fifth overall in her first season on the California circuit. She is new to the Rolex, but Alison has competed in every one except the 1999 regatta, and has won the event five times, along with an equal number of Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year titles. Alison also is a veteran and past winner of the Santa Maria Cup, as well as numerous other prestigious match racing and fleet competitions, including the 2001 Yngling Worlds, in which she was second overall and top female skipper. Layton also has participated successfully in prestigious events including the Mumm 30 and J/22 Worlds, Cowes Week, Sydney to Hobart, and others. Hess alsohas sailed in two Santa Maria Cups and the Mumm 30 Worlds, in addition to the III International Match Race Criterium in Spain.

Skipper: Courtenay Becker Dey
Westerly, Rhode Island USA

Linda Wennerstrom, Key Biscayne, Florida
Suzy Leech, Avon, Connecticut
Clemmie Everett, Greenwich, Connecticut

Becker Dey, a 1996 Olympic Bronze Medallist in the Europe class and two-time Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year, is returning for her second Rolex IWKC. She has been a member of the U.S. Sailing Team for 10 years since 1989, and held a #5 World Ranking from 1990 to 1993, and was a member of the 2000 Olympic Team. Navigator for the 1995 America's Cup "Women's Team" A3, her list of important achievements is extensive. Joining her are Adams Cup champion Wennerstrom and fellow America's Cup veteran Leech, along with 17-year-old Everett, the first Next Step Program graduate (Class of '97) to compete in the Rolex IWKC.

ALPHA WAVE
Skipper: Anne Eager
Galesville, Maryland USA

Yvonne Shannon, Galesville, Maryland
Donna Schlegel, West River, Maryland
Kathy Parks, Shady Side, Maryland

Eager and Shannon competed together in the 1989 and and 1997 Rolex IWKCs, with Schlegel joining them in 1989. Eager's sailing and racing experience goes back more than 25 years. She currently owns a Sabre 38-2, J/24, J/22, Laser, and Nacra 5.2, and previously owned and campaigned a J/29, Kirby 25, and C&C 24, and as skipper has earned many trophies in several classes in local and regional events. She also was part of Jim Brady's winning 1989 J/24 East Coasts team. Both she and Shannon earned their 25 Ton USCG licenses in 1987. In addition to her Rolex experience, Shannon has extensive cruising experience in the Bahamas and Florida, and has crewed on numerous boats over the past 15 years including a Swann 47, Heritage One Ton, Tartan 40, J/35, Chesapeake 20s, Corsair F-27, Schock 35, Cambria 46, Melges 24, Beneteau 50, Swann 40, and J/24. She also has participated in offshore races and was part of winning teams in the 1996 Annapolis-Bermuda and 1997 Ananpolis-Newport races. Parks, who has been racing on the Chesapeake Bay for 30 years, and has earned more than four annual High Point awards, also took part in an Adams Cup and in several offshore races. Schlegel has participated in several hundred Chesapeake Bay big boat and one design events as skipper, tactician, or trimmer.

CHARLEY'S ANGELS
Skipper: Lynette Edenfield
Fort Worth, Texas USA

Vicki Dyer, Fort Worth, Texas
Sally Thornton, Fort Worth, Texas
Pat Poellet, Fort Worth, Texas

Although Dyer is returning for her second Rolex, the rest of the team is new to the event. Edenfield took second in the 1980 Guam-Japan Goodwill Regatta, and, with Thornton, and Dyer on her team, has placed in four recent Sundance Cups. Dyer's experience includes national and regional J/22 and J/24 events, while Thornton and Poellet have Adams Cup experience. Occupations: teacher, vice president of marketing/sales, mother and sailing instructor, and video/bookkeeping.
Sponsors: Merlin's Reata, SOS Rhino, Kinetico Water Processing System

Skipper: Missy Ferdinandi
Jamestown, Rhode Island USA

Lorna Taylor, Issaquah, Washington
Sarah Steel, Seattle, Washington
Jean Cummings, Wenatchee, Washington

Ferdinandi has Rolex experience as crew from 1989, 1991, and 1999, when she was part of the winning team. A former U.S. Ski Team member, she has extensive experience in Lasers including a pair of fifth-place finishes in the 1985 and '86 U.S. Women's Single-handed Championships. Taylor, Fernandini's sister-in-law, was a collegiate sailor at the University of Washington in the 1980s and is an avid high-wind Columbia Gorge windsurfer and skier. Steel, who sailed in the 1985 Rolex, qualified for the IYRU Women's Worlds in 470s and Lasers in the 1980s, and has extensive one-design experience in 505s, 470s, International 14s, and J/24s at national and international levels. Cummings has crewed on successful teams in the 1987 and '88 Adams Cups, 1988Thistle Nationals and Women's Thistle Nationals, and the 1984 Hobie 33 Nationals. Smith [no profile] The team's occupations include nurse-practitioner, civil engineer, oncology nurse, and dental technician.
Sponsors: TEC, Inc., Neptune Sailing Club

HOT KIS!
Skipper: Trudie R. Ficks
Marion, Massachusetts USA

Susan Mead, Marion, Massachusetts
Jennifer Tyson, Boston, Massachusetts
Jenn Miller, Baltismore, Maryland

Although they were not sailing together, Fick and Tyson are veterans of the 2001 J/22 North Americans. They are new to the Rolex IWKC. The team's occupations include retired biologist, consultant, and nurse.

Skipper: Danielle Gallo
New York, New York USA

Theresa Hichbom

TAZMANIACS
Skipper: Mary Grealy
Annapolis, Maryland USA

Joanna Byron,
Karen Conley,
Laury Parramore

TEAM S&M
Skipper: Sandy Grosvenor
Annapolis, Maryland USA

Liz Baylis, San Francisco, California
Marsha Malkin, Annapolis, Maryland
Idarae Prothero, Annapolis, Maryland

A veteran race officer, judge, and umpire, who is serving as Co-Chair of the 2001 Rolex IWKC, Grosvenor also has impressive sailing credentials and currently is 35th on the International Sailing Federation's Women's Match Racing Rankings. She has skippered in five BOAT/U.S. Santa Maria Cups, two Osprey Cups, and the Rolex Thompson Cup, and also has extensive fleet racing experience in PHRF/IMS boats as well as J/24s and J/22s. Baylis, who took part in the 2000 Louis Vuitton Cup challenger races for the America's Cup with America True, is 20th in the ISAF World Match Racing Rankings and has competed in four Santa Maria Cups as well as other international match racing events including the III International Women's Match Race Criterium in Spain, and numerous national championship and offshore events. Malkin and Prothero, both veteran fleet racers, also have Santa Maria Cup experience behind them.

Skipper: Nancy Haberland
Annapolis, Maryland USA

Denise MacGillivray, Middletown, Rhode Island
Kris McClintock, Middletown, Rhode Island
Dini Hall, Providence, Rhode Island

Haberland, a sailing coach at the U.S. Naval Academy, is winner of over 20 national, international, and world sailing titles, both as skipper and crew, and has competed in all but one previous Rolex IWKC. She was a Europe Dinghy training partner for the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona and a three-time winner of Olympic Festivals in this class. Currently, she is part of Team Betsy Alison, ranked #1 on the U.S. Sailing Team, Women's Keelboat Discipline. All of her teammates have previous Rolex experience, along with other credentials. Haberland, Hall, and McClintock were part of the winning team in the 1998 Women's Match Race Worlds, and McClintock and Hall have been part of winning Sant Maria Cup teams. MacGillivray has four Rolex IWKCs to her credit, and chaired the regatta in 1999. She regularly sails J/22s and J/24s.

Skipper: Kaya Haig
Alameda, California USA

Lauren Manning,
Lee Kyda,
Elizabeth Kratzig

Haig, a three-time collegiate All-American sailor (Boston University '01) has recruited college sailing alumnae Kyda (Tufts '01/All-American), Manning (Tufts '01), and Kratzig (Brown '96) for a first-time appearance at the Rolex IWKC.

 

 

Skipper: Judith Hanlon
Norwalk, Connecticut USA

Joan Hurban,
Laura Sudarsky,
Maud Lindsay

Skipper: Liz Hjorth
Marina del Rey, California USA

Dawn Andrews McIntosh, Long Beach, California
Kristen Lane, San Rafael, California
Cheryl Pers Rembert, Manhattan Beach, California

Hjorth is a veteran of three Rolex IWKCs between 1995 and 1999. McIntosh sailed with her in 1997-99, and was part of the winning crew in the 1996 Adams Cup Semifinals as well as having been in the top three in the Women's One Design Challenge in 1997, '98, and '99. She was race chair of the Women's Sailing Association of Santa Monica Bay in 1996-97 and 1997-98, and received the 1997 Marilyn Batefish Award for contributions to women's sailing. Rembert has buoy and overnight racing experience on a Schock 35 and a Martin 242; this will be her first major event.

Skipper: Irene Hoffman
Annapolis, Maryland USA

Kathy Lee, Arlington, Virginia
Lynn Waller Fegley, Annapolis, Maryland
Susan Nielsen, Annapolis, Maryland

Hoffman participated in the 1985 Rolex IWKC, and holds an active USCG 50 Ton Masters License. A former sailing instructor, charter captain, and delivery captain, she was a member of the University of Delaware Sailing Team and has offshore racing experience as well as one-design credits in J/24s, J/35s, Pearson Flyers, and J/22s. Fegley has been a member of collegiate teams from the University of New Hampshire and UCSC, and the Fire Island Laser Racing Association. She also has competed successfully in Lightnings, J/24s, and Melges 24s. Occupations include an attorney/policy analyst, biochemist, fisheries biologist, and software engineer.

Skipper: Kathy Irwin
Heath, Texas USA

Debbie Adams,
Susan Johnson,
Wendy Vann

2001 TSA/Area F Adams 3 Skipper
2001 Dillon Open/J24 Districts Dillon Foredeck
2000 J22 N/As Dallas Made gold fleet Skipper
2000 Houston NOOD J22 Fleet 7th Skipper
2000 Key West Race Week - Henderson 30 4th Running backs
1990 Adams Cup Finals J22 2nd Skipper

MINNESOTA WOMEN'S TEAM
Skipper: Shellie Irwin
Minnesota USA

Joni Berg,
Pam Paufler,
Jenny Child

1999 TransSuperior 1st Foredeck
2000 J 22 North Americans 1st Silver Tactician

Skipper: Cheryl Jersey
Annapolis, Maryland USA

Michelle Dunning,
Barbara Ewing

ACE TEMPEST RE
Skipper: Paula Lewin
Bermuda
Peta Lewin, Bermuda
Leatrice Roman, Bermuda
Lisa Neasham, Bermuda

Two-time Olympian Paula Lewin has represented Bermuda in the Rolex IWKC before, but this will be her first time skippering. She brings with her sister Peta Lewin, along with Leatrice Roman and Lisa Neasham. This potent team has been very successful in women's match racing, winning the 1998 Santa Maria and Osprey Cups and three consecutive Reed and Barton Cups, 1998-2000.

Skipper: Jennifer Lovell
New Orleans, Louisiana USA

Sarah Buckley

TEAM NAFTA
Skipper: Janene Marasciullo
Arlington, Virginia USA

Jane Lumbers, Oakville, Ontario, CANADA
Helen Scott, Oakville, Ontario, CANADA
Jennifer Princing, Tawas Bay, Michigan

Janene Marasciullo is new to the Rolex, but has been actively racing since 1996. She has helmed the J/80 and Melges 24 in local regattas and bought a J/22 in 2000, which has campaigned in several local and regional regattas. She has served as crew in numerous regional and national regattas, including the Annaplis NOOD, Block Island Race Week, and Key West Race Week, on the J/29, Melges 24, and Henderson 30. She is a lawyer.

Tactician, Jane Lumbers, grew up sailing and is an experienced J/24 skipper and a veteran of the 1997 and 1999 Rolex IWKC. Her numerous accomplishments include winning the 1999 Lyra Championship (Lake Ontario) and placing 4th at the 1998 Canadian J/24 Championship. She has also sailed in the J/24 and J/22 North Americans. She is also a National Jury Member. She is married and has two children.s

Helen Scott, trimmer, co-owns a J/22, which she has successfully campaigned for 9 years. She is a veteran of the 1998 ISAF World Championship in Dubai and has sailed in the J/22 North American Championship, the J/22 Canadian Championship, the J/22 Ontario Championship, Cleveland Race Week and Youngstown Level Regatta. She is a teacher.

Jennifer Princing, bow, grew up sailing Lightenings and is a veteran of several Lightening North American Championships. She has co-owned a J/22 for four years and helped start J/22 fleet #44 in Tawas Bay. She is a veteran of Cleveland Race Week and Youngstown Level Regatta. She is active in promoting youth sailing and enthusiastic about sharing her Rolex experience with several teenagers she has been teaching.

WUZANT ME!
Skipper: Jamie Matuszak
Toledo, Ohio USA

Kelly Masarik, Toledo, Ohio
Sue Grassley, Monroe, Michigan
Brittani Lashaway, Toledo, Ohio

Matuszak is returning for her third consecutive Rolex IWKC. For the past three years she has been helming an Express 34 out of North Cove Yacht Club, but her other experience includes more than a decade of Key West Race Weeks on a Tripp 30 and a Mumm 30, J/35 work in the most recent Detroit NOODs, and five years on a J/29 in the St. Pete NOODs. Masarik has put in time cruising her Pearson 26 and crewing on an Express 34 in local and club races, and recently completed a J/World course. Grassley was navigator for the winning team in the 2000 Trans Erie Race, and is a veteran of years of West Lake Erie Championship campaigns with her Cal 33. Lashaway took first in CFJs in the 2000 Junior Olympic Festival and has had success in 29ers, Lightnings, and Lasers, among other credits. The team's occupations include Realtor, pilot, medical technician, and student.

HEY SUE
Skipper: Sue McDowell
Lakewood, Ohio USA

Sue Michos, Euclid, Ohio
Suzie Wulff, University Heights, Ohio
Susan Davies, Westlake, Ohio

McDowell has competed at regional, national, and world levels as both skipper and crew. She was 2000 "Sailor-of-the-Year" at Edgewater Yacht Club and has traveled extensively across the U.S. to participate in regattas. Lasta year, she topped the fleet at Edgewater YC in the Spring and Fall Series and the North Coast Women's Sailing Association Races and North Coast Women's Sailing Regatta. Michos skippered the winning team in the 1997 Jet 14 Women's Nationals, and was Jet 14 District 2 Champion this year. She also has had success in Key West Race Weeks and the 1995 Interlake Nationals Women's Championship. Wulff is a former member of the University of Cincinnati sailing team and has competed in regattas as crew on boats including the Mumm 30, Tartan 10, J/24, J/22, Lightning, and Snipe. Davies has crewed on J/24s and Tartan 10s. The team's occupations include medical imaging sales, certified registered nurse anesthetist, web design manager, and weather anchor/environmental reporter.
Sponsors: Tom Kamet, Runny Rhino Cold Relief Pops, Cleveland Clinic Sports Health

Skipper: Stephanie McMahon
Rochester, New York USA

Joan Dwyer,
Chris Schwenker,
Mary Beth Pelkey

TEAM BAND CAMP
Skipper: Susan Meredith
Annapolis, Maryland USA

Capucine Pin, Annapolis, Maryland
Sarah Chalberg, Annapolis, Maryland
Chantal Leger, Montreal, Quebec, CAN

TEAM J PORT ANNAPOLIS
Skipper: Sue Stevenson Mikulski
Annapolis, Maryland USA

Sandy Malakis, Annapolis, Maryland
Bonnie Steele, Annapolis, Maryland
Carolyn Garrett, Arlington, Virginia

Mikulski, Outreach Chair for this year's Rolex IWKC, sailed in the 1995 event and has been competing in J/24s and J/105s since then. Malakis has competed in two Santa Maria Cups, the Snipe Worlds, and every Mumm 30 Nationals since 1996, as well as at Key West and SORC. Steele, who competed in sailboards in Olympic Festivals in 1989 and 1993, more recently has been a Melges 24 trimmer and helmswoman in many Atlantic Coast Championships, Key West Race Week, and more. Garrett also has Mumm experience and competed in CORK in 1995 and 1999. Their occupations include pediatric nurse, clothing designer, hydrographer, and a retiree.
Sponsor: J Port Annapolis

CAYMAN ISLANDS
Skipper: Jane Moon
Grand Cayman, CAYMAN ISLANDS

Jennifer Ahearn, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Pam McDonough, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Lindsey Macfee, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Moon and her team are returning for the third year, coming off a fourth place at the J/22 Nationals. Moon was the Cayman Islands' Olympic Sailing Team Leader in 1996, and she and her crew are veterans of a number of Santa Maria Cup regattas.

TEAM MORRIS/ANDERSON
Skipper: Pam Morris
Bethesda, Maryland USA

Mia Anderson, Seattle, Washington
Jamila Mayo, Bethesda, Maryland
Anne Morris, Annapolis, Maryland

Pam Morris has extensive racing experience on the Chesapeake Bay, as skipper and as crew. In 1998 she skippered a first-place boat in Nassau Race Week. Anderson has crewed in numerous races and regattas on the Chesapeake, and was a member of a High Point winning crew in 1998 and '99. She also has offshore experience including third in class in the 2000 Bermuda Ocean Race. Mayo has participated as crew in various Bay races including the St. Mary's Governor's Cup, Solomons Island Race, and Annapolis NOOD Regatta. Anne Moris has been racing since 1965 in dinghies including Jet 14s, 420s, 470s, 505s, Penguins, and Hobies, and on big boats. She has raced extensively on the Chesapeake and in Atlantic offshore events. The team's professions include computer sales account manager, federal budget analyst, senior systems engineer, and administrative assistant.

TEAM GOSLINGS BLACK SEAL
Skipper: Tammy Ouellette
Boston, Massachusetts USA

Fiona Lockwood, Colwyn Bay, UK
Kate Hopkins, Annapolis, Maryland
Theresa Dirocco, Annapolis, Maryland

Ouellette has an impressive record of competition in national and international women's sailing events and coed one-design racing. She participated in the last two Rolex IWKCs as crew, including with the 1999 third-place winner. She also has been a national finalist in the 2000 and 2001 Adams Cups and was named "Woman Sailor of the Year" in 1999 and 2000 by her former Lake Champlain, Vermont, boat club. She regularly sails J/24s, Etchells, JY 15s, and Lasers as well as big boat and offshore classes. Lockwood, who holds a RYCA Yachtmaster Offshore License, was a top junior and collegiate sailor at home in the UK and has raced regularly in England and the U.S. She has match racing as well as fleet experience, and led her team to top five finishes in the 1999 and 2000 505 Esat Coast Championships. Hopkins is a veteran sailor with extensive one design, PHRF, and IMS experience both on the Chesapeake and in major national and international regattas. She is part of a top local J/22 team and successful big boat programs. Dirocco has garnered extensive regatta experience as crew on big boat teams including a Santa Cruz 72 and Mumm 30. She has participated in major one design and MORC regattas, as well as match racing in the Sundance Cup. The team's occupations include public policy consultant, sailmaker, Chesapeake Bay Program environmental modeler, and airline manager.
Sponsors: Goslings Black Seal Rum, Global Financial Services,
boatinglaw.com - Lochner & Schwenk LLC

TEAM ASPEN
Skipper: Margot Pendleton
Aspen, Colorado USA

Karen Tone, Denver, Colorado
Laurin Poppen, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Philippa Muir, Fort Collins, Colorado

Pendleton is a Star and J/22 sailor who has competed on national and district levels. Poppen, the only team member with two previous Rolex IWKCs on her resume, has been successfully campaigning a J/22 for several years. Tone has Adams Cup experience, as well as having competed in national and regional Laser and J/24 events.

TEAM HOT FLASH
Skipper: Carol Lynn Pine
St. Paul, Minnesota USA

Jan Nielsen, St. Louis Park, Minnesota
Jan Rupert, White Bear Lake, Minnesota
Terry Jewett, Wayzata, Minnesota

Under the leadership of former U.S. Olympic Sailing Team Coach Gordy Bowers, Team Hot Flash has been working on mental and physical conditioning and team building and sailing skills for two years toward the 2001 Rolex IWKC with the goals of helping to transform the way women over 50 see themselves and their potential; to inspire women over 50 to pursue their passions; and to challenge stereotypes applied to mature women. Pine has skippered cruising and racing boats for many years and is a frequent contributor to Sailing Magazine. Nielsen has been sailing since 1983 and has cruised extensively on Lake Superior and in the Caribbean. Rupert is a veteran X-Boat and E-Scow sailor who currently races M-16s. Jewett also is a scow sailor, having begun in Cs and moved on to Es. She also has sailed the Tongan islands, Tahiti, and most of the Caribbean.The team's occupations include business owners, a vice president of human resouces, and an accountant.

KARMA 2
Skipper: Allison (Lynn) Pinegar
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA

Donna Bass, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Karen Howard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Donna Law, Edmond, Oklahoma

New to the Rolex, Pinegar and her team have participated in Adams Cup events as well as numerous district and national one-design championships. Among her other accomplishments, Pinegar took second this year in the District 16 Laser Championship, while Bass has consistently competed in J/22s, Snipes, and Coronado 15s and Howard is an experienced J/22 sailor. Law, another long-time J/22 sailor who has a Worlds first-place and North Americans second place to her credit, is the current Oklahoma City Boat Club Women's Champion and has experience in a number of keelboats and centerboarders. Their occupations include mother/sailing coach, geologist, and teacher.

Skipper: Margaret Podlich
Annapolis, Maryland USA

Kim Couranz, Annapolis, Maryland
Lisa Pline, Annapolis, Maryland
Jill Bennett, Annapolis, Maryland

A veteran of four Rolex IWKCs, including skipper's duty in 1993-97, Podlich also has experience in match racing in several Santa Maria Cup and Osprey Cup regattas, with results including a fouth in the 1999 SMC and a third in the '98 Osprey. She also was part of the third-place team in the 1990 Snipe Nationals. Couranz, who was part of Podlich's Rolex IWKC team in 1993-97, also has Santa Maria and Osprey Cup experience, and has been part of the fifth-place team in the 1998 J/24 North Americans and the first-place team in the collegiate Fowle Trophy competition in 1991, in addition to years of successful participation in the Snipe Nationals. On the foredeck, Bennett also has three RIWKCs under her belt, along with several Santa Marias and a couple of Ospreys - including a third in 1998 - as well as a second in the 1997 Adams Cup finals and other credits in J/29s and MORC.
Sponsors: BoatU.S. Extrasport, TackTick

SUGAR MAGNOLIA
Skipper: Elizabeth Backus Potter
Columbus, Ohio USA

Kate Backus Loper, Cleveland, Ohio
Kellie Hawkins Schaffner, Bay Village, Ohio
Lisa Pim, Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Potter, who crewed for her aunt, Heidi Backus-Riddle, in the 1997 Rolex IWKC, has been sailing competitively since she was 7 years old. Her four-year collegiate sailing career, which included Lasers, FJs, 420s, and J/24s, culminated in 1998 when she was both Team Captain for St. Mary's College of Maryland and an IWYRA Women's Honorable Mention All-American. She has competed in numerous international championships, including the 1996 Snipe Junior Worlds in Spain, the 1996 US-Japan Inter-Collegiate Goodwill Regatta in Tokyo, and the 1998 Snipe Women's Worlds. She currently owns a Snipe and hsa been focused on racing in that class, as well as serving as a coach for the Ohio State Sailing Club. Schaffner also has strong J/24 experience, including having been part of the first- and second-place teams in the J/24 Great Lakes Championships in 2000 and 1999, respectively. The team's occupations include group insurance service assistant, executive assistant, vice president, and marketing coordinator.
Sponsors: North Coast Women's Sailing Association; William M. Potter III, Incorporated; Walthall, Drake & Wallace, LLC; NorthPak Palmer

Skipper: Shellee Potts
South Africa

Jessica Lens,
Joanne Wilson

TEAM HAREM
Skipper: Susan Reddaway
Flowery Branch, Georgia USA

Rebecca Barkley-Krantz, Flowery Branch, Georgia
Linda H. Baker, Flowery Branch, Georgia
Amy Walsack, Smyrna, Georgia

Returning for a second Rolex IWKC, Reddaway has competed in numerous local and area events across the southeast, and in two Adams Cup finals and took second in the 1986 Thistle Women's Nationals. She served on the 1996 Olympic Race Commmittee, and as a paralympic yachting assistant competition manager. Barkley-Krantz, also back for her second Rolex, has earned trophies in Melges 24s and J/22s, and in events including the West Florida Ocean Racing Circuit, the Dogwood Regatta, and the Pensacola Navy Cup.

TITANIUM HEART
Skipper: Hikari Sano
Yokosuka, Japan

Sumiko Ishimaru, Tokyo, Japan
Makiko Matsuishi, Yokohama, Japan
Maki Nishimoto, Wakayama, Japan
Ikuko Horikawa-Sakudo, Tokyo, Japan

Sano, Ishimaru, Nishimoto, and Matsuishi are accomplished match racers, although the Rolex IWKC is their first international fleet race. Horikawa-Sakudo is an experienced fleet racer, and competed in the 1997 Rolex IWKC. In addition to winning the 2000 All-Japan Women's Match Race, Sano also was skipper of an all-female team in the 1992 Kenwood Cup. Ishimaru, Nishimoto, and Matsuishi also found success in thie year's All Japan J/24 Women's Championship.

Skipper: Terry Schertz
Conifer, Colorado USA

Robin Conklin Jackson, Denver, Colorado
Karen Johnson, Denver, Colorado
Kristin Zagray, Denver Colorado

Schertz has three Adams Cup finals to her credit, while Jackson and Johnson are veterans of the 1999 PAC Team Racing Challenge in Honolulu. Jackson also skippered her team to first in the 1981 Women's Intercollegiate Nationals. Their occupations include hyrdologist, interior designer, programmer, and CEO of a software company.
Sponsors: Gorilla100.com, Bartlett/Banks Sails, Cherry Creek Marina

Skipper: Cory Sertl
Rochester, New York USA

Dina Kowalyshyn, Annapolis, Maryland
Pease Glaser, Long Beach, California
Susan Taylor, Annapolis, Maryland

Sertl, 1995 Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year and an Olympic alternate in 1988, has participated in every Rolex IWKC except 1999, and sailed with Betsy Alison to a win in the inaugural event in 1985. She is the winner of the 2001 Santa Maria Cup, another event in which she has years of experience. Glaser, 2000 Olympic 470 Women's Silver Medallist and Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year, is serving as tactician. Reuniting with Sertl for this regatta is her 1987-88 Olympic campaign partner and 1987 Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year Susan Dierdorff Taylor. Kowalyshyn, an accomplished coach and one-design sailor, rounds out the crew.

TEAM BLIZZARD
Skipper: Mimi Shea
Annapolis, Maryland USA

Sonia Galindo, Annapolis, Maryland
Barbara Martin, Severna Park, Maryland
Karla Alwood, Baltimore, Maryland

While all members of this team are new to the Rolex IWKC, all have solid experience in one-designs from J/22s to J/35s and Mumm 30s, as well as offshore experience. Alwood was a member of the first-place all-female team in the 1999 Marblehead to Halifax Race, and Martin took third in class in the Caribbean 1500. This team includes a household manager, attorney, interiors specifier, and nurse.

Skipper: Anne Marie Shewfelt
Ontario, Canada

Janice Frenke,
Kathleen Neubauer,
Jennifer Dolan

Shewfelt has two previous Rolex IWKCs to her credit, along with other one design and match racing accomplishments. She earned the Gay Lynn Memorial Trophy for highest placing first-time skipper in the 2001 Santa Maria Cup

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY
Skipper: Mary Brigden Snow
San Diego, California USA
Jerelyn Biehl, San Diego, California
Julie Mitchell, San Diego, California
Stacey Szabo, San Diego, California

Brigden participated in the 1989 and '91 Rolex IWKCs, and in the 1988 Olympic Trials. A former top collegiate sailor at the U.S. Naval Academy, Brigden has competed extensively in numerous one-design classes including the J/24 and J/22, and, with most members of her current Rolex team, won the 2000 Adams Cup. Biehl and Mitchell have had great success in the Snipe Women's Worlds in 1994 and 1996, while Mitchell skippered a team to fifth place in the 1991 Rolex. Their occupations include manager, Oracle Corp.; meterologist; executive director, International Snipe Class; and graphic design, BioGen Corp.

CHUNDER
Skipper: Jody Swanson
Buffalo, New York USA

Debbie Probst, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Abby Ruhlman, Cleveland, Ohio
Joyce Spring, Canton, Ohio

A veteran of five previous Rolex IWKCs, and winner of the 1989 event, the same year she was named Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year, Swanson has been an impressive presence in women's sailing for many years, as both skipper and crew. This year, she was part of the winning Santa Maria Cup team and placed as skipper in the Yngling Worlds and as crew in the Lightning Worlds, while last year she won the Lightning Southern Circuit and took second in the Newport Women's Match Race. Ruhlman and Probst are fellow five-time veterans of the Rolex, while Spring has competed three times. Ruhlman has successes in the 2000 Newport Women's Match race and this year's J/22 North Americans, Probst skippered the winning team in this year's Highlander Nationals with Spring on her crew. Spring also was part of winning teams in the 1996 Lightning North Americans and the '91 Thistle Nationals. The team's occupations include HVAC distributor, property and family manager, landscaping, and chief cook and bottle-washer.

Skipper: Sandy Swenson
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA

Marty Ward, Annapolis, Maryland
Kristen Gantt, Highland, New Jersey
Lara Bertekap, Jackson, New Jersey
Sarah Dodd, New Zealand (alternate)

Swenson and Bertekap are former Rolex crew; this is Bertekap's third RIWKC. Swenson has successfully raced her J/22 for the past five years, while Gantt and Bertekap regularly campaign together on a J/24 which campaigns from Newport to Key West in regional and national competition. Ward, who holds a 100-ton USCG license, is the only Annapolitan on board, and will provide local knowledge both on and off the water. Dodd has J/22 and big boat experience including crewing on the winning team in the Women's Shiseido summer series. The team's occupations include lawyer, financial management consultant, owner/manager of a Hallmark store, yacht broker, and USDA research scientist.
Sponsors: InterYacht, Hallmark, Jefferson Wells International, Enesco

CIAO BELLA!
Skipper: Veronica Todaro
Annapolis, Maryland USA

Amy Connell, Annapolis, Maryland
Beth Olson, Annapolis, Maryland
Laura Herr, Delaware

Todaro and Connell crewed in the 1999 Rolex IWKC, while Olson sailed in the 1997 event. Todaro has helmed her way to places in the top five in a number of local and regional regattas, and Connell has had success on foredecks in several Annapolis NOOD regattas. Olson has a string of victories to her credit in PHRF and one design races on the Great Lakes and Chesapeake Bay.

STELLAR JAY
Skipper: Susan Mattis Turnham
Duluth, Minnesota USA

Constance Bloom, Duluth, Minnesota
Paula Hall, Duluth, Minnesota
Denise Cornell, Sheboygan, Minnesota
Alternate: Laura Star

Turnham participated in the 1999 Rolex IWKC, and has had North American and regional success in J/22s, San Juan 24s, and other boats. An Adams Cup finalist, she also has participated as helmsman in the U.S. SAILING Championship of Champions, and was skipper of a divisional winner in the 1990 MORC Internationals. Cornell and Bloom also have successful Adams Cup and San Juan 24 experience; Cornell also has competed in J/24s, while Bloom has sailed J/22s. The team's occupations include computer consultant, midrange computer specialist, financial consultant, and case manager.

RAGIN' CAJUN
Skipper: Yvonne ("Bonnie") Urban
Annapolis, Maryland USA

Teri Nilsen, West River, Maryland
Tara Carew, Annapolis, Maryland
Denise Swensen, Crofton, Maryland

This team is new to the Rolex IWKC. Carew has experience in the College Nationals, and placed in the 1994 Hobie 18 Women's North Americans and the 1998 NOOD SPYC; she also was trimmer on the winning Henderson 30 in the 2001 Annapolis NOOD. Nilsen has been part of the winning team in the St. Maartin Heineken Regatta twice, and of the top women's team in the 1999 Marblehead to Halifax Race. In addition, she has experience in J/24s and J/22s. The team's occupations include an occupational therapist, insurance agent, physical therapist, and recruiter.

RED STRIPE
Skipper: Sue VanGrevenhof
Farmington, Minnesota USA

Mollie Juelich, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Cindy MacDonald, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Chris MacKenzie, Minneapolis, Minnesota

VanGrevenhof's credentials include the 1999 MORC Internationals and a fourth-place rank in the 2000 Lake of the Woods International Sailing Association series. Juelich, who additionally is an E-Scow sailor, also participated in the 1999 Rolex IWKC, while MacDonald and MacKenzie also are veterans of the 1999 MORC Internationals.

Skipper: Diana Weidenbacker
Kittery, Maine USA

Sky Ryan, Durham, New Hampshire
Elizabeth Wohler-Berry, North Hampton, New Hampshire
Nancy Ransom, Durham, New Hampshire

A participant in Rolex IWKCs since 1995, Weidenbacker was the 1997 recipient of a US SAILING Sportsmanship Award and the NESSA Stephen B. Leslie Sportsmanship Award. She is the founder and coach of a high school sailing team and serves as head coach to the University of New Hampshire's sailing team and the director of the University of New Hampshire Sailing Centre. She has consistently placed in the top three in the Pascataqua Women's Series and in the top seven in the Piscataqua J/24 series. The team has sailed together most of the past two summers as well as alternate Saturdays in Boston over the winter, racing J/22s in the Boston Harbour Frostbites. Ryan has 39 years of ocean-going experience as an active workers, teacher, and competitive/pleasure boater. She provides charter captain services three seasons of the year, and also has spent much time lobstering, so she brings a wealth of knowledlge of current, tides, and weather to the team. Wohler-Berry prefers one-design sailing and has been racing for 25 years in classes including Bullseye, Shields, and Lightning. She is a two-time Bullseye National Champion, and, with her husband, has consistently finished in the top five in the Shields Nationals since 1994. Ransom has 10 years of experience racing 420s, Sunfish, Blue Jays, and 39-foot sloops, as well as J/24s and J/22s. The team's occupations include high school special education teacher and sailing coach, Pilates Method Instructor and environmental volunteer, student, and physical therapist.

ENDORFUN
Skipper: Nicolie Wheeler-Hendricksen
Wayzata, Minnesota USA

Merry Beth Hovey, Wayzata, Minnesota
Julie Dillon, Hudson, Wisconsin
Patricia Caticchio, Minneapolis, Minnesota

This team is new to the Rolex IWKC. Their occupations include chemical engineer, marketing consultant, senior network engineer, and project manager.
Sponsors: Sam Goody, Great Clips, Hooper's Yachts

Skipper: Judy Woellner
Wayzata, Minnesota USA

Mary Foster, Tonka Bay, Minnesota
Deb Hazlett, Lakeville, Minnesota
Becca Walker, Golden Valley, Minnesota

Weollner sailed her first Rolex IWKC in 1999, but also has Adams Cup experience from 1998, 2000, and 2001, plus an O'Day Cup in 2000. She has taken second in 1999 and third in 2000 in the US SAILING Single Hand Championships. Foster also participated in the RIWKC in '99, and in the 1998 and 2000 Adams Cups. Hazlett is a veteran of the 1998 and 2001 Adams Cups and the 1996 J/22 North Americans, while Walker's credits include the 2000 San Juan North Americans and the 2001 Adams Cup. The team's occupations include speech therapist, human resouces, and sales.

 

TEAM TOUCAN
Skipper: Donna Womble
Carmel Valley, California USA

Karen Loutzenheiser, Monterey, California
Betsy Jeffers, Pacific Grove, California

SAN FRANCISCO TEAM
Skipper: Stephanie Wondolleck
San Rafael, California USA

Karina Vogen Shelton, Watsonville, California
Krysia Pohl, Alameda, California
Vicki Sodaro, Tiburon, California

Wondolleck has crewed in all five Rolex IWKCs between 1991 and 1999, as well as the 2001 Santa Maria Cup, she has led crews to a first in the 1998 Adams Cup and second in the 2000 event. She also skippered a win in the 1999 U.S. Women's Challenge (Bettina Betts) and crewed for the 1997 winner. Shelton has two RIWKCs and a Santa Maria Cup to her credit, along with top finishes as crew in the 1998 and 2000 Adams Cups, among other events. Pohl was a Collegiate All-American in 1996 and took fourth in the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials in Europe Dinghy. Sodaro, who has sailed in all prior RIWKCs except '89, as both crew and skipper, has extensive Adams Cup experience dating back to her days as a junior sailor, including a win as crew in 1998, plus a host of successful J/24 competitions, three recent U.S.Women's One-Design Challenges, and numerous boat-boat and long distance offshore races. The team's professions include landscape architect, prosthetist, Coast Guard, and sailmaker.
Sponsor: San Francisco Yacht Club

Skipper: Kirsten Zillmann
Lakewood, Ohio USA

Heidi Cornish-Adelman
Katie Nalbach
Mary Cay Tylee, Cleveland, Ohio
Kristy Patterson, Cleveland, Ohio