text: by Dana Paxton US Sailing Development Team logo. .Some 38 gifted sailors have been named to the 2013 US Sailing Development Team (USSDT), the pathway team supported by the U.S. Olympic Sailing Program and US Sailing's Olympic Sailing Committee (OSC). The USSDT was created in 2007 to help young athletes, who have been identified as future Olympic prospects, acquire the skills necessary to launch successful campaigns and compete at the Olympic level.
  Sailors were selected in the Olympic Class events at the 2013 ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami, and in the ISAF Youth World Championships events at the U.S. Youth Worlds Team Qualifier, both held in January. The following athletes have been named to the 2013 Team:
  Finn (Men's One Person Dinghy Heavy) Eric Lidecis (Huntington Beach, Calif.)
  Laser (One Person Dinghy) Greg Martinez (Houston, Texas)
  Laser Radial (One Person Dinghy) Claire Dennis (Saratoga, Calif.)
  RS:X Women (Windsurfer) Marion Lepert* ** (Belmont, Calif.)
  RS:X Men (Windsurfer) Christopher Waldo (Clearwater, Fla.)
  I420 Girls (Two Person Dinghy) Megan Grapengeter-Rudnick (Darien, Conn.)
  I420 Boys (Two Person Dinghy) Reinier Eenkema van Dijk (Rye, N.Y.)
  Mulithull Ravi Parent* (Bradenton, Fla.)
  The US Sailing Development Team is led by Managing Director of U.S. Olympic Sailing Josh Adams (Essex, Mass.), Olympic Sailing Committee Chairman Ben Richardson (Gloucester, Mass.), High Performance Director Charlie McKee (Coronado, Calif.), Communications Director Dana Paxton (Newport, R.I.), Commercial Manager Katie Smith (Newport, R.I.), Olympic Manager Meredith Muller (Newport, R.I.) and Olympic Coordinator Will Ricketson (Newport, R.I.). In addition to McKee, the team is coached by Olympic Coach Romain Bonnaud (Miami, Fla.), Senior Olympic Coach Luther Carpenter (La Porte, Texas), and Olympic Coach Leandro Spina (Miami, Fla.). For a list of the athletes, their hometowns, yacht club affiliations and schools, please visit the USSDT page on the US Sailing website.