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Paige Railey of Clearwater and Anna Tunnicliffe of Plantation secured the Laser Radial class race gold and bronze medals, respectively. This was the fifth ISAF Sailing World Cup race event so far this year won by both Railey and Tunnicliffe. Railey took the gold medal at the Princess Sofia Trophy in Palma de Mallorca race in Spain, and a silver medal at the Rolex Miami Olympic Class race .
Tunnicliffe secured gold medals at Sail Melbourne in Australia, U.S. Sailing's Miami OCR and French Olympic Sailing Week in Hyeres, France. "It feels great to win," Railey told U.S. Sailing. "I'm very relaxed when I'm competing in a race, I don't put pressure on myself. I'm having more fun than anything." Railey and Tunnicliffe, the No. 1-ranked Laser race sailor in the world, will compete in the Laser Radial World Championship race in Japan at the end of July. Other Americans who competed in Kiel Week, the sixth stop on the inaugural ISAF Sailing World Cup circuit race, included Brad Nichol of Miami, who finished in seventh place overall in the Star class race, and windsurfer Ben Barger of St. Petersburg, who finished ninth among 34 entries in the men's RS:X race. A total of 22 U.S. Sailing team members competed in the race, including 2008 Olympic silver medalist Zach Railey of Clearwater, who finished 17th in the 64-boat Finn class in the race. Emily Billing of Clearwater and Fort Lauderdale's Sarah Lihan also sailed on the U.S. under-23 sail team in a 75-boat Laser Radial fleet. The next stop in the World Cup series race, which was developed to bring together the world's top Olympic and Paralympic competitors, is Sail for Gold in Weymouth, England, on September 14th. The race will take place at the same venue as the 2012 Olympic Sailing Race. High Schools: Tampa's Plant High placed eighth in the nation at the U.S. National High School Sailing Championships race in May, held in California. Plant ranks near the top of the national standings. Collages: The Intercollegiate Sailing Association of North America (ICSA) has revealed the members of its 2008/2009 ICSA All-America Sailing Team, which includes two brothers from Tampa, Andrew and Robert Vann. Andrew Vann, who recently graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. and received college sailing's highest award, while his brother Robert, who will be graduating in 2011, received an honorable mention. World Champions: St. Petersburg's Marty Kullman crewed on the winning boat at the Rolex Farr 40 World Championships race in Porto Cervo, Italy, last week. Kullman, a regular on the local sailing scene, sailed with two-time world class champion Jim Richardson of Boston aboard his boat Barking Mad, as the mostly American crew defeated three-time race champion Vincenzo Onorato of Italy. Cameron Hall of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club was the top American finisher at the Sunfish Junior North American Race and sailed June 22nd-23rd on the challenging waters of historic Charleston Harbor in South Carolina. Hall, has agreed to sail for the College of Charleston and finished behind two members of the Ecuadorian national race team. Corey Hall, Cameron's sister, sails for the College of Charleston as well. She finished second at the 2009 Intercollegiate Sailing Association's Women's National Championships Race.
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