Foerster and teammate, Bob Merrick, placed ninth out of 88 boats at the 1998 Worlds in Mallorca, Spain, last month and swept first place out of 14 boats in the 470 Nationals last weekend. Combined scores from these events are enough to secure first place ranking on the U.S. team without competing in the next qualifying event; however, Team CompuCom/Kitty Hawk will attend the U.S. Olympic Pre-Trials which start Thursday, October 15, to continue to hone their skills on the racecourse and work toward being the best 470 team in the world.
Foerster is an Olympic silver medallist from the 1992 Olympic Games where he sailed a Flying Dutchman. He and Merrick are working toward a gold medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.
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Contact: Carrie Foerster @ 972-203-9190, or Team_2000@rcyc.org