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 | Hometown: Miami, FLA. |
| Last College: ODU'' 96 |
| Position: Sailor |
Patrick Downey, a three-time All-American sailor, was instrumentalin Old Dominion''s third place finish in the 1995 ICYRA Team RaceNational Championships and eighth place finish at the ICYRA DinghyNational Championships. As a sophomore, Downey won the 1993ICYRA Sloop North American Championships in Honolulu, HI.
Downey, a two-time team MVP was the Monarchs co-ed team captainas a senior. In both 1993 and 1994, he led Old Dominion to fourfirst place regatta finishes and four second place finishes.
Since graduating,Downey competed in the 2000 U.S. Olympic trailsin the windsurfing class. He is currently teaching and coachingsailing with the Coconut Grove junior racing team and five ofhis sailors are members of the U.S. Junior National Sailingsquad. Downey also is the sailing coch at Ransom Everglades highschool. He graduated in 1996 from Old Dominion with a degree inenglish.