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  Patrick Downey

Patrick Downey

Player Profile

Hometown:
Miami, FLA.

Last College:
ODU' 96

Position:
Sailor

Patrick Downey, a three-time All-American sailor, was instrumental in Old Dominion's third place finish in the 1995 ICYRA Team Race National Championships and eighth place finish at the ICYRA Dinghy National Championships. As a sophomore, Downey won the 1993 ICYRA Sloop North American Championships in Honolulu, HI.

Downey, a two-time team MVP was the Monarchs co-ed team captain as a senior. In both 1993 and 1994, he led Old Dominion to four first place regatta finishes and four second place finishes.

Since graduating,Downey competed in the 2000 U.S. Olympic trails in the windsurfing class. He is currently teaching and coaching sailing with the Coconut Grove junior racing team and five of his sailors are members of the U.S. Junior National Sailing squad. Downey also is the sailing coch at Ransom Everglades high school. He graduated in 1996 from Old Dominion with a degree in english.