Hotchkiss senior qualifies for Olympic trials

LAKEVILLE — Hotchkiss School senior Cameron Cullman sports a pretty impressive sailing resume and recently he has added another success to it. He has qualified for the Olympic trials that will be held in Newport, R.I., from Oct. 3 to 14.

Cullman earned his passage to the Olympic trials by placing among the top five sailors under the age of 18 at the U.S. National Championships, where he also placed 17th overall.

This is quite an impressive feat considering that Cullman competed in the event against sailors of different ages and skill levels, from part-time enthusiasts to accomplished college sailors.

Cullman, who won the South African National Championships as a freshman at Hotchkiss, has a lengthy list of accomplishments. In August 2005 he was crowned the U.S. Junior Single-Handed champion, representing the American Yacht Club at the U.S. Junior Sailing Championships  in California.

As a junior, during the 2006-07 school year, he won the Class of 1989 Sailing Prize. According to The Hotchkiss School Web site, this prize is awarded to a member of the three lower classes who, in the opinion of the coaches and senior team members, displays exemplary seamanship and sportsmanship, and whose attitude and dedication contributes the most to the overall spirit of the team.

Cullman’s recognition as an excellent teammate and talented sailor is one that Hotchkiss sailing coach Roger Rawlings echoed and affirmed in an interview with The Lakeville Journal.

“He is a great teammate and he is one of the sailing team captains this year. He came to Hotchkiss as an incredibly good sailor, so I can’t take too much credit as coach,� he added with a laugh.

Cullman will also represent Hotchkiss in the New England Single-handed Championships on Sept. 23, and if he is able to finish in the top four of that event, he will go on to Seattle for the nationals.

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