SAN DIEGO, January 11, 1995 - The America3 Foundation announced today the appointment of Susan Hemond-Dent to its all-women America's Cup sailing team. Dent, 35, joins the 28 other women of the America3 crew as a sewerman. An accomplished endurance athlete and experienced racing and cruising sailor, she is best known for her participation in the ultimate endurance survival race: the Raid Gauloises. This grueling competition is held in a different exotic and rugged locale each year. It requires its teams of five members (one of whom must be a woman) to cover a non-stop 300- to 500-mile course of extremely difficult terrain by orienteering 20 to 30 checkpoints. In 1993 in Madagascar, she and her group, Team American Pride, finished ninth out of 40, becoming the first American team to participate and complete the event. In this particular race, Dent and her team members had to skydive, scale cliffs, canoe, hike through the desert and kayak in the ocean.

A volunteer sailing team assistant for America3 during the 1992 campaign, Dent first began working with the 1995 America3 all-women team in March 1994 as sailing team assistant on the boat and in the training room. Her husband, Dick Dent, is the America3 team's certified athletic trainer and fitness coach. She was a member of the San Diego State University Track and Field Team from 1979-1982, competing in the 800-meter race in the 1982 U.S. Track and Field Nationals. She is also a certified sky diver, an avid ocean kayaker, rock climber, mountain climber, snow and water skier, and camel rider. In addition to sports she has been a freelance assistant director in television sports production for 14 years, currently covering professional and collegiate sports for all major networks in the Los Angeles and San Diego areas. She was born in Milwaukee, Wis., grew up in San Marino, Calif., and has been a longtime San Diego resident.

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