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29 March 2005, 10:17 am

Reyes Wins But Peru Take Team Prize

Optimist South American Championship

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jose Diego REYES of Mexico, who finished 13 at the 2004 Optimist World Championship, dominated the mostly light-wind championship which finished on Easter Saturday.

172 sailors from 14 countries participated in the 2005 Optimist South American Championship at the C.N. San Isidro in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Joe Diego REYES (MEX) dominated to finish the championship 23 points ahead of second placed Alexander ZIMMERMAN (PER). Reyes finished in the top three in eight races of the twelve race series and his result is the more remarkable as he is a lake sailor competing in the difficult currents on the River Plate.

Behind him the top three Peruvians battled it out for the South American medals with silver going to the latest star of the Zimmermann clan, Alexander. Alberto FERNANDINI (PER) took the bronze and Alex TORRES (PER) finished fourth on countback. Maria CUCALON (Ecuador) took the girls' prize in fifth place and was followed by the two Argentinian-trained Malaysian visitors in sixth and seventh.

Earlier the Team Racing Championship had seen Peru take gold and bronze with Ecuador in second place.

Final Results - Top Ten

Position	Nation	Name	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	Pts
1	MEX	Jose Diego Reyes	3	3	22	28	2	2	12	3	11	2	1	1	40
2	PER	Alexander Zimmermann	4	15	2	3	5	3	30	24	1	14	6	10	63
3	PER	Alberto Fernandini	6	5	1	5	18	24	13	1	4	10	8	15	68
4	PER	Alex Torres	11	4	31	2	45	25	3	5	6	4	4	4	68
5	ECU	Maria Jose Cucalon	12	15	10	11	2	1	8	13	9	4	2	19	72
6	MAS	Rufina Tan Hong Mui	6	2	24	38	33	40	4	1	1	1	3	2	77
7	MAS	Faizani Bin Yahaya	23	5	28	13	3	3	3	1	22	15	12	2	79
8	BER	Sean Bouchard	1	9	23	1	12	4	15	5	17	11	8	25	83
9	ARB	Francisco Sucari	8	34	13	10	4	1	10	12	6	23	4	16	84
10	BER	Joshua Greenslade	7	7	38	3	22	19	9	10	7	2	25	1	87