Maximiliano Agnese, known as Mac Agnese (born April 26, 1994, in

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), is a world class

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in the

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, SL16, 29er and

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classes. He started sailing

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at age five, and won his first world championship by age 11 in the

class. At the

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, he won the bronze medal in the SL16 class in 2010 and the silver medal in the 29er class in 2011. In 2017 he crewed for

Raúl Ríos Raúl Andrés Ríos de Choudens (born 3 December 1993 in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico), is a world class sailor in the Optimist, Snipe, and Lightning classes. He began sailing Optimists at the age of ten at the Club Náutico de San Juan, and became ...

winning the Snipe Worlds. He attended Fort Lauderdale High School before joining the

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...

sailing team, where he was the 2011-12 team captain. He was a member of the United States Team competing at the 2019 SailGP together with

Rome Kirby Rome Kirby is an American sailor who has competed in the Volvo Ocean Race and multiple America's Cups. Kirby is a native of Newport, Rhode Island. His father, Jerry Kirby, has sailed in three Volvo Ocean Races and six America's Cups. They are be ...

Riley Gibbs Riley Gibbs (born November 3, 1996) is an American sailor. He qualified to represent Team USA in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, competing with Anna Weis in the Nacra 17 (Mixed Two-Person Multihull) event. Career highlights * 1st, Sabot, Ju ...

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and Dan Morris. Later, he joined the

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team that competes for the

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.American Magic
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