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it was then he realized the sport had
his name written all over it.
"It's a physical impossibility to have
stress when I'm sailing," Yioulos said.
"Time basically stops for me."
Yioulos, a junior business major,
sees sailing as a place to practice and
implement the skills he has learned in
the classroom. Sailing has taught
Yioulos the intangibles that can only
be mastered through experience.
"You learn to take risks, how to del
egate responsibilities, how to deal
with a crisis and how to accept the
good," Yioulos said. "And when the
bad does happen, you learn how to
encourage people to get through
those tough times."
Sailing Club member Sarah
Higgenbotham said Yioulos' enthusi
asm inspires competition and keeps
the team moving forward. She said
Yioulos' leadership and commitment
to the team has almost become a
lifestyle for him.
"Enthusiasm is the most important
thing to bring to a leadership role,
and his enthusiasm for sailing rubs
off on other people," Higgenbotham
said.
Reorganizing the sailing team
took new equipment and more peo
ple to get involved. Realizing that
need, Yioulos became a recruiter in
addition to his other duties, and he
found this task the most rewarding.
Yioulos said sailing, as well as being
the Club's coordinator, has taught
him everything he has wanted to
know about people.
Matthew Sperry has been by Yiou
los' side since the beginning, and has
witnessed the many hours Yioulos
has sacrificed in order for the club to
become what it is today. With 22
members, eight boats and a renewed
campus interest, Sperry said Yioulos
is the best thing to happen to Ore
gon's program.
"He coordinates, he coaches, he
teaches," Sperry said. "He has literally
sacrificed the whole rest of his life for
this right now. This is his dream."
Yioulos and the team compete in a
number of regattas across the West
Coast throughout the year and
participate in the Northwest Intercol
legiate Sailing Association. Lewis and
Clarke, Linfield, Oregon State, Port
land State, University of British Co
lumbia, Washington and Western
Washington all compete in the North
west District against Oregon.
"You learn to take risks,
how to delegate
responsibilities, how to
deal with a crisis and how
to accept the good. And
when the bad does
happen, you learn how
to encourage people to
get through those
tough times."
George Yioulos
Oregon Club sailing coordinator
The Ducks will compete this
weekend in the Spring Champi
onships at Cascade Locks in the
Gorge, which will determine the
league's national qualifiers.
Although Yioulos said he would
love to be a favorite at the Spring
Championships, he is just happy the
team can compete at a higher level.
"It's our goal to win at the Spring
Champs, but it probably won't hap
pen this year," Yioulos said.
On May 8, the Ducks will com
pete in the Portland State Invitation
al — their final regatta of the year —
on the Willamette River. The event
will give younger members of the
team a chance to work on sailing for
next year and will be a fun and casu
al send-off event for the team's sen
ior members.
For now, Yioulos would like to
put more emphasis on the impor
tance of teamwork and camaraderie.
He said he would like to see the
team become a powerhouse in the
upcoming years, and a healthy dose
of both competitive drive and team
work would produce the best overall
team atmosphere.
Yioulos cannot imagine where he
would be today if he had not found
sailing and the sailing program at the
University. He said his grades would
be better, but he would be "a sad
soul" because he would lack the life
lessons sailing has taught him. Never
giving up is one characteristic Yioulos
believes can't be taught in the class
room; it has to be learned individual
ly and sailing gives him that chance.
"It's the perfect life lesson," Yioulos
said. "You fall off, you get wet, you get
back on, and you keep going no mat
ter what."
In the coming years, Yioulos
would like to see the alumni of the
sailing Club become more involved
and connected to the program. He
also would like to see more fresh
men participate, so the team could
build off sailors who have been in
volved in the program for an extend
ed amount of time.
In the end, Yioulos said keeping
things in perspective is the key to
maintaining his sanity.
"It's college sailing, not Russian
roulette," Yioulos said.
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