Briefs:

Charlie Buckingham, Caitlin Beavers and Chris Segerblom have been named to the 2010 U.S. Sailing Development team, a new, youth pipeline team supported by U.S. Sailing’s Olympic Sailing Committee.

Buckingham, a former Newport Harbor High standout who now competes for Georgetown, is one of six who were named in the Laser division.

Beavers, who also graduated from Newport Harbor and is now at Orange Coast College, made the team in 470.

Segerblom, a senior skipper for Newport Harbor, is in the I420 class.

The USSDT was created to help young athletes, who have been identified as future Olympic prospects, acquire the skills necessary to compete at the Olympic level.

In addition to receiving elite-level coaching, guidance and mentoring, the members will benefit from joint training with U.S. Sailing Team AlphaGraphics members and other top young sailors from across the nation.

The OSC will also support the athletes with shipping and logistical assistance and advice, as well as access to the OSC’s Performance Enhancement Team of physical therapists, trainers and nutritionists.

Formerly known as the U.S. Sailing Team – U18 and U.S. Sailing Team – U23, the USSDT is comprised of talented, up-and-coming sailors, aged 13 years or older, who have shown a strong work ethic, willingness to work within a team and promising results at international events and high-level domestic events. The OSC selected team members from a pool of sailing resumes and proposed training plans for 2010.

— From staff reports

Loomis moves indoors

Former UC Irvine men’s volleyball player Ty Loomis will play indoors with the Leones de Ponce as they make their playoff run in the semifinals of the Puerto Rican league.

Loomis, who plays on the beach, played the majority of the 2009 AVP Tour with Casey Paterson. Ponce is also the club former UCI All-American Jayson Jablonsky played on.

— From staff reports

UCI All-Academic picks

UC Irvine has placed 20 student-athletes on the 2009 Big West All-Academic list.

Representing the women’s volleyball team were Taryn Robertson and Riley Cropper.

Kate Berrini, Carly Crowder, Danielle de Seriere, Lexi Kopf, Stevie Mersola and Tanya Taylor are women’s soccer players recognized for maintaining at least a 3.2 cumulative grade-point average, being at least a sophomore academically, and competing in at least half of their team’s contests.

Corey Attaway, Brett Berman, Eric Schuffle, Spencer Thompson and Amani Walker qualified from the men’s soccer team.

Women’s cross country is represented by Chloe Fata, Michaela Fleming, Shelley Foerster, Katherine Nielsen, Stephanie Sconberg and Jessica Vaughan.

Sam Hyams is the lone honoree from the men’s cross country program.

— From staff reports