saturday, february 14, 2015 sunset grill clearwater, florida
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Saturday, February 14, 2015
Sunset Grill
Clearwater, Florida
Welcome to the Florida LMSC Awards Night. Tonight we recognize the
accomplishments of many of our outstanding swimmers from all over the
state. As in past years, this has been another outstanding year of meets
with a wide variety of short course yards, short course meters, and long
course meter events along with many different open water competitions.
Our incredibly, successful LMSC would not be possible without the hard
work of the LMSC officers, committee chairs, past officers, club
representatives, meet directors, and all the volunteers that contribute their
time. Thank you to everyone, for all that you do.
Bob Jennings
Chair, FL LMSC
4:30 Drinks & Social
5:00 Dinner
6:00 Awards and Recognition LMSC Outstanding Distance Swimmers
LMSC Outstanding Pool Swimmers
Leather Lung Awards
Overcoming Adversity Award
Coach’s Award
Club Service Awards
Special Recognition Service Awards
Pool Top Ten
Women
Lisa Blackburn - T2NM
Patricia M Bond - FMM
Joan K Campbell - FACT
Danielle R Chance - BLU
Sylvia Eisele - FACT
Martha J Henderson - FACT
Margit H Jebe - T2NM
Susan L Meyers - SYSM
Jean D Troy - FMM
Patricia A Tullman - FMM
Melissa D Varlas - SYSM
Men
Richard T Abrahams - SYSM
John E Cornell - FACT
Bob E Couch - SYSM
Jack R Groselle - SYSM
Trip Hedrick - SYSM
Burwell Jones - SYSM
J Nathan Leech - FACT
Ramses Rodriguez - SYSM
Tom Verth - SYSM
Rick B Walker - SYSM
Robert M Williams - FMM
Open Water/ Long Distance Top Ten
Women
Patricia Bond - FMM
Brooke Bowman - SPM
Joan Campbell - FACT
Hannah Caron - SPM
Dawn Clark - SPM
Melissa Harasz - SPM
Margit Jebe - T2NM
Meredith Moore - T2NM
Charlotte Petersen - SPM
Allison Retotar - GSC
Livia Zien - SPM
Award recipients are listed in alphabetical order
Open Water/ Long Distance Top Ten, continued
Men
Bob Beach - SPMTed Bradley - SPMChris Burke - SPMKern Davis - SPMStephen Freeman - SPMDonald Gornto - SPCODavid Gray - T2NM
Phil Harasz - SPMTim Kennedy - SPMPat Marzulli - SPMCharles Schlegel - FMMCarl Selles - SPMFred Wakelin - T2NMRobert Williams - FMM
2014 Leather Lung Awards
Joan Campbell, FACT – SCMSue Moucha, FMM – LCM
Dawn Clark, SPM - PostalKern Davis, SPM - Postal
Melissa Harasz, SPM - PostalTim Kennedy, SPM - PostalPat Marzulli, SPM - Postal
Award recipients are listed in alphabetical order
More awards being presented tonight (The awardees don’t know who they are…)
Sue Moucha Overcoming Adversity Award
LMSC Service Award
Coaches Award
Club Service Award
In the Pool
Women
Jean Troy100 Free, 50, 100 Breast, 100 IM, SCY;200 IM LCM
Sylvia Eisele 50, 100, 200 Breast, LCM; 50 Breast, SCM
Betty Lorenzi 200 Back, SCM
Men
Eric Christensen 400 IM, SCM
Jack Groselle100, 200, 400 Free, 200 IM SCM; 100,200 Free, LCM
Burwell Jones 1650 Free SCY
James Zurcher 100, 200 IM SCM
John Corse 50 Breast, SCM
Distance
Patricia Bond 5K Postal
Pool Women
Joan K Campbell - FACT
Jean D Troy- FMM
Betty Lorenzi - FMM
Patricia M Bond – FMM
Erika A Erndl – T2NM
Justine L Mueller – T2NM
Danielle R Chance - BLU
Patricia A Tullman - FMM
Martha J Henderson - FACT
Lisa Blackburn - T2NM
Pool Men
Burwell Jones - SYSM
Jack R Groselle - SYSM
Robert M Williams - FMM
Rick B Walker - SYSM
John C Smith - SYSM
Keefe L Lodwig - SYSM
Bob E Couch - SYSM
John E Cornell - FACT
Ramses Rodriguez - SYSM
William L Specht - SPM
Swimmer of the Year Outstanding Swimmer
Open Water/Long Distance Women
Patricia Bond - FMM
Sandy Steer - SPM
Dawn Clark - SPM
Melissa Harasz - SPM
AnnMarie Morrisseau - T2NM
Sara Kwon - SPM
Karen Drack - SPCO
Joan Gamso - T2NM
Charlotte Peterson - SPM
Brooke Bowman - SPM
Open Water/ Long Distance Men
Bob Beach - SPM
Tim Kennedy - SPM
Jeff Erwin – BLU (tie)
Bruce Mohl - T2NM (tie)
Pat Marzulli - SPM
Dane Griffin - CFM
Charles Weatherbee - FMM
Fred Wakelin - T2NM
John King - T2NM
David Gray - T2NM
Charles Schlegel - FMM
Swimmer of the Year Outstanding Swimmer
*Includes 2014 All Pool Courses and 2013 SCM
Women and Men
# Richard T Abrahams SYSM
Jorge E Albino SYSM
Jack A Alderson PSAM
Steve Allbritton BLU
Jean M Allen FMM
Robert E Beach SPM
John R Beattie BLU
Kyle J Belz TMM
Ellen K Bennett SYSM
Martin E Berbetti BLU
Jennifer Berenyi TMM
# Lisa Blackburn T2NM
Thomas G Bliss BLU
Ross P Bohlken BLU
# Patricia M Bond FACT
Marianne E Bradley FACT
Ted J Bradley SPM
Celeste A Brandon BLU
Bill Brenner SYSM
Ellen T Brown FACT
James F Browne FMM
Casey Brutus SYSM
Rob Butcher SYSM
Sylvia Buxton SYSM
Mark A Calvert TMM
# Joan K Campbell FACT
Sabrina J Campbell BLU
Larissa Carmichael SYSM
Chip Castagnos BLU
# Danielle R Chance BLU
Casey Claflin SYSM
Erin P Condon GSC
# John E Cornell FACT
Tom Cornell SYSM
Bob E Couch SYSM
Mark A Cox SYSM
Kern M Davis SPM
Kyle B Deery SYSM
Andrea Dombrowski SYSM
Deanna Doyle SYSM
Karen Drack SPCO
Dean Dye SYSM
Cameron Edwards BLU
Sylvia Eisele FACT
Blake Foltz SYSM
Chris Foppiani BLU
Warren A Foster SYSM
Leonard J Frazer BLU
Ambrose Gaines BLU
Brandon Garner GSC
Chris S Gilligan SYSM
Andrew A Glenn SPM
Barbara E Goltz FACT
Edna B Gordon SRQM
Donald D Gornto SPCO
Anne P Grams DBMS
#& Jack R Groselle SYSM
John R Groselle SYSM
Laura L Groselle SYSM
Ann H Guins SYSM
Scott Guthrie UC14
Jeanne T Hackett FACT
Dirk Hamel SYSM
Annie Hayman SPM
# Trip Hedrick SYSM
Hans J Hellmann SYSM
# Martha J Henderson FACT
James L Hiers FMM
# Leo Hobi PSAM
Julianna F Holbrook TBAM
Mary E Holman GSC
Sara E Holman GSC
Courtney C Hudak SYSM
Joyce W Hutchinson FACT
Brodie Hynes BLU
Christian R Iselin BLU
Dave Jarvis FACT
# Margit H Jebe T2NM
Bob Jennings FACT
Brett A Jones BLU
#& Burwell Jones SYSM
Roger Kahn SYSM
James Karney TMM
Alice Kelly FACT
Bill R Kelley SYSM
Alicia M Kendig SYSM
Jamie M Kendig SYSM
David A Kennedy TTM
Laura A Kirkpatrick BLU
Andy S Kroupa BLU
Nancy Kryka SYSM
Cheryl A Kupan SPM
Milan Kutanovski FACT
Sarah R Kwon SPM
Colette M Lafuente SYSM
J Nathan Leech FACT
Daniel H Lende UC14
Celeste Lind BLU
Terry Livingston BLU
# Keefe L Lodwig SYSM
# Betty S Lorenzi FACT
Charles H Lydecker BLU
# Robert C MacDonald FMM
Cameron B Martin SYSM
Jim Matysek SYSM
# Kevin M McCormack SYSM
Libby McKenna TBAM
Barbara A McNulty SPM
George K Mehok SYSM
Edward H Mench SYSM
Rich Mercer BLU
Doug Messineo SRQM
Susan L Meyers SYSM
# Marc D Middleton BLU #
Andrew R Miller FACT
Meredith A Moore T2NM
AnnMarie Morrisseau T2NM
# Steve R Mortimer SYSM
Thomas W Motheral SYSM
# Justine L Mueller T2NM
Chad A Nance SYSM
Edward H Nessel AQNT
Susan J Newland FACT
Steven M Newman SYSM
Alisa M Novashinski BLU
Rick O'Dell BLU
Chris O'Sullivan SYSM
David W Oakes SYSM
Kristen L Omli SYSM
Anne M Page SPM
Glenn W Partelow PCMS
Jeffrey J Perout SYSM
Scott Power FMM
Charlie P Randall SYSM
Allison Retotar GSC
Rhet R Rheinlander SYSM
Ramses Rodriguez SYSM
Mani Sanguily SYSM
Brian D Saylor SYSM
Martin P Schenk FACT
Charles H Schlegel FMM
Carl H Selles SPM
Amelia M Shea BLU
Ann L Martin-Sherlock SYSM
Corinne A Showalter SYSM
Isaac M Silver FACT
Victor Sirbu BLU
# John C Smith SYSM
Jan Soderstrom SYSM
William L Specht SPM
Andrea Spurr SPM
Scott St Clair BLU
Patricia J St Germain FMM
Kiki Steinberg SYSM
Scott J Stier SYSM
Todd W Stultz SYSM
Julie M Tafuto SYSM
Paula M Texel SPM
# Todd Torres BLU
#& Jean D Troy FACT
Patricia A Tullman FMM
Melissa D Varlas SYSM
# Tom Verth SYSM
Linda Visser SPM
Alyce M Vogel BLU #
Fred W Wakelin T2NM
Deb W Walker SRQM
Rick B Walker SYSM
Charles E Weatherbee FMM
Scot H Weiss BLU
Eric E Wendorf UC14
Karen L Westerman SPM
John White Jr PSAM
# Susie White PSAM
# Robert M Williams FMM
Meegan Wilson FACT
# All American
& National Record
Women and Men
Patricia Bond FMM
Ted Bradley SPM
Joan Campbell FACT
Hannah Caron SPM
Kern Davis SPM
Charlotte Peterson SPM
Allison Retotar GSC
Swimmers are listed alphabetically
The Florida LMSC Annual Awards Banquet honors our outstanding
swimmers and volunteers. It has been held in Clearwater every year
since its inception in 2002 except for 2005, when it was held in
Clermont because there was no swim meet in Clearwater that year.
When the awards banquet started in 2002 three outstanding men and
women from both pool and open water achievements of the previous
year were determined using a point system. A total 12 swimmers
received awards for their swimming achievements. Today we honor
top ten swimmers in pool and open water, both men and women, for
a total of 40 swimmers.
The 1st Leather Lung Awards were presented at our 4th Annual
Awards Banquet in 2005. This award requires that a swimmer either
competes in all events in a single course (SCY, LCM, or SCM) or
competes in all National Long Distance Postal events from the
previous year.
The 1st Overcoming Adversity Award was presented to Sue Moucha at
the 2nd Awards Banquet in 2003 for overcoming adversity and
providing inspiration to others through swimming. In 2007 at the 6th
Awards Banquet, Sue was honored when the LMSC changed the
name to the “Sue Moucha Overcoming Adversity Award.”
The 1st Florida LMSC Coaches Award was presented at our 8th Annual
Awards Banquet in 2009. This award honors coaches who have
exhibited outstanding devotion to Masters coaching.
The Florida LMSC Service Award honors volunteers for their
outstanding service to the Florida LMSC.
The Club Service Awards were inaugurated at our 10th Awards
Banquet in 2011 and honors members for outstanding service to their
own club.
2013 Florida LMSC Award Winners
Sue Moucha Overcoming Adversity Award
Tom Bliss
FL LMSC Service Award
Meredith Moore Marianne Bradley
Coaches Award
2014 Ed Nessel
Club Service Awards
Kelley Carpenter - SYSMCathy Fedako - SYSMEdna Gordon - SRQMLaura Hamel - SYSMBob Jennings - FACT
Meredith Moore - T2NMSan Moreland - GCSTPatty Nardozi - SPMEd Nessel - AQNTSandy Steer - SPM
Marianne Bradley
Joan Campbell
Sheila Carpenter-van Dijk
Bob Jennings
Cheryl Kupan
Jim Matysek
Sue Moucha
Jodi Schwartz
Meegan Wilson
ChairBob Jennings352-750-3666
Vice ChairJillian Wilkins407-415-9720
SecretaryCheryl Kupan971-574-5497
TreasurerNancy Kryka
RegistrarMeredith Moore239-774-0822
Newsletter EditorSheila Carpenter-van Dijk
Records and Top Ten ChairJodi Schwartz
Sanctions ChairPat Tullman
Long Distance ChairDavid Miner
Official’s ChairJohn King
Fitness ChairConnie Greb
Coaches ChairScott Bay
Senior Games LiaisonJoan Campbell727-938-7181
Social & Awards ChairMarianne Bradley
WebmasterKimberlee Riley321-765-4293
Past ChairScott Bay