Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center to host TYR Pro Series
USA Swimming TYR Pro Series
March 1-4, 2023
Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center
Come see Olympians and National Team swimmers from the US and the world.
This televised event will see some of the best swimmers in the world race for prize money.
The competition begins Wednesday evening, March 1 and has preliminaries and finals each day Thursday through Saturday, March 2-4.
Tickets are on sale now through Eventbrite.
FINA becomes World Aquatics as new brand launched
Melbourne, 12 December 2022; FINA, the Fédération Internationale de Natation, has today become World Aquatics following a vote at the Extraordinary General Congress on the eve of the World Swimming Championships (25m) 2022. Over its 114-year history, FINA and its 209 member federations have maintained responsibility for swimmers, artistic swimmers, divers, high divers, open water swimmers and water polo players.
The launch of the World Aquatics brand arrives after a series of major reforms that sees a modern organisation ready to lead and serve athletes united by water, with a broader scope and increased engagement with participants and audiences.
“Everyone in our community is proud of what FINA achieved in developing our sports. As we look to the future, World Aquatics will see all aquatics athletes united for the first time under one brand. The identity of our organisation now focuses on our shared vision: a world united by water, for health, life and sport,” said World Aquatics President Husain Al-Musallam.
World Aquatics – The Global Home of Aquatic Sports
The new identity for the global aquatics community came after a comprehensive canvassing of the sports’ key stakeholders.
“I will always tell you that our athletes must come first, so I would never make a big decision like this without consulting our athletes,” the World Aquatics President said. “Their response has been very clear. More than seventy percent of the athletes that we have spoken with have said that they would like us to change FINA’s name. Many of them could not even tell us what the letters in FINA stand for.”
The adoption of the World Aquatics name was confirmed by a vote of member federations at an Extraordinary Congress in Melbourne earlier today. It marks the culmination of 18 months of intensive organisational transformation, much of it guided by the FINA Reform Committee. During this process, World Aquatics has made very significant improvements to its governance, including the strengthening of the athletes’ voice in decision-making and the creation of an independent Aquatics Integrity Unit.
We Are World Aquatics
“World Aquatics will continue to deliver and develop the rewarding competition calendar that has become the foundation of successful elite careers while being the subject of dreams and ambitions for millions of young aquatics athletes all around the globe,” continued Al-Musallam. “Our new vision and mission also reflect how World Aquatics and our members have already begun expanding our work beyond competition and swimming as a life skill, to include sustainability, environmental advocacy and wellbeing. Our new brand and visual identity will also enable us to connect with new audiences and encourage new generations of athletes across our disciplines to be united by water, safely, fairly and sustainably.”
The new World Aquatics visual identity will be rolled-out at the first events of 2023. In the interim, the federation’s portfolio of digital assets has been refreshed, including @worldaquatics social platforms. A new website will be launched in conjunction with the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka next summer (14-30 July 2023), the first World Championships fully integrating the new brand identity.
“World Aquatics is determined to play its part in ensuring the ability to participate, compete in and benefit from aquatic sports. This ability is dependent on being able to swim and having access to places to swim. Both these things are incredibly important to World Aquatics and our member federations, and it’s right that our new brand should reflect that,” said World Aquatics Executive Director Brent Nowicki.
The World Aquatics logo files, launch video, brand narrative and other assets can be downloaded here.
FINA consolidates reforms at the FINA Extraordinary General Congress 2022 in Melbourne
ISHOF Honoree, Lenny Krayzelburg To Receive 2023 NCAA Silver Anniversary Award
by MATTHEW DE GEORGE – SENIOR WRITER
Lenny Krayzelburg To Receive 2023 NCAA Silver Anniversary Award
Former USC swimmer Lenny Krayzelburg has been named one of six recipients of the 2023 NCAA Silver Anniversary Award, announced on Monday.
The awards recognize outstanding athletes on the 25th anniversary of the end of their college careers. They are nominated by administrators at their schools and chosen by a panel of former student-athletes from NCAA member schools and conferences.
Krayzelburg graduated from USC in 1998 after a college career that included nine All-American nods and four Pac-10 championships. He was named to the Pac-12 all-century men’s swimming and diving team in 2016.
He would go on to win the backstroke double at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney to go with a third gold medal in the 400 medley relay. He added gold in the medley relay in Athens four years later. He finished fourth in the 100 back in Athens, .02 off the podium, and served as a captain of Team USA.
Krayzelburg also swept the backstroke golds at the 1998 World Championships and accomplished the same 100 back-200 back-400 medley relay gold sweep at consecutive Pan Pacific Championships in 1997 and 1999. Krayzelburg set world records at 50, 100 and 200 meters of backstroke.
Born in Ukraine and raised in Los Angeles, he was naturalized as a youth. He was named the 1998 U.S. Olympic Committee Sportsman of the Year and was USA Swimming’s Swimmer of the Year in 1999 and 2000. A member of the USC Athletic Hall of Fame, he was included to the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2001, the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2008 and the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2011.
He swam on through 2008 and has remained active in the sport, as the founder and CEO of Lenny Krayzelburg SwimRight Academy for water safety and swimming education. He also started the Lenny Krayzelburg Foundation, which works to increase global access to swimming opportunities.
Joining him as the 2023 NCAA Silver Anniversary Award winners are football players Phil Dawson (Texas) and Peyton Manning (Tennessee), basketball players Allison Feaster (Harvard) and Marsha Harris (New York University) and soccer player Kate Markgraf (Notre Dame).
Krayzelburg is the 16th Trojan to earn an NCAA Silver Anniversary Award, dating to the inaugural class in 1973. Among the swimmers on that list are John Naber and Bruce Furniss.
ISHOF loses another great one, Honor Coach, Skip Kenney, gone at age 79
by DAN D’ADDONA — SWIMMING WORLD MANAGING EDITOR
28 November 2022, 12:46pm
Skip Kenney, Stanford University’s iconic swim coach has died.
According to reports, Kenney died on Sunday night at age 79 after a short time in hospice care.
Kenney was one of the most successful college coaches of all time. He was also the head Olympic coach in 1996 in Atlanta and was an assistant coach on the 1988 and 1984 teams, coaching 18 Olympic swimmers who totaled 16 Olympic medals during his career.
At Stanford, he led the Cardinal to seven NCAA championships and was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) in 2004, then in 2005, the American Swim Coaches Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the Fresno Athletics and Stanford Athletics Halls of Fame.
Born Feb. 24, 1943, Skip Kenney grew up in Fresno, California attending Fresno High School, playing baseball and doing a little diving. Upon graduation, he joined the U.S. Marines, went through boot camp and served in Vietnam in the mid-1960s.
Kenney’s first swim coaching position was as Don Gambril’s assistant from 1968-1971 at Phillips 66 Long Beach. He also coached at Long Beach State during that time. When Gambril moved to Harvard University so did Kenney, and he stayed there for one season before taking his first head coaching position at the Houston Dad’s Club in Texas. After a few years, he moved to Charlie Keating’s Cincinnati Marlins where he coached Renee Magee and Charles Keating, Jr. to the 1976 Montreal Olympics and Glenn Mills, Bill Barret and Kim Carlisle to the 1980 Olympic Team that was never able to compete due to the boycott.
In 1979, Kenney became the head coach of the Stanford University men’s team, a position held for 33 years before he retired in 2012. He led the Cardinal to a record 23 PAC-10 Conference titles. He is a 15-time PAC-10 Coach of the Year, coached 93 All Americans to 785 All-America honors and developed over 63 NCAA champions.
In 1992, Stanford scored a record 632 points, routing Texas by 276 points for its fourth title in eight years. At the meet alone, Cardinal swimmers set seven American records as it marked the first time a program had swept all five relays. A repeat was on in 1993, as the Cardinal came to the Championships following its 12th-straight Pac-10 title. The Cardinal came away with three individual titles and three relay titles. In 1994, Stanford racked up 566.5 points to beat Texas, winning five individual titles and three more relays.
In 1994, Stanford again ran away from the rest of the field, finishing with 599 points in 1998, the second-most in school-history. The Cardinal had a finalist in each of the 18 finals, winning eight of them.
“Coach Kenney is one of the iconic figures in college swimming and he has had a profound impact in shaping the lives of hundreds of young men,” said Stanford Director of Athletics Bob Bowlsby in 2012. “Skip has always been a coach that put the team first and in doing so, he has taught lifetime lessons about how to weave the fabric of a high achieving organization. The Stanford Men’s Swimming Program under Coach Kenney’s guidance has established many standards that will never be equaled in the PAC 12 or nationally”
Skip Kenney has coached 18 swimmers to Olympic competition winning ten gold, three silver and three bronze medals. His swimmers in World Championship competition have won five gold, three silver and two bronze medals. Some of his swimmers include Dave Bottom (American record holder); Ray Cary (1996 U.S. Olympian); Wade Flemons (1980 Canadian Olympian); Kurt Grote (1996 Olympic gold medalist); Joe Hudopohl (1992 and 1996 Olympic gold medalist); Jeff Kostoff (1984 and 1988 U.S. Olympian); John Moffet (1980 and 1984 U.S. Olympian and world record holder); Pablo Morales (three-time Olympic gold medalist and four-time world record holder); Jay Mortensen (1988 Olympian); Anthony Mosse (1988 Olympic bronze medalist); Sean Murphy (1988 Canadian Olympian); Eddie Parenti (1992 and 1996 Canadian Olympian); J. Plummer (1988 Australian Olympian); Brian Retterer (American record holder); Jeff Rouse (1992 and 1996 Olympic gold medalist and world record holder); John Simons (1980 U.S. Olympian); Derek Weatherford (American record holder); and Tom Wilkens (2000 U.S. Olympic bronze medalist).
“Skip will leave a long-lasting legacy of leadership and excellence from his incredible career here at Stanford,” senior associate athletics director and swim administrator Earl Koberlein said upon Skip Kenney’s retirement. “He not only won championships, but he produced great men. To paraphrase many of his former student-athletes, “He made us better men, husbands and fathers”.”
ISHOF Board Member Mike Dooley visits Olympic Museum in Lausanne
ISHOF Board Member Mike Dooley and his lovely wife, Bonnie, recently visited the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, where they met Oscar Bercht, Manager Front Office, Operations Unit, of The Olympic Museum. Dooley presented Oscar a shirt on behalf of ISHOF and he and Bonnie were admitted free to the Museum. The museum gets about 275,000 visitors a year. Thanks Mike!
Olympism is a destroyer of dividing walls. It calls for air and light for all ~ Pierre de Coubertin
The Olympic Museum on Lausanne opened on June 23, 1993. To read more about the museum and visit the website, visit: https://olympics.com/museum
Water Polo loses legendary figure, Gabor Csapo
RIP Gábor Csapó (20 September 1950 – 27 November 2022)
by Water Polo Legends
Dr. Gábor Csapó has been a legendary figure in Hungarian Water Polo since the 70s. He joined the National Team in 1970, and in 1973 he was one of the best in the team that won the World Championship in Belgrade. The peak of his career was the 1976 Montreal Olympics, which ended with a gold medal, but he was also a member of the third-place team at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. He also played in the European Championship-gold-winning team in Vienna (1974) and Jönköping (1977). His medal collection is completed by three World Championships (1975, 1978, 1982) and a European silver medal (1983). He played 272 times in the Hungarian national team from 1970 to 1983. In the golden age of the 70s, he was considered along with Tamás Faragó the absolute key players of the National Team and the pillars of Vasas, which won the European Champion’s Cup, the European Cup Winners’ Cup, and a series of championships. One of the most memorable events in the history of the sport was when the national team captain Dezső Gyarmati invited him to the National Team from second division Szeged, and the blond giant, nicknamed Dudi, scored three goals in the decisive match against the Soviets in 1973. He coached the teams of Palermo (1986-1990), Vasas SC (1990-1993), Újpesti TE 2001-2003, and Ferencvárosi TC 2003-2004. The peak of his coaching career has been the moment Vasas won the Hungarian Cup in 1992. In 1972, he became a student at the József Attila University in Szeged, and from the following year at the Faculty of Law at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. After his sports career, he worked as a lawyer for a long time. Gábor Csapó was a real individual, with a characterful opinion and a remarkable sense of humor. (The picture corresponds to Moscow 1980 Olympic Games).
Kevin Murphy to receive the 2023 Poseidon Award
FORT LAUDERDALE – The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) will recognize Kevin Murphy for his high-level achievement in marathon swimming with the 2023 Poseidon Award. The Award will bepresented to Kevin during the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (IMSHOF)Induction and Award Ceremony on Saturday May 6 th , 2023 in New York City. The PoseidonAward is presented annually by the International Swimming Hall of Fame to the organizationor individual for high level achievement from personal effort or initiative in a fieldof endeavor that contributes to the performance of marathon swimmers or to thedevelopment and status of Marathon Swimming to the world.
This year’s award honors Kevin Murphy. He was one of the most prolific epic soloswimmers of his generation. He swam 34 crossings of the English Channel (male record).These include 3 two-way crossings (one of these was an unsuccessful three-way attemptstopped at 52 hours). He was the first to complete the Original Triple Crown: (English, Northand Bristol Channels) and eleventh to complete the Triple Crown (English and CatalinaChannels and Around Manhattan). Kevin was the first to swim the North Channel threetimes (held the male speed record for 43 years) and completed other major swims includingLake Balaton (Hungary) 75.5 km in 43 hours 15 minutes and Loch Ness.
Kevin also has given back to the sport over 30 years as an Administrator for both the EnglishChannel organizations. For the past 8 years he has administered, coached and piloted withThe Kings Swimmers. Finally, Kevin is a gifted presenter (his profession was radiojournalism) and representative of the sport and he has appeared in many print media storiesand radio/television and documentary films
He was inducted as an Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall ofFame (IMSHOF) in 1971. In 2009 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall ofFame.
For additional information, please call Ned Denison in Ireland at (+353) 87-987-1573 or ISHOF at(954) 462-6536, or visit https://ishof.org
David Yudovin (USA) selected as the seventh recipient of the Dale Petranech Award
Honoree David Yudovin of the United States of America has been selected as the seventh recipient of the Dale Petranech Award for Services to the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (IMSHOF). This will be presented posthumously to his family at the IMSHOF Induction Award Ceremony in New York City on 6th May, 2023. See details at https://www.imshof.org/blank
In 2014 David stepped up and gave IMSHOF a new life, when the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame’s four-year experiment of being independent of the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) had run out of money, executed a poor ceremony in Scotland and the leadership team didn’t have a recovery plan. He provided instant leadership, convinced ISHOF to take IMSHOF back under their wing, formed a new management team – with regular meetings and calls, drove immediate structure changes and generously steadied the IMSHOF finances.
David practiced worldwide diplomacy in his swimming. He completed marathon swims in 13 countries, and 5 continents, and completed first ever swims in 7 of the countries. He crossed every kind of boundary while making people from every walk of life and background part of his “swim team”. He made them proud to be a part of his adventure. Everyone on the team was a “winner”. He did this with swimming, in his business, and, also with the IMSHOF. David brought his enthusiasm and professionalism to the management team and finances of IMSHOF, and those practices continue to this day.
Looking back on IMSHOF’s 50+ year history, David was one of the organizations’ key historical leaders.
This award was created in 2016 to honor Dale Petranech for decades of service to the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Petranech is a dual inductee in both the IMSHOF and the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honor Contributor. As a marathon swimmer, Petranech previously held the record as the oldest solo swimmer across the Catalina Channel in California. He served for nearly 50 years in various capacities at all levels of the sport – local, regional national and international.
City of Fort Lauderdale Earns Top Architectural Design Award for Dive Tower
by: Arlene Borenstein, November 16, 2022
City of Fort Lauderdale’s Famed Aquatic Center Earns Top Architectural Design Award for World-Renowned Dive TowerThe unique 27-meter dive tower wins the highest category “Built Award” by the American Institute of Architects, Fort Lauderdale ChapterBROWARD COUNTY, FL — The City of Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center continues its legacy of excellence earning the coveted American Institute of Architects (AIA) “Honor Award” in built category for its distinguished 27-meter dive tower.The structure is the tallest 27M dive tower in the Western Hemisphere and is the first in the world to incorporate diving and high diving for competition in one concrete structure. The dive tower is part of a multifaceted revitalization of Fort Lauderdale’s world-renowned Aquatic Center on A1A between the Atlantic Ocean and Intracoastal Waterway.
The iconic sculptural form includes nine platform levels; high diving platforms of 15M, 20M, 24M, 27M and diving platforms of 1M, 3M, 5M, 7.5M, 10M.
“Our city is absolutely proud to be home to such a rare and unique structure. The rejuvenated aquatic center will be known around the world and benefit the swimming and diving community,” said Mayor Dean Trantalis, who attended the ceremony on Nov. 4 at the NSU Art Museum in Fort Lauderdale. “This distinction for the architectural beauty of the dive tower comes from years of hard work and dedication to upgrade our remarkable Aquatic Center,” he said.The dive tower rises to the sky with fluid curves to emulate the nearby water and ocean. The tower includes an iconic sculptural form that has nine platform levels; high diving platforms of 15M, 20M, 24M, 27M and diving platforms of 1M, 3M, 5M, 7.5M, 10M. The tower is also designed to accommodate up to 12 springboards.
The iconic sculptural form includes nine platform levels; high diving platforms of 15M, 20M, 24M, 27M and diving platforms of 1M, 3M, 5M, 7.5M, 10M.
This is the first permanent 27M Dive Tower in United States and Western Hemisphere. “Fort Lauderdale’s Aquatic is creating an incredible buzz throughout the state, nation, and world. We will once again lead in the fields of swimming and diving,” said Commissioner Steven Glassman who has long been passionate about this internationally-acclaimed City landmark.Justin Architects (previously known as Cartaya and Associates, PA) worked in partnership with the City to help earn the AIA “Honor Award” which recognizes design that elevates the human experience while addressing the project’s practical needs. Award requirements include sustainable design practices. “This project was a collaborative effort between the City and the Hensel Phelps Design Build Team from the conceptual design through the final installation of the dive tower,” said Senior Project Architect Teen Woon. “We are grateful to the City for the opportunity to work on this significant iconic landmark project,” Woon said.
This is the first permanent 27M Dive Tower in United States and Western Hemisphere.
The 27M platform will only be available to experienced divers, but the public can get a tour of the tower which is slated to open at the end of the year.
ISHOF Board of Directors names Director of Development, Anne Schmidt as new CEO of ISHOF / Swimming World
On Friday, November 11, 2022, the International Swimming Hall of Fame Chairman of the Board, Bill Kent and the Board of Directors, named Anne Schmidt as the fourth CEO of ISHOF.
“It is a privilege to advise you that our Board of Directors have agreed to promote Anne Schmidt to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of our ISHOF/SW company, effective immediately. Anne will be responsible for the daily operation of our business and will report to the Board of Directors. Anne has been a strong, positive leader during her first few months with us and we are all excited to have her in the official leadership position… our BEST is yet to come,” said Kent after Friday’s meeting in a memo to staff.
Anne Schmidt joined ISHOF, back in July, coming from Southern California, with an extensive fundraising background in individual giving, relationship building, development communications, campaign strategy, and project management. She has a proven track record of generating revenue and exceeding goals. Anne brings passion, perspective, tangible experience, and innovation to ISHOF.
Throughout her non-profit career, Anne has managed development and marketing activities for multiple revenue streams, including sponsorships, grants, annual giving and major gifts. Most recently, Anne was Director of Development & Events at The Skechers Foundation, growing their Friendship Walk to over $2.6 million in 2021. She also helped the Foundation lead a successful $5 million capital campaign for the Roundhouse Aquarium, a private-public partnership with the City of Manhattan Beach, CA. As the Director of Development, she oversaw annual giving campaigns, the Skechers Scholarship Program, launched peer fundraising and collaborated on special events and capital campaigns. Anne worked with the Tour de Pier, a spin event that supports cancer charity in its inaugural year and growing the event to over $1 million dollars in 5 years. Anne also assisted in the launch of the Mayflower Society’s $25 million capital campaign to renovate the 400-year-old Mayflower Meetinghouse in Plymouth, MA scheduled for completion in 2024.
Anne’s first big project at ISHOF will be launching ISHOF’s Giving Tuesday Dive Challenge campaign, slated to begin Tuesday, November 29, 2022. This fundraiser’s success is critical for ISHOF while our museum is under construction. ISHOF’s goal is to have 10 companies match up to $10,000 for each dive platform and campaign milestone reached, doubling our efforts and reach for our mission. The ISHOF Dive Challenge will culminate in a big celebration with the FTL Aquatic Complex official ribbon cutting ceremony on Jan 28th, 2023. Want to donate to ISHOF’s Giving Tuesday Dive Challenge? Click Learn More Here to donate or for more information.
“The entire Board of Directors of ISHOF is thrilled with the new role Anne has transitioned into as CEO. The future of ISHOF looks brighter than ever before. Our relationship with the City of Fort Lauderdale is thriving and we look forward to Anne guiding us into the next phase of the Hall of Fame, which will be better than ever before.” said Bill Kent, ISHOF Chairman of the Board.