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Description
The first Leather Lung Awards were presented at our 4th Annual Awards Social in 2005. This award is meant to encourage swimmers to participate in meets and events, regardless of their speed or ranking, and recognizes them for their personal accomplishments. The award promotes versatility and fitness for swimmers and provides additional motivation to participate in events.
Criteria
The swimmer must be a registered Florida LMSC swimmer, must swim all events in USMS sanctioned or USMS recognized events, and must complete ALL 18 events in SCY or SCM, or ALL 17 events in LCM, or ALL five USMS Postal Championships during a single season. The only splits permitted are leadoff swims on relays. A swimmer may receive more than one Leather Lung Award per year.
Swimmers, if you believe you qualify please send your Leather Lung Award Submission Form to Cheryl Kupan before December, 31.
Recipients
| 2019 Daphney Elliott – Postal Cheryl Kupan – SCY, LCM |
2021 Cheryl Kupan- SCY, SCM Christopher Stickle – LCM, SCM, Postal |
2022 |
| 2016 Brooke Bowman – Postal Dawn Clark – Postal Kern Davis – Postal Melissa Harasz – Postal Phillip Harasz – Postal Tim Kennedy – Postal Cheryl Kupan – LCM |
2017 Jan Miller – Postal, SCY Dawn Clark – Postal Daphne Elliott – SCY Cheryl Kupan – SCY, SCM, LCM Dillon Buckland – SCY Kern Davis – Postal Jim Matysek – SCY |
2018 Tori Kirkman – Postal, Cheryl Kupan – SCM, Susan Meyers – SCY, Livia Zien – Postal. |
| 2013 Bob Jennings – LCM Brenda Walker – SCY Dawn Clark – Postal Jim Matysek – LCM Joan Campbell – SCY, LCM, SCM Melissa Harasz – Postal Pam Marzulli – Postal Sue Moucha – SCY Tim Kennedy – Postal |
2014 Joan Campbell – SCM Sue Moucha – LCM Dawn Clark – Postal Kern Davis – Postal Melissa Harasz – Postal Pat Marzulli – Postal Tim Kennedy – Postal |
2015 Joan Campbell – SCY Dawn Clark – Postal Kern Davis – Postal Ken Gersbach – Postal Melissa Harasz – Postal Phil Harasz – Postal Tim Kennedy – Postal Cheryl Kupan – SCY, SCM Livia Zien – Postal |
| 2010 Dawn Clark – Postal Don Puchalski – SCY Ellen Bennet – SCY Flavia Zappa – Postal Jim Matysek – SCY Joanne Campbell – SCY Linda Visser – SCY Nancy Durstein – LCM Sarah Swoch – Postal Steve Laugen – SCY |
2011 Dawn Clark – Postal Ellen Bennet – SCY Flavia Zappa – Postal Jim Matysek – SCY Joanne Campbell – SCY, LCM Keith Nelson – Postal Ken Gersbach – Postal Mary Holman – Postal Melissa Harasz Nancy Durstein – SCY Sara Holman – Postal Timothy Kennedy – Postal |
2012 Dawn Clark – Postal Ellen Bennett – SCY Jim Matysek – SCY Joan Campbell – SCM, LCM Melissa Harasz – Postal Sue Moucha – SCY Tim Kennedy – Postal |
| 2007 Charlotte Petersen – Postal Doris Prokopi – Postal Flavia Zappa – Postal, LCM Gregory Rotole – Postal Joan Campbell – LCM Kern Davis – Postal Marianne Bradley – LCM Nancy Durstein – SCY, LCM Robert Beach – Postal Sue Moucha – Postal Timothy Kennedy – Postal |
2008 Doris Prokopi – Postal Flavia Zappa – Postal Gregory Rotole – LCM Kern Davis – Postal Marianne Bradley – SCY, LCM Marly Wilson – SCY, LCM Meegan Wilson – LCM Robert Beach – Postal Sarah Swoch – Postal Sue Moucha – LCM |
2009 Charlie Weatherbee – Flavia Zappa – Postal Joan Campbell – LCM Linda Visser – SCY Robert Beach – Postal Timothy Kennedy – Postal |
| 2004 Flavia Zappa – Postal, SCY, LCM Gertraud Perry – SCY Kitty Magness – SCY Robert Beach – Postal Sue Moucha – Postal |
2005 Doris Prokopi – Postal Flavia Zappa – Postal Kern Davis – Postal Ruth Thompson – Postal Sue Moucha – Postal Victor Buehler – SCY |
2006 Doris Prokopi – Postal Flavia Zappa – Postal, LCM Joan Campbell – SCY, LCM RobertBeach – Postal Ruth Thompson – Postal Sue Moucha – Postal |