Lochte, Crippen Among Award Winners at USA Swimming’s Friday Night Event

DALLAS, Texas, September 17. USA Swimming recognized volunteers, coaches and athletes at its award presentation on Friday night. Headlining the list of award winners was Olympic gold-medalist Ryan Lochte, who won the ConocoPhillips Performance award for his gold-medal-winning performance in the 200m IM at the 2010 Mutual of Omaha Pan Pacific Championships.

Also honored was Lochte's coach Gregg Troy (Gainesville, Fla.) who was named ASCA Coach of the Year. Todd Schmitz (Aurora, Colo.), coach of phenom Missy Franklin (Centennial, Colo.) was awarded Developmental Coach of the Year.

Also highlighting the evening, outgoing President Jim Wood gave his final "President's Address," marking the end of his four-year service. USA Swimming's term limits allow only two consecutive two-year terms.

USA Swimming recognized Open Water athletes, Fran Crippen (Conshohocken, Pa.) and Eva Fabian (Keene, N.H.), as Male and Female Open Water Swimmer of the Year respectively. Crippen and Fabian each medaled at the 2010 FINA Open Water World Championships in July. Fabian won the world championship in the 5K while Crippen earned the bronze.

In disability swimming, Mallory Weggemann (Minneapolis, Minn.) repeated as Disability Swimmer of the Year while Fred Lamback (Augusta, Ga.) and Shawn Kornoelje (Clinton Township, Mich.) were co-winners of the Jimi Flowers Disability Coach of the Year award.

In addition, USA Swimming recognized eight volunteers and coaches and two organizations for their service to the sport. A complete list of award-winners is below. Tomorrow night will feature the award for Swimmer of the Year and the USA Swimming Award.

*Glenn S. Hummer Award – Shannon Gillespie
Established in 1978 and named for an Olympian and Coach, the Glen S. Hummer Award is given annually to the person or group making the greatest contribution to Long Distance Swimming.

*Female Open Water Swimmer of the Year – Eva Fabian
Established in 1985, the Open Water Committee Award is presented by the USA Swimming Open Water Swimming Committee to the person or group judged as making a major contribution to open water swimming the previous year.

*Male Open Water Swimmer of the Year – Fran Crippen
Established in 1984, the Open Water Swimmer of the Year Award is presented by the USA Swimming Open Water Swimming Committee to the swimmer judged as the most outstanding open water swimmer of the previous year.

*Adolph Kiefer Safety Commendation Award – Rick Walker
Awarded to an individual or organization for demonstrating outstanding commitment to aquatic safety. Recipient selected by the USA Swimming Safety Education Committee; not necessarily awarded every year.

*Disability Swimming Service Award – Swimming World Magazine
The Disabled Swimming Service Award is presented to an individual (swimmer, coach, volunteer) who has made significant contributions to competitive swimming for athletes with a disability. Members of the Disabled Swimming Committee nominate candidates at the mid-year committee meeting. The vote, by all members of the Disabled Swimming Committee, also takes place at the mid-year meeting. This award
originated in the year 2000.

*James Raymond (Jimi) Flowers Disability Committee Coach of the
Year Award – Fred Lamback & Shawn Kornoelje
This award was established in 2009. It honors coaches with outstanding inclusion of swimmers with a disability under the nominee's direct coaching assignment and / or promotion of swimmers with a disability and disability swimming within the nominee's sphere of influence. Contributions to inclusion may include club, LSC, national, or
international examples. This demonstration of inclusion and influence should be evident as part of the nominee's ongoing coaching philosophy.

*Disability Swimmer of the Year Award (Trischa L. Zorn Award) – Mallory Weggemann
The Trischa L. Zorn Award is presented to the swimmer (or relay team) with a disability with the most outstanding performances during the previous year. Anyone present at the USA Swimming Disability Championships may nominate a swimmer for the award. A screening committee comprised of a few members of the Disabled Swimming Committee selects finalists. The chairperson(s) of the Disabled Swimming Committee
prepares a ballot, then all members of the Disabled Swimming Committee vote to determine the winner. The vote is conducted by mail. This award originated in the year 2000.

*Diversity Inclusion Award – Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation
Established in 2006, the Diversity Inclusion Award is presented to the person or group who has positively heightened the awareness of inclusion efforts through various modes and media resulting in the increase and successful participation of currently underrepresented groups in the sport.

*Kenneth J. Pettigrew Award – Jim Sheehan
This award was created to honor Ken Pettigrew, a swimming official who devoted over 30 years to the sport of swimming. Each year the recipient is chosen by the USA Swimming Officials Committee.

*ASCA Coach of the Year Award – Gregg Troy (Awarded this year at the ASCA Convention in Fort Lauderdale) The ASCA Award is 47 years old. The first one awarded was to James "Doc" Counsilman in 1961. It honors the American Coach who has done the most in the past 12 months to improve American International Swimming Performance. It is annually presented at the ASCA Clinic in early September. Twice in the past, it
has been presented at the USAS convention, due to the timing of the Olympic Games, in 1988 and 2000.

*Developmental Coach of the Year Award – Todd Schmitz
The Developmental Coach of the Year Award is for coaches who develop athletes a step or two away from major national or international success. The winner of the award is the coach who places the most swimmers on the National Junior Team.

*Athletes Appreciation Award – Trent Staley
Conceived by the USA Swimming Athletes Committee in 1983, the Athletes Appreciation Award recognizes the individual or organization perceived by the committee to have contributed most significantly to the Athletes Movement.

*ConocoPhillips Performance Award – Ryan Lochte
This award is presented to an American swimmer who gives the single most outstanding performance during the year. This award is voted on by selected coaches, athlete representatives and members of the swimming media.

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