Read moreNational Team Member, Meet Announcer Mark Prothero Loses Lung Cancer Battle At 5722 April 2014KENT, Washington, April 22. MARK Prothero, a longtime fixture in the Pacific Northwest swimming community as an athlete, coach and meet announcer, passed away Saturday at 57 years old after a battle with lung cancer. Prothero, who was not a smoker, had survived a previous bout of lung cancer many ye...