{"id":493080,"date":"2021-12-10T10:47:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T17:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=493080"},"modified":"2021-12-10T10:47:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T17:47:46","slug":"don-leas-and-dennis-miller-honored-with-max-ritter-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/don-leas-and-dennis-miller-honored-with-max-ritter-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Leas and Dennis Miller Posthumously Honored With the R. Max Ritter Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

On behalf of Carol Zaleski, chair of the USAS Max Ritter Award subcommittee of USAS, Don Leas (USA)<\/a> <\/b>and Dennis Miller (FIJI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>were chosen as the recipients of the R. Max Ritter Award.<\/p>\n

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“On Tuesday, December 7th<\/sup>, Tom Gompf<\/strong>, Todd Smith<\/strong> and I met with Carol Leas<\/strong> on a FaceTime Call.\u00a0 We showed Carol the presentation video prepared in Fort Lauderdale. Carol and the Leas family were very moved to receive such a prestigious award honoring Don Leas<\/a>,” said Steve McFarland, <\/strong>former president of USA Diving and former US Olympic coach. “Don’s contribution to Diving both domestically and internationally was most impactful and will be his legacy for many years to come.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Carol Leas expressed her gratitude to USAS for the honor and said “Don would be over the moon with such a great recognition.\u201d<\/p>\n