Sarah Thomas, the most celebrated marathon and channel swimmer in modern times, was recently inducted into the Colorado Swimming Hall of Fame. Thomas says, “It’s always such an honor to be included with a diverse group of water-loving humans – generally, my favorite type of people.”

The Colorado Swimming Hall of Fame is posted here. The Colorado Swimming Hall of Fame was created to promote the lifetime sport of swimming by recognizing those individuals that have participated as a coach, volunteer, competitor, or official in an exemplary and outstanding way. It will represent those individuals that have left a mark in Colorado promoting all aquatic sports including swimming, synchronized swimming, water polo, para swimming, and diving.

The Founding Directors are President Stan Benson, Vice President Mark Johnston, Secretary Richard Hess, and Treasurer Russ Marsh. The current directors are President Stan Benson, Vice President Frank Orten, Secretary Richard Hess, and Treasurer Russ Marsh. Inductees include the following individuals:

Class of 2012

• Richard Abrahams
• George Di Carlo

Class of 2013

• Bernie Wrightson
• Wendy Lucero-Schayes
• Janet Culp-Redwine

Class of 2014

• Tim Garton
• Amy Van Dyken
•  1972 Eaton High School Swim Team

Lifetime Acheivement Awards

• Hasty Awards – Steven Hasty

Class of 2015

• Bobby Patten
• Richard Hewson
• Jack Buchannan
• Mike Doane

Class of 2016

• Pam Rogers
• Mark Dylla
• Bill Heiss

Class of 2017

• Maurice “Stringy” Ervin
• Colorado Time Systems
• John Ebuna
• Dave Denniston

Class of 2018

• Jim Hartman
• Harry Ukelele
• Lou Parker

Class of 2019

• Steve Hadley
• Bob W. Patten
• Bruce Rindahl

Class of 2019

• Brickelle Bro

Class of 2020

• Missy Franklin
• John Mattos
• Clark Smith

Class of 2022

• Sophia Herzog
• Sarah Thomas
• John Tobin
• Jay Lerew

For more information, visit www.COSHOF.com.

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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference.  He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984).  Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.

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