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Steve Kaplan
Memorial Award
In memory of Steve Kaplan and his tremendous example of dedication and
sportsmanship, the Fort Washington Swim Team annually presents the Steve
Kaplan Memorial Award to the Shark who demonstrates the best
teamwork and sportsmanship of the year. We are proud of all of our Sharks
and hope they will all follow Steve's example. The following Sharks have
been honored with the award:
Winners: 1977 Janine Kaplan, 1978 Sharon Shoch, 1979 Robbie King,
1980 Mark Henderson, 1981
Richard Scivetti, 1982 John Dell’Omo,
1983 Jeanine Francesco,
1984 Meegan Risner,
1985 David Buck, 1986 Karin Brenneman, 1987
Beth Hoisington, 1988 Tom Dell’Omo,
1989 Andy Risner, 1990 Kellee
Ritter,
1991 Susannah Tarpley,
1992 Christopher Bley, 1993 Paul Novick,
1994 Sol Royo,
1995 Justin Connolly,
1996 Teresa Tomassoni, 1997 Amanda Seymore,
1998 Lauren Stewart, 1999
Paul Champaloux, 2000 Rachel Laroque,
2001 Preston
Schultz, 2002 Nicole Scott, 2003 Bryson Stewart, 2004
Scott Miller,
2005 Nick Ruehe,
2006 Basem Magd,
2007 Michael Szymanski, 2008 Ian Burnette,
2009 Marlena
Fernandez, 2010 Eva Gonzalez, 2011 Katie Rice
Hughes/Henderson
Award
The Fort Washington Swim Team bestows the Hughes/Henderson Award to the
most dedicated and hard-working Shark parent/guardian of the year. We are
very grateful for having the best and most supportive parents we could
possibly have, and we honor them all. We couldn't do it without each and
every one of them. To all of them, thank you! Winners of the
Hughes/Henderson Award are:
Winners: 1992 Mary Anne & Marty Henderson and
Mr. & Mrs. Hughes,
1996 Alan & Pam Ritter, 2004 Tim and
Terry Leighton, 2005 Marty Stewart,
2006 Fred & Mary Downs, 2007 Rudy and Birgitt Brevard, 2008 Bonnie Szymanski,
2009 Karin & Brian King, 2010 Georgia
Diamantopoulos, 2011 Jack Dennis
Team Trophies
2011, PMSL, Saum/Hilton Memorial Award Division
D,
2010, PMSL, Saum/Hilton
Memorial Award Division D
2009, PMSL, Saum/Hilton Memorial Award Division D
2007, PMSL, Saum/Hilton Memorial Award Division C
2006, Cheverly Relay Swim Carnival Consolation Winner
2005, PMSL Division D Champion
2003, PMSL, Saum/Hilton Memorial Award
2002, Cheverly Relay Swim Carnival Consolation Winner
2001, PMSL Division C Champion
2001, Cheverly Relay Swim Carnival Division C/D Winner
2000, Cheverly Relay Swim Carnival Consolation Winner
1999, PMSL, Saum/Hilton Memorial Award, Division
C
1999, Cheverly Relay Swim Carnival Division C/D Winner
1996, Cheverly Relay Swim Carnival Consolation Winner
1995, PMSL Division D Champion
1995, Cheverly Relay Swim Carnival Division C/D Winner
1994, PMSL Division E Champion
1991, George Saum Memorial Award “Key to
Competition” Division E
1990, PMSL Division F Champion
1989, Cheverly Relay Carnival Division Winner
1987, George Saum Memorial Award “Key to
Competition” Division E
1984, Cheverly Relays Graduated Relays Champion
1983, Cheverly Relays Graduated Relays Champion
1979, Cheverly Relays Graduated Relays Champion
1978, Cheverly Relay Carnival Champion
1977, Cheverly Relay Carnival Champion
1974, PMSL Divisional Champion
1974, Cheverly Relay Carnival Champion
A Shark Named Mark
We have had many very talented swimmers on
our team over the years, but the most famous Shark who has come from
the Piscataway Bay is Mark Henderson, son of Marty and Mary Anne Henderson
and older brother of Paul Henderson. Incidentally, Paul is
a FW pool record holder and former Shark coach. Not only
does Mark still hold many Fort Washington Pool and Prince-Mont Swim
League records he went on to compete at every level of swimming during his
career, including being a member of the United States National Swim Team
from 1989 to 1997 representing the United States over 15 times in
international competition, winning gold medals at the 1993 and 1995 Pan
American Games, and winning gold at the 1994 World Championships. The
culmination of Mark's remarkable swimming career was winning a gold medal
and setting a world record (03:34.8) in the 4x100 Men's Medley Relay at the
1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, with his team mates Jeff Rouse, Jeremy Linn,
and Gary Hall, Jr. It has been said that his butterfly split time, at
the 1996 Olympics 400 Medley Relay, is one of the very best in swimming
history.
 
In 2008, Mark was honored by being selected
to carry the Olympic torch as it moved around the world en route
to Beijing China for the 2008 Olympic
Games. He continues to be active in and out of the pool, chairing the
U.S. Olympic Committee's Athletes' Advisory Council, doing as much as he
can to support the sport of swimming as well as participating in
inspiring charity work. He is now very busy raising Shark pups of his own,
with the help of an expert Shark wrangler, Tamara.
As for the lessons that he learned at home and swimming at our pool, he
hasn't forgotten them and continues to be a caring, modest and
hard-working person. When asked where he keeps his Olympic gold medal,
he replied, "I keep my medal in my sock drawer. I still love doing
clinics and keeping the kids excited about swimming, so I like having it
handy. It seems to get the kids' imaginations flowing when I pass it
around. I just let them know that when they become famous, they are going
to owe me an autograph.... Oh, why do I keep my medal in my sock drawer? Who
would look there?"
Sharks, which of you will owe Mark an autograph?
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