Nearly 150 Sarasota/Bradenton area athletes competing in 2015 Florida Senior Games
TALLAHASSEE – The 2015 Florida Senior Games open Saturday in Clearwater with 149 athletes from the Sarasota/Bradenton area competing in 24 sports and events over nine days of competition. More than 2,000 senior athletes, age 50 and over, representing 32 states and 239 Florida cities will dive in the pool, pedal a bike, shoot a basketball, take a spot at the starting line and pick up a spare along with a variety of other activities.
The 24th Annual Florida Senior Games is making its first appearance in the Tampa Bay area for the first time since the Games inception in 1992.
Among the Southwest Florida athletes competing in the 2015 Florida Senior Games are:
Rudy Vazmina, a swimmer from Sarasota, who holds the record in the 50 yard Butterfly for the 60-64 age group. Vazmina also won a gold, two silver and a bronze medal at the 2015 National Senior Games and two gold, two silver and a bronze at the 2014 Florida Senior Games.
Swimmer Patricia Bond, of Bradenton, the 1999 Florida Senior Games Female Athlete of the Year who holds records in three different age categories (65-69, 70-74, 75-79) and set four new records in 2014 in the 75-79 age group.
Ronn Wyckoff, of Sarasota, who will compete in basketball shooting, has spent sixty years in basketball, coaching youth basketball up through national teams, and as a player, lecturer, author, court-side commentator, and even refereeing. As an international consultant, his programs have reached hundreds of players and coaches around the world. Wyckoff won a gold and a silver medal in the 2014 Games.
The following sports are still open for registration at www.floridaseniorgames.com, but the extended registration deadlines will be closing in soon:
Archery – Will also take onsite registration, Saturday, December 5
Horseshoes – Friday, December 4
Lawn Bowls – Friday, December 4
Cycling – Sunday, December 6
5K Race Walk / Powerwalk – Monday, December 7
1500M Race Walk – Monday, December 7
Bag Toss – Wednesday, December 9
Tai Chi – Wednesday, December 9
The 2015 Florida Senior Games Press Kit, the most definitive information source for the Games can be found online in a pdf document at
http://www.flasports.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015PressKit.pdf.
The 2015 Florida Senior Games Press Kit features facts, figures, schedules, athlete highlights, daily highlights and important information for media wishing to cover the Games in Clearwater.
Sarasota/Bradenton area athletes competing in the 2015 Florida Senior Games
By Sport
Archery
Roy Bowen, Sarasota
Ronald Fulmer, Bradenton
Jeff Markey, Sarasota
Larry Michael, Sarasota
Jim Obrian, Sarasota
Alice Parrish, Sarasota
Myers Parrish, Sarasota
Basketball 3 On 3
Tom Cunningham, Venice
Robert Ferguson, Sarasota
Paul Grexa, Sarasota
Dewayne Hendricks, North Port
Larry Miller, Sarasota
Scott Peterson, Sarasota
Jim Phillips, Northport
Dave Tucker, Englewood
Jack Wallace, Sarasota
Basketball Shooting
Ronn Wyckoff, Sarasota
Billiards
Theresa Gomez, Sarasota
Bowling
Patricia Bissell, Palmetto
Thomas Humphreys, Sarasota
Debbie Moloney, Bradenton
Jim Ord, Sarasota
Lorrie Pead, Bradenton
Croquet
Gary Anderson, Venice
Lee Anderson, Venice
Joyce Bandy, Venice
Barbara Caiafa, Osprey
Judy Carlin, Sarasota
Peter Carlin, Sarasota
Mark Claff, Venice
Bill Cole, Venice
Dedee Connor, Venice
Heather Cowan, Venice
Connie Demming, Venice
Nancy Hart, Venice
William Hoffman, Venice
Fred Jones, Venice
Jackie Jones, Venice
Carl Kruse, Venice
Anne Kukla, Sarasota
Michael Kukla, Sarasota
Bob Lentz, Venice
Olaf Maly, University Park
Rita Mcnamara, Englewood
Camelia Monteforte, Venice
Maria Petrola, Venice
Nora Rainone, Venice
Dean Ricci, Venice
Shirley Ricci, Venice
Leanne Rodick, Venice
Richard Schleiter, Venice
Ken Tanguay, Venice
Howard Van Nostrand, Venice
Frank Wong, Venice
Cycling
Carol Campbell, Longboat Key
James Campbell, Longboat Key
Pam MacFadden, Sarasota
Ray Mickevicius, Sarasota
Roman Paczka, Sarasota
Mickey Wyss, Bradenton
Golf
William Ball, Parrish
Kenneth Bearse, Englewood
Elizabeth Chiffolo, Bradenton
Carol Codella, Bradenton
June Gilley, Bradenton
William Hocker, Bradenton
Mary Ann Kahrer, Bradenton
Harry Marsh, Bradenton
Ed Scheid, Bradenton
Jay Smith, Sarasota
Tony Webb, Bradenton
Horseshoes
Harry Samuels, Bradenton
Pickleball
Larry Cabrera, Palmetto
William Calpino, North Port
Charles Cossentino, Venice
Cuch Cuccia, Venice
Helene Daleman, North Port
Russell Elefterion, Sarasota
Noland Fagerburg, Sarasota
John Foard, North Port
Zoli Hartai, Bradenton
Helen Hartai, Bradenton
Craig Humphreys, Bradenton
Michael Marcum, North Port
Robert McClure, Bradenton
Judy Robertson, Sarasota
Don Sakris, Nokomis
Kathy Sakris, Nokomis
Clayton Taylor, Bradenton
Jim Teasdale, Bradenton
Toni Teasdale, Bradenton
William Weston, Longboat Key
William Wilson, Holmes Beach
Terry Wingate, Sarasota
Powerlifting
Larry Smith, Bradenton
Race Walk/Power Walk
Peter Bayer, Sarasota
Carole Homer, Holmes Beach
Charles Varca, Sarasota
Racquetball
Alan Canonico, Sarasota
Leo Da Silva, Bradenton
Swimming
Robert Baggs, Sarasota
Patricia Bond, Bradenton
John Burke, Sarasota
June Carson, Sarasota
Gerry Chojnowski, Venice
Robert G Coulter, Venice
Dean Dye, Sarasota
Hans Hellmann, Sarasota
Ann Hoffman, Bradenton
Keefe Lodwig, Sarasota
Jan Miller, Bradenton
David Oakes, Sarasota
Mani Sanguily, North Venice
Ursula Sellitti, Sarasota
Darryl Sjoberg, Nokomis
Rudy Vazmina, Sarasota
Tom Verth, Sarasota
Ann Verth, Sarasota
David Zimmerman, Bradenton
Table Tennis
Joseph Cincotta, Myakka City
Robert King, Sarasota
Samuel Miller, Venice
Jim Nason, North Port
Tennis
David Blair, Bradenton
Chris Clemann, Bradenton
James Day, Sarasota
Susie Dudevoire, Bradenton
Roger Esslinger, Siesta Key
Hedi Lichte, Bradenton
Vickie Miller, Bradenton
Richard Sweeting, Bradenton
Ron Tonidandel, Sarasota
Track & Field
Norman Applegate, Bradenton
William Barber, Bradenton
Carol Dixon, Sarasota
Gary Dixon, Sarasota
Jack Dowd, Sarasota
Michael Easterly, Sarasota
John J Harbulak, Sarasota
Ralph Leslie, Sarasota
Dan Miller, Palmetto
Robert Obrien, Holmes Beach
Mark Ogles, Bradenton
David Rider, Englewood
John “JC” Shenk, Sarasota
Gary Winters, Bradenton
Volleyball
Nancy Cothron, Bradenton
Dan Duggan, Sarasota
Kim Martinez, Sarasota
