Hawaii Swimming Hall of Fame will open its doors to 17 athletes
POSTED: Friday, October 31, 2008
Olympic water polo player Sean Kern and three-time NCAA champion swimmer Fred Haywood are among the 17 who will be inducted into the Hawaii Swimming Hall of Fame tomorrow.
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The induction banquet for the Hall's fourth class begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Hale Koa Hotel's DeRussy Room.
Kern (Punahou '97) was a four-time All-American at UCLA and a member of the 2000 U.S. Olympic team. Haywood, who attended Hawaii Prep, captained the Stanford swim team in 1970-71 and won NCAA titles in the 100 back and 400 medley.
Other inductees in swimming are: Ivanelle Hoe (Roosevelt '55), a University of Hawaii swimmer and national indoor 250 breast champion; Dr. Herbert Kobayashi (Saint Louis '47), three-time All-American and captain of Ohio State's 1952 NCAA title team; and Jerry Miki (Roosevelt '56), two-time All-American and NCAA champion at in the 400 medley relay at Indiana.
Recognized for channel/ocean swimming are: Betty Ann Barnett (Punahou '64) FINA World Swimmer of 2006 and holder of several world and U.S. masters records; James Caldwell, the first solo swimmer across the Auau and Pailolo channels; Linda Kaiser, who has swum seven of the channels in the Hawaiian Islands chain; and Mike Spalding (Hawaii Prep '65), the first to swim the Kaulakahi and Kealaikahiki channels among his seven channel swims.
Masters swimmers to be honored are:
Spencer Eldred, U.S. Masters and FINA Masters champion; the late Lloyd Osborne, who began the Hawaii Masters swimming program in the early 1970s; and Cappy Sheeley (Punahou '59) junior college All-American and age-group champion and record-holder at the national level.
Recognized for contributions to the sport are:
Charles Dwight III, past president of U.S. Water Polo-Hawaii and a force behind the creation of the Hawaiian Invitational Water Polo Tournament; Dr. Ralph Hale, former vice president of the U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Water Polo Hall of Fame inductee; his wife, June Hale, instrumental in women's water polo becoming an Olympic sport; the late Harry Mamizuka (Farrington '41), longtime swim coach at Palama Settlement and Kaimuki and McKinley high schools, and founder of Manoa Aquatic Club; and Dr. Hiroshi Yamauchi, founder and chair of the Hawaii Swimming Legacy Project.
