U. S. Masters Swimming Presents Ransom J. Arthur Award to Leo Letendre
United States Masters Swimming (USMS) has recognized Leo Letendre of Portage, Mich., with the organizationÂ’s highest honor for service, the Ransom J. Arthur Award, named for the founder of USMS.
(PRWEB) December 30, 2004
United States Masters Swimming (USMS) has recognized Leo Letendre of Portage, Mich., with the organizationÂ’s highest honor for service, the Ransom J. Arthur Award, named for the founder of USMS.
USMS, a national organization that provides structured swim workouts, competitions, clinics and workshops for adults age 18 and over, presented the award to Letendre for his 20 years of service to the organization. This yearÂ’s award was presented recently at the United States Aquatic Sports Convention in Orlando.
Letendre has served on the USMS Rules Committee since 1984 and has been its chairman for the last seven years. He has been a member of the board of directors for the last 10 years, and has served on a number of USMS committees over the years, including Officials, Legislation, and Computerization, as well as working on the organizationÂ’s database task force. In local swimming, Letendre, who recently relocated to the Kalamazoo, Mich., area, has been president of St. Louis Masters and the Ozark Local Masters Swimming Committee (LMSC) chairman.
A longtime member of St. Louis Masters in Missouri, Letendre began swimming with USMS after completing graduate school in 1981 after beginning to swim competitively after attending Pine Knoll Swim School in Springfield, Mass. He also swam throughout high school at Suffield Academy in Suffield, Conn., and then at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, Mass.). Upon graduating, he was named an NCAA Post-Graduate Scholar – recognition of his athletic and academic achievement.
United States Masters Swimming (www. usms. org) is a national organization that provides organized swim workouts, competitions, clinics and workshops for adults age 18 and over. Programs are open to all adult swimmers (fitness, triathlete, competitive, non-competitive) who are dedicated to improving their fitness through swimming and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Founded in 1970, USMS is organized with more than 1,100 workout groups and teams throughout the nation.
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