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* Secretary: Donna Alicoate-Broadway, Virgina |
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* Treasurer: Ruby Tamulitis-Baytown, Texas |
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* Executive Director: Robert H. Kelly-Deer Park, Texas |
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* Director of Media and Public Relations: Jack Light-Amarillo, Texas |
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Revision as of 14:31, 27 April 2009
The Texas Finswimming Association (TFA) is the official governing body for competitive and recreational finswimming in Texas. The TFA consists of competitive teams, high schools, colleges, individual athletes, supporters, and other who are interested in advancing the sport of finswimming in Texas.
Organization
The TFA is governed by a Board of Directors. Each board serves for the duration of the Olympiad, with the current board serving until December 31, 2012.
The Board of Directors[1] for the current Olympiad (2009-2012) is as follows:
- President: Darla S. Kelly-Deer Park, Texas
- Vice President: Derrick Mauk-Friendswood, Texas
- Secretary: Donna Alicoate-Broadway, Virgina
- Treasurer: Ruby Tamulitis-Baytown, Texas
- Executive Director: Robert H. Kelly-Deer Park, Texas
- Director of Media and Public Relations: Jack Light-Amarillo, Texas
- Director of Medical Services: Crystal Withrow-Pasadena, Texas
- Director of Special Programs: Kristine Kelly-Deer Park, Texas
- Athlete Representive: Jenna Taylor-Pasadena, Texas
Competitions
In addition, Texas has hosted the majority of the finswimming competitions in the USA for the past 6-8 years. Texas hosts the Texas Open Finswimming Invitational[2], the Gulf Coast International Finswimming Invitational, along with the Texas State Finswimming Championships[3] every year.
In addition they also host 2-3 high school finswimming meets a year for those schools who have finswimming as part of their official atheltic program.
Finswimmers from Texas have competed in numerous national and international competitions over the years, including the 1998 USA Fin Swimming National Championships[4], 2000 CMAS World Finswimming Championships[5], 2001 World Scholar-Athlete Games[6],2006 World Scholar-Athlete Games[7], 1999 United State Scholar-Athlete Games[8], 2003 United States Scholar-Athlete Games, 2008 United States Scholar-Athlete Games and the Gulf Coast International Finswimming Invitational.
See also
References
- ^ http://texfinswim.blogspot.com/2009/01/tfa-selects-new-board-of-directors-for.html
- ^ http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/results/hy-tek/Texas%20Open%20Finswimming%20Invitational%20-%20(05-03-2006%20-%2005-03-2006)/index.aspx
- ^ http://swimming.about.com/bl_2001_texas_state_finswim_champ.htm
- ^ http://underwater-society.org/
- ^ http://www.cmas.org/comspo/nap/resultats/index.asp?ch=77
- ^ http://members.tripod.com/~TEXFINSWIM/wsag01.html
- ^ http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/results/published/3872.asp
- ^ http://members.tripod.com/~TEXFINSWIM/ussag99.html