2020 A COVID-19 YEAR IN REVIEW Featuring The Diary of a Swimming Pool Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center Renovation Project Photos: Sean McGinnis / Hensel Phelps There are more than 1,200 Masters Swimming programs nationwide with coaching, group swims, socials, and more. We sanction more than 400 events, including pool and open water championships, regional events, clinics, and fitness swims. We’ve certified more than 10,000 coaches and adult learn-to-swim instructors, and our foundation has granted nearly $700K to programs in which thousands of adults have learned to swim. Find out more at usms.org ISHOF BOARD OF DIRECTORS Founding Chairman of the Board Bill Kent, Chairman Johnny Weissmuller Brent Rutemiller, President What Makes The International Sandra Bucha, Vice President Founding President Tom Boak, Treasurer Dr. James E. Counsilman Swimming Hall of Fame Unique? Aaron Peirsol, Secretary Alex Blavatnik Chairman of the Board Emeritus Dave Duda Donna de Varona Lisa Scott-Founds Steven Glassman Honorary Chairman of the Board Richard Korhammer Mark Spitz Steve Hasty Mark Schubert Founding Executive Director Tod Spieker William F. “Buck” Dawson Steve West EX-OFFICIO Executive Director Emeritus Mayor Dean Trantalis Bob Duenkel SWIMMING WORLD STAFF PUBLISHING, CIRCULATION AND ACCOUNTING www.SwimmingWorldMagazine.com Publisher - Brent T. Rutemiller [email protected] ISHOF STAFF Associate Editor-in-Chief - John Lohn Swimming is unique among all other sports in that [email protected] Brent Rutemiller it is not just an enjoyable recreational activity, but Operations Manager - Laurie Marchwinski CEO it is an essential life skill that can save your life or [email protected] Laurie Marchwinski Marketing Director - Brandi West COO help you save the life of others. 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USA Water Polo LD A S HI W C I M Y M R E E R V E E M A F F O L L A H G IN M IN IM TE W RNATIONAL S 2020 Year in Review Dear Members, Donors and Supporters, The year 2020 began with new hopes and promises for the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF). It evolved into challenges and reflections. Twelve months later, we are back to hopes and promises. This International Swimming Hall of Fame yearbook showcases the ongoing hopes we have for the future of the International Swimming Hall of Fame and the promises that a new aquatic center will bring to all of us. Although 2020 brought many things to a halt, including our induction ceremonies, the City of Fort Lauderdale continued with the construction of its new aquatic center pools, grandstands, and diving tower. The facility is on schedule to open in the third quarter of 2021. New locker rooms and aquatic offices will open in early 2022. We are still in the early approval process of upgrading our museum buildings and have grand visions for the future. Needless to say, we have been working hard during the Covid-19 pandemic. The year 2020 also brought ISHOF closer to its underlying mission of preventing childhood drownings when we acquired the Every Child A Swimmer trademark. With that acquisition, we renewed our efforts to promote “Learn To Swim” programs and get a bill furthered in the Florida state legislature that requires children to complete a national recognized swimming lesson program prior to being admitted into kindergarten. These efforts take time and money, and we appreciate those who donated to ISHOF to further that mission. With the hope of a 2020ne Olympics in Tokyo and a renewal of our Hall of Fame Induction ceremonies in September (MISHOF in Atlanta) and October (ISHOF in Fort Lauderdale), 2021 will set us on a bigger, stronger and a more defined path. We have never been more optimistic about the future of ISHOF than we are now! On behalf of all of us at the International Swimming Hall of Fame, we thank you for your continued support and hope that you enjoy reading our 2020 Yearbook. Sincerely, Brent T. Rutemiller President, CEO of International Swimming Hall of Fame Publisher of Swimming World Magazine “If you want to win, first help someone else win!” International Swimming Hall of Fame / One Hall of Fame Dr. / Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 / 954.462.6536 / www.ishof.org - The Diary of a Swimming Pool - Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center Renovation Project Aquatic Complex Manager - Laura Voet NOVEMBER 25, 2020 OCTOBER 13, 2020 It’s time to place the grade It is another great day in Fort Lauderdale. The sun is shining. beams and building slab walls are going up! Foundation piles are being cut down. for the restroom building! Today the team started We have a remarkable team of dedicated workers led by placing concrete for the Hensel Phelps Construction Company working hard for our slab at 5:00 a.m. at the City. The concrete fountain slab for the grandstand and pool west end of the restroom filtration room was poured last week and this week a team building. They finished of skilled masons have started on the concrete block work placing the concrete around for the pool filtration building walls. There are 35 piles that 10:30 a.m. 18 trucks, or will support the new dive tower; Over and the last several 156 cubic yards of concrete weeks the foundation team has been laboriously excavating was placed. We can’t wait and cutting them down to the correct height. The entrance to see the walls start going building piles are be excavated and the elevator foundation is up shortly! being formed. OCTOBER 16, 2020 - GATE The time has come for us to dive into the precast concrete fabrication process. Staff took a field trip to Gate Precast in Kissimmee, Florida. We were there to select the color and textures for the dive tower and review the construction plans. The Kissimmee plant manager stated that the dive tower is a very complex structure with a high degree of difficulty, we definitely get the gold medal for most challenging design! Gate’s headquarters is in Jacksonville and they have eight The competition pool and dive well concrete shells are plants across the southeast United States. It was an impressive operation and yard, all carpentry forms and iron work is complete. All deep foundation work is complete. Project staff, constructed in house.