To Whitewater Team alumni and friends,
I propose that we start up an alumni association.
I would like to have more input before we try to decide on rules and procedures, but here are my suggestions:
1) Anyone can join. Once we get official, we might have to split members into voting and non-voting, with the team alumni (coaches and managers included) being the voting members, but we can deal with that down the line.
2) No fees. This is like your high school or college alumni association: if you're a graduate, you're already a member. Non-alums simply have to ask to join.
3) The association has three basic goals: to foster contact among alumni, to promote the sport, and to support the current team. Our first step is probably to get an email newsletter going, and share news.
4) There have been two suggestions for names: US Whitewater Alumni, (USWA), or Whitewater Team Alumni and Friends (WTAF). We could combine these: US Whitewater Alumni and Friends (USWAF), or US Whitewater Team Alumni and Friends (USWTAF). I'd like to have Canadian members, but when we get to supporting the team, it's probably too complicated to support the teams of both countries, so in that sense this is a US association. Thoughts on this welcome.
5) I think that we should probably apply for non-profit status, which will unfortunately mean jumping through certain legal hoops.
The first step is to get the word out, and compile contact emails, addresses, and phone numbers. Below is a partial listing of team alumni. The Slalom list is pretty close to being complete, thanks to a very cool German website,
So, step one, please send me your complete contact info: name, address, email, phone. If I already have these, you should still contact me to let me know that you would like to join--assuming that you do. I will keep addresses and phone numbers strictly private, and give out emails only to other members, one by one (not as a large list). My emails will be blind copied to all, so there won't be a big list floating around.
Also, please pass this along to other team alums, and/or send me their contact info.
I think we can have fun with this. I hope you agree.
Cheers, Jamie
A Word About This List: I compiled the slalom list from a German site that lists participants, and placings, in World Championhsips, World Cup, Europa Cup, Junior Worlds, and Olympics. This seems a pretty good criteria. I have made no attempt to include US B teams, or development teams, and probably won't, unless there is a general outcry. However, I am trying to include anyone who raced in even one World Cup event, which includes many B-team members. Since the German site only lists the top 12 in the World Cups, there may be some omissions in this regard, though I have had a few pointed out to me, and found another couple.
Wildwater is a work in progress, but I intend to use the same criteria.
I want to include any coaches, managers, trainers, etc. who had any kind of official position with the US team.
But do remember, anyone can join as a "friend."
An asterisk means that I have contact information.
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Wildwater
Lisa Adams
Charles Albright
Doug Armstrong
*Reid Bailey
*Russell Bailey
Simon Beardmore
Mike Beck
Les Bechdel
Bill Bickham
*Al Blanchard
Edward Bliss
Cathy Bolyn
Charles Braman
Tim Braman
*Andy Bridge
Joe Brugger
John Bryson
*John Burton
John Butler
Al Button
Simon Beardmore
*Robert Bofinger
Geoff Calhoun
Jean Campbell
Marci Cary
Ben Cass
Mike Chamberlin
Steve Chamberlin
Al Chase
Richard Church
Candice Clark
Margaret Clarke
*Bern Collins
*Maggie Collins (Osborne)
John Connet
Joseph Conrad
Andy Corra
*Kari Crowe
Chris Davis
Wally Dyer
Katherine Edmonson
William Endicott
*Eric Evans
John Evans
Gay Fawcett
Mark Fawcett
Dean Ferrandini
Jon Fishburn
Carol Fisher
Paul Flack
*Howard Foer
*Kent Ford
Terry Franz
Bill Friend (Funk)
Nono Ganz
Ulrich Ganz
*Eric Giddens
*Edward Gordon
*Paul Grabow
*Gordon Grant
Tom Gray
Dave Guss
Brad Hager
Mark Hall
*Fritz Haller
*Lecky Haller
Gunter Hammersbach
Maria Hanushevsky
Mike Harris
Boo Hayman
*Cathy Hearn
*Davey Hearn
Bill Heinzerling
Dirk Helder
*Chris Hipgrave
Mike Hipsher
Barbara Holcombe
Norman Holcombe
Jefrey Huey
John Hummel
Tom Irwin
*Leslie Klein
Bonnie Losick
*Stan Janas
*David Jones
*Bunny Johns
Daniel Johnson
Tom Johnson
Carol Knight
David Knight
*Dave Kurtz
Austin Krissoff
Nate Krissoff
Yuri Kusuda
Paul Leibman
George Lhota
Bonnie Losick
*Jon Lugbill
*Ron Lugbill
Chuck Lyda
Jim Macconaghy
Ted Makris
John McCandless
Andrew McEwan
*Jamie McEwan
*Tom McEwan
Lucile McKee
Leena Mela
Mark Melrose
Dan Myers
Nick Meyers
*Peggy Mitchell
*Louise Morris (Holcombe)
*Angus Morrison
*Russ Nichols
*David Nutt
Bill Nutt
Eric Orenstein
David Orlicky
Rowan Osborne
Chris Osment
Mark Patlovich
*Dave Paton
*Rob Paton
Douglas Peterson
*John Pinyerd
Bill Prime
Perrin Pring
Chip Queitzsch
James Raleigh
*Shannon Reeves
Brent Reitz
*Bob Robison
Tom Ruwitch
*Ben Sandiford
Dan Schnurrenberger
B. Schaner
Richard Schaner
Norwood Scott
Jirina Sedivec
Josef Sedivec
Dick Shipley
Hector Soria
Tom Southworth
*Joe Stahl
Mike Stanley
William Stanley
Emily Stein
Ian Stewart
Alena Sumner (Kucerova)
Dick Sunderland
John Sweet
Jamie Tidmore
Middy Tilghman
Carol Underwood (Fisher)
James Underwood
Art Vitarelli
*Wickliffe Walker
*Cindy Wall (Goodwin)
Tom Weir
Barbara Wright
Louise Wright
Hank Yeagley
*Eric Young
*Ted Young
Chara Whittemore
Jesse Whittemore
*Roger Zbel
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Slalom
David Adler
Eric Amason
John Anderson
Linda Aponte
Eileen Ash
Lynn (Carrie Lou) Ashton
Frank Babcock
*Ryan Bahn
*Gordon Bare
Eric Bader (EC82 with Hayland)
Jason Beakes
Leslie Bechdel
Norman Bellingham
Andrew Bell
David Bell
Dave Benham
Robert Benham
Lindsey Bennett
John Berry
Bill Bickham
*Alan Blanchard
Steve Bohlman
Tom Bolyn
*Nic
*Adam Boyd
Allan Braswell
*Kurt Braunlich
Charles Bridge
Barry Brigley
Becky Brown
*Brian Brown
Renata Buddeusova-Altman
*John Burton
Candice Caldwell
Bob Campbell
Jean Campbell
Sandy Campbell
*Nick Chanin
Dana Chladek
Richard Church
*Mark Ciborowski
Candice Clark
Adam Clawson
*Steve Conklin
John Connet
Fred Coriel
Austin Crane
*Dave Curran
*Samuel Davis
*Tad Dennis
Rasa Dentremont
*Wayne Dickert
*Amy Dingle
*Chris Doughty
Steve Draper
Dick Dratton
Ross Durfey
*Casey Eichfeld
Kyle Elliott
John Emerson
*Abbie Endicott
*William Endicott
Chris Ennis
Ernis (C-2 w. Venable)
*Eric Evans
*Jay Evans
John Evans
Gay Fawcett (Gruss)
Mark Fawcett
Kurt Feick
Sid Feldman
Bob Gisher
Carol Fisher
Paul Flack
Ken Flemming
*Kent Ford
*Benn Fraker
Terry Franz
Eric Frazee
Jana Freeburn
Steve Fulton
Nono Ganz
Ulrich Ganz
Mike Garvis
Steve Garvis
*Louis Geltman
John Gerstenberger
*Eric Giddens
*Rebecca Giddens (Bennett)
Jesse Gillis
Marietta Gilman
*Paul Grabow
*Gordon Grant
Gwen Greeley
*Bryant Grigsby
John Grumbine
Dave Guss
Carl Gutschick
Brad Hager
Alice Hallaran
*Fritz Haller
*Lecky Haller
Meredith Hamilton
Maylon Hanold
Bob Harrigan
Al Harris
*Charles Harris
*John Harris
Linda Harrison
Kay Harvest
Walter Harvest
John Hastil
Hayland (C-2 w. Bater)
*Bill Hearn
*Cathy Hearn
*David Hearn
*Jennifer Hearn (Jones)
John Hefti
Bill Heinzerling
Thomas Heitzmann
Dana Henry
*David Hepp
Brett Heyl
Linda Hibbard
Richard Hill
Barbara Holcombe
Louise Holcombe
Norman Holcombe
*Horace Holden
*John Holland
*Steve Holmes
Brian Homberg
*Jefry Huey
Drew Hunter
Eric Hurd
*Dan Isbister
Steve Isenburg
*Ami Leventis (Ivers)
*Eric Jackson
*Joe Jacobi
David Jacobson
Donald Joffray
Anna Jorgensen-Terry
Ned Jose
Becky Judd
Maria Kallmann
Carol Kane
Karlberg (C-2 w. Snider)
John Kennedy
Barry Kennon
Nick Kimmet
Andy Kipnis
*Caroline Klam
Andy Kluge
Carol Wright
Dave Knight
Joe Knight
*Dave Kurtz
Yuri Kusuda
Jordan Kvanli
*Ben Kvanli
Aurele Lamontagne
Jay Langley
Jed Langley
Matthew Lapham
Jeff Larimer
*Mike Larimer
*Hannah Holcombe Larsen
*Sarah Leith
*Bruce Lessels
*Karen Lessels
Chad Lewis
George Lhota
*Paul Liebman
*Angela Lokken
Chad Long
Kenneth Long
Tren Long
*Jon Lugbill
*Ron Lugbill
Chuck Lyda
*Matt MacKinnon
Dan Makris
Ted Makris
*Aaron Mann
Scott Mann
*Mary-Marshall Seaver
Karen Marte
*Cecilia Martin
Eric Martin
Lynne Martin
Mark Mathews
Scott McCleskey
Lucile McKee
John McCandless
*Chris McCormick
*Marty McCormick
*Mike McCormick
*Devin McEwan
*Jamie McEwan
*Tom McGowan
*Barbara McKee
Kevin Michelson
Joe Mikulsky
Aleta Miller
Anne Mitchell
*David Mitchell
*Peggy Mitchell (Nutt)
Peter Mitchell
Albert Mitchum
Michael Montagne
Brendan Moore
Luke Moore
Don Morin
*Tad Morin
*Angus Morrison
Jason Mueller
*Ashley Nee
*Brad Nelson
*Russ Nichols
*Sue Norman
Frank Novakowski
David Nutt
William Nutt
Rowan Osborne
Kurtis Palmero
Jackie Paris
Roger Paris
Bennett Parks
Dudley Parr
*Brian Parsons
*Scott Parsons
*Dave Paton
Jennifer Peabody
Andrew Peterman
Alexander Pikulev
Marcy Pilsner
Alex Pincus
Mikki Piras
Jure Poberaj
*Nejc Poberaj
*Silvan Poberaj
Jeffrey Poe
Ethan Pond
Rick Powell
*Jed Prentice
Bill Prime
Neil Quinn
James Raleigh
Becca Red
Bill Riley
Paris Robinson
*Bob Robison
Jon Rose
*Steven Ruhle
*Joshua Russell
Lee Sanders
*Aaron Sarver
*Mike Sastre
Richard Schaner
Jirina Sedivec
Josef Sedivec
Will Seeley
*Dick Shipley
Paul Shipley
*Scott Shipley
Ann Shuster
Shaun Smith
Shane Sigle
Snider (C-2 w. Karlberg)
Brett Sorensen
Don Sorensen
Justin Souter
John Southworth
*Nancy Southworth
*Tom Southworth
Randy Spencer
Sherry Spurlin
Megan Stalheim
Chuck Stanley
Kelly Starret
*Danny Stock
Molly Stock
Jennifer Stone
*Ken Stone
Wendy Stone
*Scott Strausbaugh
George Strickland
Jessica Subido
*John Sweet
Conrad Swenson
Bruce Swomley
*Matt Taylor
*Adam Thomas
Steve Thomas
Hank Thorburn
Jamie Tidmore
Karl Toeppner
John Trujillo
Elizabeth Turner (Hayman)
Steve U'Ren
Zuzana Vanha
Venable (Junior Worlds C-2 w. Ernis)
Jim Wade
*Wick Walker
*Cindy Wall (Goodwin)
David Watson
Elizabeth Watson
*Elliot Weintrob
Philip Weizenecker
Seth Weizenecker
*Kara Weld (Ruppel)
Chris Wiegand
Brent Wiesel
Mark Wiggens
*Peter Wilson
Ethan Winger
Bob Worrel
Barbara Wright
Louise Wright
Hank Yeagley
Jo Ellen Yeaple
*Eric Young
*Ted Young
Sebastian Zimmer
Al Zob
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Canadian:
Barry Brigley
Ross Durfey
Larry Norman
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deceased:
Kirsten Brown-Fleshman
Ray McLain
Douglas Gordon
Richard Weiss
Donna Berglund
Edward Bliss
Warren Yeisley
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Friends
Art Miller
*Ed Gertler
*Cody Harris
*Bert Hinkley
*Elmore Holmes
*Chris Hull
*John & Mary Koeppe
*Greg Kopp
*Keech & Ann LeClair
*Lee Leibfarth
*Anne Long
*Jon Nelson
*Bill & Mary Parsons
*Mike Sastre
*Mike Sloan
Chris Soileau
Trevor Soileau
*Karla Westcott
Tina Wood