100th Anniversary Joe Bruno Golden Gate Swim

September 16, 2017

A truly wonderful swim was enjoyed by all the swimmers, and all of the watchers: the pilots, the helpers, the invited guests. This was a complex swim, administratively, but the reward for it, the ceremonies and food afterwards, were terrific. So many people worked hard and helped make this anniversary great, but special mention must be made to thank Duke Dahlin for his organizational work, Joe Omran for the special food and work in the galley, and Kent Myers for the fantastic poster.  Thanks also to all of our returning champions: men and women who have won the swim in the past.

Pilots:

Jean Allan, Marcus Auerbuch, Peter Bartu, Natazha Bernie, Jon Bielinski, John Blackman, Todd Bloch, Richard Bond, Barbara Byrnes, Lowen Cattolico, Barry Christian, Kathryn Cronin, Thomas Davis, Jay Dean, Marianne Dean, James Dilworth, Paul DuBois, Sam Ferguson, Patrick Freilinger, Brad Gambrell, Alessandro Gatti, Mark Gustin, Donald Harrison, Reuben Hechanova, Kelley Heye, Dawn Holley, Terry Horn, Paul Irving, Davis Ja, Jenn Jackson, Rochelle Jones, Liz Kantor, Brian Kiernan, John Kortum, Will Kushner, Eric Lam, Matthew Leffers, Kristy Leffers, Gary Leong, Thea Liskamm, Tor Lundgren, Mary Magocsy, Christian Martin, Meredith May, Grant Mays, Tom McCall, Tyler Meade, Jane Mermelstein, Jacqueline Merovich, Peter Molnar, Jon Nakamura, David Nettell, Rick O’Hara, James Palu, John Pelka, Jesse Pence, John Robiola, Michael Rousseas, Katherine Schatz, Sibylle Scholz, Carlyle Seccombre, Eric Shackelford, Maile Smith, Scott Stark, Matt Stromberg, Monica Towers, Chris Tschinkel, Erik Von Blankenburg, Diane Walton ,David Zovickian

Helpers:                                                                       

Susan Allen, Laura Atkins, Tyler Burton, Andrew Braithwaite, Gretchen Coffman, Robert Colyar, Janine Corcoran, Erik Cufino, John Davis, Duke Dahlin, Danny De Leon, Quinn Fitzgerald, Sue Garfield, Chris Germain, Sharon Gross, Jon Grunstad, Trevor Haynes, John Henderson, John Hornor, Nancy Hornor, Carolyn Hui, Tom Hunt, John Ingle, Gavin Jefferies, Bryn Kass, Athena Kyle, Lolly Lewis, Loretta Madden, Mary Magocsy, Heather McClure, Peter Neubauer, Joe Omran, Dennis Polston, Daragh Powers, Neal Powers, Jason Prodoehl, Robin Rome, Polly Rose, Ron Russ, Anne Sasaki, Marie Sayles, Susan Saylor, Eric Shupert, Alexander Sigal, Suma Snehalatha, Bob Tandler, Kevin Whalen, John Wilde, Janice Wood

Test Swim:

Barbara Byrnes, Andrew Cassidy, Jane Mermelstein, Mike Mitchell, Peter Molnar, Michael Silva, Matt Stromberg,Allison Arnold, Jon Bielinski, John Blackman, Duke Dahlin, Reuben Hechanova, Terry Horn, Davis Ja, Brian Kiernan, Joe Marenda, Tom McCall, Andrea Morgan, Stephen Schatz, Scott Stark, Diane Walton, David Zovickian

Special thanks to:

Xavier Lanier, a non-member who joined the piloting group on a jet-ski.

Returning champions indicated with an asterisk.