Hi everybody,

For everyone who couldn’t join us for the virtual awards banquet tonight, we wanted to let you know about who we honored both for seniors and for our Jimmy Knipple award. We’re grateful to them for their contributions to LPRC and the Lazers, and we’ll miss you! Best of luck!

Seniors

Ryan Adams

Ryan has been swimming with the Lazers since he was 6 years old. He is an amazing athlete in several sports and even though basketball has his heart, he assisted the Lazers win many a meet including relay carnival last year. Ryan plans to attend Northern Virginia Community College next year with plans to transfer to a 4 year college for future years.

Sydney Wuhrer

Sydney has been swimming for the Lazers since she was 6! She has competed every year, and she is a great competitor. She has also served as a coach for the Little Lazers and the Lazers since she was 14. Sydney plans to attend Virginia Tech in the fall. Good luck, Sydney!

Ethan Pulket

Ethan has been a stalwart member of the Lazer team since he was a little Lazer. He has also coached Little Lazers and Lazers. We will miss his smile and easy going personality. Ethan plans to attend Christopher Newport University in the fall. Go Captains!

Leana Sapp

Leanna has been swimming since she was 5 years old. She started volunteering to coach for the Little Lazers when she was 13 and started lane coaching when she was 15. She has been our assistant coach the last 2 years and last year ran the Little Lazer program. She has also helped to coach the winter swim program. She will be truly missed when she goes to Xavier in the fall.

CONGRATULATIONS SENIORS! Good luck, come back and see us next year!

Jimmy Knipple Award

Established in 1984 in memory of Jimmy Knipple, a former Lazer swimmer who died in the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, in October 1983. Historically, this award has been given to a Lazer swimmer who is a graduating senior and who exemplifies the best in the sport of swimming and dedication to the Lincolnia Park swim team.

This year the award goes to:

Leana Sapp

Congratulations, Leana on a well deserved award and thank you for your dedication to the team. We can’t say enough about what you’ve done for the Lazers. We hope you’ll come back and visit often.