Dave Clark wins USMS Kerry O'Brien coaches award.

I usually write this as a news type release, however as this pertains to me I’ll just write it as first person.

I was honored a few days ago to receive the Kerry O’Brien coaching award from Kerry O’Brien himself, at the United States Masters Swimming convention in Jacksonville FL. The award is for club development and enriching lives od USMS swimmers. My team wrote an awesome letter of nomination (which I know took a lot of time and effort). There are about 4,500 USMS coaches in the US, 30 nominations for this award and 10 actual recipients I was and am, extremely excited, pleased and proud to receive this award.

The award means that I have had the honor to touch the lives of my Whitefish Bay Masters swimmers in many positive ways. As a coach that is something I strive for each day. We have become the best overall workout group in the State (winning 3 of the last 6 WI Masters State championships). We have many Nationally ranked individuals and relays and even a few World rankings. I plan to continue what I have started, (unfortunately that will mean many more bad jokes at 5am in the years to come!) in the past 3 years and work even harder for all the athletes in the water, whether they be fitness swimmers or All Americans.

So thank you team for your dedication and attention, making my time from 5-6:30am the highlight of my day.