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A T H L E T E S O F T H E Y E A R 2016 Florida Senior Games Athletes of the Year Excel with Bikes and Bows 11 The 2016 Florida Senior Games Athletes of the Year are both record-setting athletes who have proven themselves on the National Level as well. Jupiter’s Kathy Petrillo achieved success on a bicycle and John Horwath of The Villages has done the same with a bow and arrow. Kathy Petrillo set 5K and 10K Time Trials records in the 55-59 age group, at the 2016 Florida Senior Games, giving her records in the 50-54 and 55-59 age groups. Petrillo had the top female times in both time trials races and her time of 15:10 in the 10K Time Trials was more than a minute faster than the next best overall time. At the 2015 Games, she won four gold medals in all four Cycling events with the best times in the 5K and 10K Time Trials while being the top female finisher in the 20K and 40K Road Races. At the 2015 National Senior Games, Petrillo won a 50-54 age group gold medal in the 20K Road Race, two silvers and a bronze medal. 94-year old John Horwath of The Villages broke his own Compound Release record in the 90-94 age group in 2016 with a score of 807, 35 points better than his 2014 record-setting performance of a 772. Horwath was the most experienced archer of the record number of 135 shooting at the 2016 Games. He also set the Compound & Finger records in the 80-84 age group in 2003, the 85-89 age group in 2008 and the 90-94 age group in 2012. Of the three record-setting totals, his best Compound & Finger score came in 2012, with an 825, to set the 90- 94 age group record. Horwath also won gold medals at the 2009 National Senior Games in the 85-89 age group and in 2013 in the 90-94 age group. Petrillo is the first Palm Beach County athlete to be named Athlete of the Year and Horwath is the fifth athlete from The Villages to earn the honor. PAST FLORIDA SENIOR GAMES ATHLETES OF THE YEAR 2015: Janet Brown, Lakeland; Rudy Vazmina, Sarasota 2014: Danuta Kubelik, Crystal River; Walt Deal, St. Petersburg 2013: Nina Hammer, Bonita Springs; Tom Bliss, Melbourne 2012: Linda Frisch, The Villages; James Richling, Port St. Lucie 2011: Essie Faria, North Miami; Segismundo Pares, Ocala 2010: Avis Vaught, The Villages; Richard Merrill, Lady Lake 2009: Patrice Hirr, The Villages; John Shultz, Inverness 2008: Suzy Nothhouse, Estero; Dean Davis, Fort Myers 2007: Claudette Braswell, Lake Wales; Larry Wallen, Jacksonville 2006: Sari Kisbany, Redington Shores; Roger Gentilhomme, Dunedin 2005: Patricia Sargeant, Melbourne; Andy McGuffin, Umatilla 2004: Lillian Webb, Sebring; Harry Carothers, Pinellas Park 2003: Madelaine “Tiny” Cazel, The Villages; James Anderson, New Port Richey 2002: Janice Lathouwers, The Villages; Allen Bjork, Sebring 2001: Sperry Rademaker, Floral City; Howard Hall, Port Charlotte 2000: Erika Messner, Clermont; Al Treichel, Spring Hill 1999: Patricia Bond, Bradenton; Gordon Johnson, Dundee 1998: Lucia Schatteleyn, Englewood; Donald Ritenour, Belleview 1997: Ethel Lehmann, Largo; Seymour Duckman, Daytona Beach 1996: Hope Fage, Largo; F.L. McFadden, Lakeland 1995: Mary Melehan, Englewood; Leonard Stone, Barefoot Bay 1994: Doris Prokopi, Land O’Lakes; Wayne Wakefield, Bradenton John Horwath (top photo) and Kathy Petrillo (bottom photo) are presented their trophies as 2016 Florida Senior Games Athletes of the Year by Don Hahnfeldt and Mary Lynn Magar. Their ceremony was on the steps of the historic Capitol building in Tallahassee.


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