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Past Florida Senior Games Athletes of the Year
2005: Patricia Sargeant, Melbourne; Andy McGuffin, Umatilla
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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
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.
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
John Horwath