Savage earns another honor
2003 GBHS grad named All American
BY JASON THOMPSON Gulf Breeze News jason@gulfbreezenews.com
Junior Keith Savage, a 2003 G B H S g r a d u a t e , was recently named to the 2 0 0 6 N a t i o n a l S o c c e r C o a c h e s Association / A d i d a s N C A A Division II

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Collegiate All-America Team. Savage was named to the first team, while teammate Felipe Lawall earned second team honors.They are the first two Argonaut men’s soccer players to earn NSCAA/Adidas All- America honors.

“Keith and Felipe are very deserving of the awards and recognition, but a lot of the credit goes to what the team accomplished. If not, we would not be receiving these awards,” said head coach Bill Elliott.

Savage was one of only ten NCAA Division II men’s soccer student-athletes to earn first team All-America honors. This was Savage’s sixth postseason award after helping lead West Florida to a 20-1-3 record.

Savage had earned All-Gulf South Conference, GSC All- Tournament Team, NCAA Division II South Region All- Tournament Most Outstanding Player, Daktronics All-South Region and NSCAA/adidas All- South Region honors.

Savage totaled 28 points on 11 goals and six assists this season, including a six- point (two goals, two assists) performance in the GSC Tournament clinching victory over Montevallo.

He currently ranks fourth alltime with 33 goals and fifth alltime with 82 points. Savage also tallied at least one point in each of West Florida’s four national tournament matches.

“I’m a little stunned because I can’t believe I won the award,” said Savage. “So many other players could have won this award, but it is an honor, and I will definitely take it with pride.”

“Keith is an incredibly hard worker, and I can’t think of anyone else in the country that deserves this award more than him,” said Elliott.

Try-on track at Rhodes

At Rhodes College, Kim Tryon opened her collegiate athletic career Dec. 1-2 at Arkansas State December 1-2.

Tryon, pole vaulting for the first time, vaulted 8-6 after only a few weeks of practice. She also ran 9.25 in the 55 hurdles and triple jumped about 31 feet and split 66 seconds in the 4x400 meter relay.

“She is certainly one of our most v e r s a t i l e weapons in our pursuit of winning the conference and scoring

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high at Nationals,” assistant coach Kevin Semancik said.

Tryon missed qualifying for the 55 meter hurdles by only two places. Her 4x400 meter relay won her qualifying heat with a time of 4:25.32.

Her next meet isn’t until Jan. 20 at Southern Illinois University. Dolphins help Noles beat

UF in swimming

A handful for former GBHS swimmers helped Florida State beat rival Florida. For the Lady Noles, it was their first ever win over UF.

Jimmy Holway, a 2004 GBHS grad, was a part of FSU’s winning 4x400 yard relay. He was second in two other events.

The following are results of Gulf Breeze swimmers and their times:

Event 1 Women 200 Yard Medley Relay - 5) 1:47.54 (2 Jessie Carr, 4 Stevi Steinhauer)

Event 2 Men 200 Yard Medley Relay - 3) 1:32.63 (4 Jimmy Holway); 5) 1:34.8 (2 Matt Skinner)

Event 10 Men 100 Yard Breaststroke - 8) Skinner 59.44

Event 14 Men 50 Yard Freestyle - 2) Holway 20.90

Event 18 Men 100 Yard Freestyle - 2) Holway 46.08

Event 22 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke - 7) Skinner 2:09.13

Event 31 Women 400 Y a r d F r e e s t y l e Relay - 3) 3:28.45 (4 Carr), 5) 3:33.29 (1 Steinhauer)

Event 32 Men 400 Y a r d Skinner

Freestyle Relay - 1) 3:01.78 (2 Holway)

Carr, Steinhauer and Skinner are all 2006 GBHS grads. Former track star to shoot

for more records Lynn Dettenwanger, a 2004 GBHS grad and holder of two school records at M i s s o u r i V a l l e y College, will begin her junior season in track at the M a r s h a l l , Mo. school Jan. 19 in a

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meet at Iowa State University.