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Sussex Academy hosts Senior Olympics swim meet

More than 60 seniors competed in the annual Delaware Senior Olympics swimming competition Sept. 27 at the Sussex Academy Aquatic Center. DAN COOK PHOTOS
Dan Cook
October 6, 2024

The annual Senior Olympics swimming competition was held Sept. 27, at the Sussex Academy Aquatic Center, where 62 participants ranging in age from 53 to 92 competed for medals and bragging rights for a year.

Participants competed in backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, butterfly and individual medley. Several meet records and numerous state records were broken.

For full results, go to delawareseniorolympics.org.

Mary Ruggerio swims the 50-yard backstroke.
Catherine Weaver leaves the blocks in the 50 backstroke.
Dale Bass competes in the 50 backstroke.
Kathy Gawinski swims the 50 backstroke.
Janet Rushmere swims the 50 backstroke.
Jack Siebold leaves the blocks in the 50 backstroke.
Jack Siebold competes in the 50 backstroke.
Stephen Wright swims the 50 backstroke.
Joe Smith, 92, swims the 50 backstroke.
Betty Lampe swims the butterfly.
Joy Homar swims the 100 breaststroke.
Maureen White swims the 100 breaststroke.
The men leave the blocks in the 100 breaststroke.
Dave Treen swims the 100 breaststroke.
The ladies leave the blocks in the 200 freestyle.
Joy Homar swims the 200 freestyle.
Gertrude Bissey swims the 200 freestyle.
Dennis Bass competed against his brother Francis in the 100 butterfly.
Franc Martin swims the 100 butterfly.
Francis Bass competes in the 100 fly.
It’s a family affair as the Bass bunch swims in the Senior Olympics. Shown in back are (l-r) Fran Bass, Dennis Bass and Robert Bass. In front are Dale Bass, Millie (Bass) Zimmerman and Dawn Bass, wife of Robert.

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Dan has worked for the Cape Gazette for more than 30 years as a photographer and reporter, covering high school sports and happenings around eastern Sussex County. He won a photography award from the National Newspaper Association, and numerous awards from the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association. A Delaware native, Dan graduated from Cape in 1972 and returned as a teacher and coach in the 1980s. He retired from the classroom in 2016. He was inducted into Cape High’s Legends Stadium in 2016. In his spare time, Dan enjoys spending time with his wife, two sons, grandchildren and dogs. 

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