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Athletes
USADSF is pleased to announce Jeff Pollock and Tamara Foronda as the 2005 USADSF Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year. The USADSF Sportsman of the Year went to Jeff Pollock of Salt Lake City, Utah. An exceptional athlete and dedicated to the sport of snowboarding, he snowboarded to a silver medal finish in the Parallel Slalom at the 1999 Winter Deaflympics and a bronze in the Giant Slalom four years later. A member of USA Snowboard Association, the largest competitive snowboard organization in the U.S., Pollock qualified for the Nationals by winning four silver medals in the Open class in the four regional races he participated in this past year. At Nationals, Pollock competed in the Giant Slalom and Slalom races. The format was two qualifying runs for each rider. The top 16 riders with the lowest combined time of their two runs advance to the final which was a dual format. In the Giant Slalom, Pollock finished 10th out of all 27 riders. In the Slalom, he came in 16th after the qualifying runs and made it to the final round racing against the top qualifier, Anton Pogue, a US Snowboard Team member and a 1998 Olympian. Pollock completed the run by more than a second behind, placing 16th overall in the Slalom. His combined top 16 rankings resulted in a National Alpine Overall ranking of 12th. When not training on the snow, he does cross training during the spring, summer and fall months to maintain and increase the physical strength required to handle the race course. The Federation looks forward to his participation in the 2007 Deaflympics.
Tamara Foronda of Lake Elsinore, California was selected as USADSF Sportwoman of the Year. She was Volleyball Player of the Year in Capital Athletics Conference at Gallaudet University and won a bronze medal with teammate Sarah Parker in women's beach volleyball at the 2005 Deaflympics. Foronda was awarded WIDEX's Athlete of the 2005 Deaflympics for Fair Play and Sportsmanship. She plans to graduate with a major in Deaf Education in spring 2006. The past year must have been a busy and memorable one for her. Please join the USADSF family on congratulating Pollock and Foronda. USA Deaf Sports Federation is affiliated with both the US Olympic Committee and the DEAFLYMPICS, Inc. For information on USADSF and DEAFLYMPICS, please visit www.usdeafsports.org and www.deaflympics.com, respectively. |
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