| Meet the 80 & Overs |
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| Miriam, the "little Old Lady from Pasadena", whose technical routine was the hit of the 2006 World Championships as she swam energetically to the tune that also depicts her home town, Pasadena. She won not only the technical routine but also the free routine, beating 3 other solists in her 80-89 category. Palo Alto was her 5th world championships. In Munich in 2000, she also won the 80-89 solo. In Palo Alto, she won a second gold medal on the 65 & over team. Miriam has won multiple medals in her 20+ years at Masters Nationals and was the recipient of the 2003 Mae McEwan Award, voted on by Masters competitors. As a teenager, Miriam swam on the Pasadena Athletic Club's competitive speed swimming team. She joined the water ballet class at the Pasadena Y after the 1984 Olympics and has been part of the Unsyncables ever since. She said, "the challenge attracted me, we were learning new skills and needed a way to show them off." Starting masters synchro at age 66, she likes "pooling our talents to produce a pretty number, getting good exercise and associating with nice friends." What better words can be said about masters? |
| Lizzi was the individual high point winner for the Unsyncables at the masters World Championships in 2006, winning 3 gold medals, the 70-79 solo and duet (with Penny) and as a member of the winning 65 & over team. In 2008, Lizzi won the Mae McEwan Award at Masters' Nationals, as well as winning 80-89 solo and 70-79 GM duet. Lizzi has swum in 5 masters worlds and is always among the placewinners, winning mostly gold, but some silver and bronze too. She is the current 80-89 U.S. solo champion and 70-79 duet champion (with Penny DeMeules)) and has won numerous medals in U.S. National Championships since 1984. A swimming teacher in her native Denmark until after WWII, she is one of the original 4 members of the Unsyncables and continues to teach swimming as well. Lizzi says, "I was tired of swimming laps." She said her greatest enjoyment has come "when we all get eight to do the exact same thing together. For those who don't understand the sport, It is a challenge, a much harder sport than you would think." Lizzi is known to all the Unsyncables as a great baker and the team always looks forward to her contributions to potluck lunches. |
| Beverly has not been able to participate in competitions since the Arizona nationals in 2001. She is, however, the number one alternate for both her own age group team and at times for some of the younger teams when they need an additional person for a float or to determine a pattern. She is beloved by all who meet her, as some of her synchro friends from Japan (whom she had not seen in many years) gave Unsyncables members gifts to take home to her while at the World Championships in 2008. Beverly had been around pools as a youth, and she participated in the 1948 Swimming and Diving national championships as a Tower Diver. She always enjoyed swimming and, at age 48, after seeing the 1984 Olympics, she became one of the original Unsyncables. She competed in all national championships through 2001 and participated in the Worlds of 1992-1996 and added a gold medal in the 2000 worlds in Munich. One very memorable moment for her was "diving into the pool minus my noseclip and making up new moves while I untangled the alternate noseclip from my wedding rings." |
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| Miriam turns 90 this year! |
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| Not competing in 2009. |
| Photo courtesy of USA Synchro and Team Hot Shots |
| Photo courtesy of USA Synchro and Team Hot Shots |