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SUBJ/SEMPER FIT ANNOUNCES U.S. MARINE CORPS ATHLETES OF THE YEAR//
POC/PAMALA HODGE/GS12/MRS/MR/TEL:(703)784-9542/TEL:DSN 278-9542
/TEL:(703)784-9822//
RMKS/1. 1STLT SUSAN A. STARK AND SSGT TERRY E. BUTTS WERE NAMED U.S.
MARINE CORPS FEMALE AND MALE ATHLETES OF THE YEAR. 1STLT STARK
STATIONED AT 2D FSSG AND SSGT BUTTS STATIONED AT MCRD PISC WILL BE
HONORED ALONG WITH ATHLETES FROM THE NAVY, ARMY, AIR FORCE, AND COAST
GUARD, AT THE "PRIDE OF THE NATION" AWARDS BANQUET HOSTED BY THE
UNITED STATES MILITARY SPORTS ASSOCIATION, 12 JANUARY 2001 IN
ARLINGTON, VA.
2. 1STLT STARK, A MILITARY PENTATHLETE AND TRIATHLETE, DISTINGUISHED
HERSELF AT THE INTERALLIED CONFEDERATION OF RESERVE OFFICERS (CIOR)
MILITARY WORLD PENTATHLON CHAMPIONSHIP IN BERLIN, GERMANY 30 JULY-4
AUGUST 2000. 1STLT STARK WAS A MEMBER ON THE THREE PERSON WOMEN'S
TEAM THAT WON THE OVERALL GOLD MEDAL. INDIVIDUALLY SHE WAS THE TOP
FEMALE SHOOTER. 1STLT STARK, IN HER THIRD TRIATHLON, FINISHED 5TH
IN THE ARMED FORCES TRIATHLON AND WAS SELECTED AS A MEMBER OF THE
U.S. ARMED FORCES WOMEN'S TRIATHLON TEAM THAT COMPETED IN THE
COUNSEIL INTERNATIONAL DU SPORT MILITAIRE (CISM) TRIATHLON
CHAMPIONSHIP IN SABAUDIA, ITALY. THE U.S. ARMED FORCES WOMEN'S TEAM
WON A BRONZE MEDAL.
3. SSGT BUTTS, A TRIATHLETE, DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF BY FINISHING
58TH OUT OF 1500, AT THE INAUGURAL IRONMAN CALIFORNIA, THUS
QUALIFYING FOR IRONMAN HAWAII, WHERE HE FINISHED 240TH OUT OF 1600.
SIX DAYS LATER SSGT BUTTS FINISHED 1ST IN THE MILITARY DIVISION
SETTING A NEW MILITARY RECORD AND 11TH OVERALL AT THE GREAT
FLORIDIAN IRONMAN. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE 1999 AND 2000 ALL-MARINE
TRIATHLON TEAM. SSGT BUTTS RECENTLY RAISED MONEY, IN MEMORY OF HIS
MOTHER, FOR THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY BY RIDING HIS BICYCLE FROM
PARRIS ISLAND, SC TO MARINE BARRACKS, WASHINGTON, DC, A DISTANCE OF
613 MILES IN 5 DAYS.//
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