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MARADMIN 109/02
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC/MRS//
SUBJ/SEMPER FIT ANNOUNCES U.S. MARINE CORPS ATHLETES OF THE YEAR//
POC/PAMALA HODGE/GS12/MR/MRS/TEL:(703)784-9542//
RMKS/1. 2NDLT MOLLY JO SALNESS AND LCPL JELANI A. NIX WERE NAMED
U.S. MARINE CORPS FEMALE AND MALE ATHLETES OF THE YEAR FOR THE YEAR
2001. 2NDLT SALNESS STATIONED AT TRAINING SQUADRON SIX, NAS WHITING
FIELD, FL AND LCPL NIX STATIONED AT MALS-14, MCAS CHERPT 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, 22 MARCH 2002, AT THE
CRYSTAL GATEWAY MARRIOTT IN ARLINGTON, VA.
2. 2NDLT SALNESS, A NAVAL PENTATHLETE, DISTINGUISHED HERSELF AT THE
CONSEIL INTERNATIONAL DU SPORT MILITAIRE (CISM) NAVAL PENTATHLON
CHAMPIONSHIP HELD IN ISTANBUL TURKEY 30 JUNE - 8 JULY 01. 2NDLT
SALNESS WON FOUR GOLD MEDALS, COMPETING AGAINST 22 WOMEN FROM 8
COUNTRIES. SHE WON THE OVERALL INDIVIDUAL WOMANS EVENT; SET A WORLD
RECORD IN THE LIFE-SAVING EVENT; WON THE UTILITY UNIFORM SWIM EVENT
AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE WOMEN'S GOLD MEDAL WINNING TEAM. THE NAVAL
PENTATHLON IS MADE UP OF FIVE EVENTS: OBSTACLES RACE; LIFE-SAVING
RACE; SEAMANSHIP RACE; UTILITY SWIMMING RACE; AND AN AMPHIBIOUS
CROSS-COUNTRY RACE.
3. LCPL JELANI A. NIX, A BASKETBALL PLAYER, WAS A MEMBER OF THE
ARMED FORCES ALL-STAR TEAM WHICH WON A GOLD MEDAL AT THE SUPREME
HEADQUARTERS ALLIED POWERS EUROPE TOURNAMENT IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
2-10 DECEMBER 02. LCPL NIX WAS THE HIGH SCORER IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME LEADING HIS TEAM TO VICTORY OVER LATVIA. TWELVE COUNTRIES
PARTICIPTED IN THIS TOURNMENT. LCPL NIX WAS SELECTED AS ONE OF THE
FIVE MEMBERS OF THE ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM AT THE ARMED FORCES
CHAMPIONSHIP. LCPL NIX IS A TWO TIME ALL-MARINE PLAYER AND TWO TIME
ARMED FORCES ALL-STAR BASKETBALL TEAM SELECTEE.//
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