CC-AIR HQ Ramstein Swimming Championships
Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 12 September 2007

Event report from Steve Lowe, USAFE Sports Manager:

The USAFE women’s swim team recaptured the title of CC-Air HQ Ramstein Swim Champions and the men’s team finished again runners up behind the German Air Force, held 12 Sept at Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

In women’s competition the USAFE women won six events and placed second in two for a team total of 52 points, sixteen ahead of second placed Royal Air Force (UK) with 36 points. The Netherlands were 3rd with 28pts, Belgium 4th and Germany 5th with 24 and 16 points respectively.

In the men’s competition the USAFE men tied the German Air Force with a total of 58 points, however, by virtue of the championship tiebreaker of most events won meant that the German Air Force were champions with six wins against USAFE’s four event first places. In third place were the Royal Air Force with 35 points, The Netherlands fourth with 28 points and Belgium 5th with 23 points.

Three championship records were broken by the USAFE women in a very fast Eindhoven pool. In the 100m breaststroke Ramstein athlete Capt Lindsey Bauer clocked a 1:20.80 beating the previous record of 1:22.47. Second Lieutenant Virginia Miller from WPAFB knocked nearly a second off of the 200m freestyle record with 2:13.67, the previous record stood at 2:14.42. Then in the final event, the 4X100m freestyle relay, First Lieutenants Julienne White and Sarah Thilo along with Second Lieutenants Lauren White and Virginia Miller clocked 4:18.55 to smash the previous record of 4:24.50 by nearly six seconds.

Results and standings from the championship

The next CC-Air HQ Ramstein championship will be Cross Country, at Koksijde, Belgium, 28-30 November. USAFE athletes interested in submitting applications need to complete an AF form 303 by 2 November. Further information may be obtained by calling the USAFE sports office at DSN496-7934.

USAFE Swim Team:

Captain John Dayton, 315 TRS, Goodfellow AFB, TX

Captain Dustin Nowak, AFIT, WPAFB, OH

First Lieutenant Sarah Thilo, 457 AS, Andrews AFB, MD

First Lieutenant Sarah Mooney, 25 OWS, Davis Monthan AFB, AZ

First Lieutenant Lindsey Bauer, 76 AS, Ramstein AB, Germany

First Lieutenant Paul Brehm, 79 FS, Shaw AFB, SC

First Lieutenant Rory Peterson, 82 MDSS, Sheppard AFB, TX

Second Lieutenant Mason Phelps, 644 AESS, WPAFB, OH

Second Lieutenant Brandon Blair, 586 FLTS, Holloman AFB, NM

Second Lieutenant John Fitzgerald, 78CPTS, Robins AFB, GA

Second Lieutenant Julienne White, 350 ELSG, Hanscom AFB, MA

Second Lieutenant Lauren White, Hill AFB, UT

Second Lieutenant Virginia Miller, AFIT, WPAFB, OH

Staff Sergeant Tiffany Makris, 435 LRS, Ramstein AB, Germany

Senior Airman Justin Pate, 21 OWS, Sembach AB, Germany

Airman First Class Seth Novak, 347 OSS, Moody AFB