From: Mio E Cloud <>
To: Camp Chikopi <campchikopi@aol.com>
Sent: Wed, Aug 11, 2010 3:43 pm
Subject: THANKS!

Colette and Bob,

Thank you very much for having us.  We didn’t realize how much we missed camp until we were not able to go ….  I hope the banquet was a success, as always, and wish you the best for the rest of the summer!   

Mio

17 August 2010.  Bob, Colette and Teagan attended the wedding of Chikopi Alum, Les MacDougall.

Les & Jenn MacDougall

While there we caught up with several other MacDougall Chikopi alum too.

Bob, Steff Dolan, (nee MacDougall), Teagan Duenkel, Stephen MacDougall, Les MacDougall, Ian MacDougall (not photographed)

April 2010

Camp Chikopi Alumni

Bob Duenkel

Camp Chikopi Director Since 1980

Dear Old or Ancient Camper,

This letter may catch many of you by surprise.  Yes!  Camp Chikopi is well and operating just like it did over 90 years ago when Matt Mann II opened his first season on beautiful Ahmic Lake.  Since that first year, thousands of boys have benefited from that great Chikopi experience under the tutelage and coaching of Matt, then his son, Mattie.  RoseMary and her husband, Buck Dawson, owned and managed the camp for several years with the help of Pat Hayhurst as Director.  Bob Duenkel is now the Director he has been associated with Chikopi since 1976.

Many of you have fond memories of the Mann Family and the many unforgettable experiences, which you had at one of North America’s first sports camp, and the first ever established swim camp.  Matt could not have known that Chikopi’s wilderness site and his philosophy of sport and life would be values so sound that they are needed today more than ever.  1920’s old fashioned values are applied to the boys as they learn social skills today in the 21^st Century.

We want to revive your association with Chikopi, to rekindle and revive the comraderie and friendships you had during your years at camp.  Through the Chikopi Website and Newsletters we will keep you abreast with what has happened at Chikopi since you were there and with the friends you made while at camp, some of whom you have lost track of and so have we.

Below is a questionnaire for us to get some current information on where you are and what you are doing.  The MainHouse fire of 1954 burned many of our original records.  We are currently setting up an official “Facebook” site where it will be fun to set up a network of names and faces from the past.  As Matt Mann II said.  “The only way to get it done is to do it.”

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

2010.4.21 (Alum Questionnaire)

Chris Brandt and the TOPS YMCA Swim Team, (Illinois), stopped by the Hall Of Fame to visit with Bob and receive a tour of the museum, on Friday 9th April.  Chris and the team are here for the 2010 Y Nationals being hosted at the Hall of Fame Aquatic Complex.

While competing at the 2010 Y Swimming and Diving National Championships,  held at the International Swimming Hall of Fame Aquatic Complex in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  Tom and John Lawson stopped by the museum to visit with Bob.  John finished in 15th place in the 200 medley relay making the consolation finals.  His team won the New Jersey YMCA State Championships  -  the Sunset Valley Y

CSCAA Announces Inaugural Winners of the Ted Keller Diving Honor

The College Swimming Coaches Association of America along with the Kalos Kagathos Foundation announced today the inaugural winners of the TED KELLER DIVING HONOR. Bruce Hopping Chairman of the Kalos Kagathos Foundation states “this honor is to be conferred annually to the diving coach and diver from the collegiate ranks who distinguish the legacy of Ted Keller”. Keller is the former Diving coach of Ft. Lauderdale and annual College Diving Forum Director.

            Criteria for the recipients include: Academic achievement, respect for coaches and athletes, exceptional achievement, sportsmanship and commitment to instruction, training and attendance. Bob Rydze of the University of Iowa chairs the selection committee.

            A three foot ceramic – sculptured Greek vase depicting a boy and girl diver being coached will reside in the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Ft. Lauderdale Florida. There will be a plaque on the vase honoring each year’s winners. Each winner will receive a certificate to be presented at the annual Diving Forum or at the appropriate NCAA Championship.

            The inaugural winners of the Award are: Diver – David Boudia of Purdue University and Diving coach – Matt Scoggin of the University of Texas – Austin. These two outstanding inaugural winners set the bar high for future recipients.

            The Honor of presenting the award was bestowed by Bob Duenkel, International Swimming Hall of Fame Executive Director, and Rob Groseth, College Swim Coaches Association of America Executive Director, at the Men’s NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving National Championships in Columbus, Ohio, at Ohio State University on March 24^th 2010. 

          Ted Keller has designed and constructed Chikopi’s hand-made awards for the past 20 years.  Each award is different and unique.

February 22, 2010                  

International Swimming Hall of Fame

1 Hall of Fame Drive

Fort Lauderdale, Fl 33316

 Sports News Release 

The International Swimming Hall of Fame announces that Albuquerque Academy swimming coach, Dave Barney, whose boys’ and girls’ teams won a record-breaking 30^th and 31^st New Mexico State Swimming & Diving Championship last weekend in Albuquerque, has topped the national record of 30 combined state meet wins previously held by Coach Jack Nelson in the State of Florida.  Nelson’s accumulative record was achieved while coaching at Ransom Everglades, the Pine Crest School and Fort Lauderdale High School. Barney achieved his mark coaching at Albuquerque Academy only.

            Barney’s female swimmers have won 14 state meet championships since 1986. He established the Academy’s girls swimming program in 1975, shortly after the school became coeducational.  His male swimmers have won 17 championships since 1985, including 10 in the last twelve years. Over the years, his swimmers have posted 218 New Mexico High School State Meet gold medal swims while setting 63 individual and relay state records. 

Chikopi’s Nick Thoman, (1999-2002), stands on the podium with Michael Phelps (L) and Aarron Peirsol (C), after the Men’s 100m Backstroke final during the Charlotte Ultra Swim at the Charlotte Aquatic Center on May 16, 2009 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Short Course World Records

Camp Chikopi Alumnus, Teagan Duenkel, (2002-2009), competed in the local Youth Soccer Tournament at Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale, (6-7 age group).

Chikopi proudly sponsored the team. Three more alums are on the Team:

• Coach – Will Cannon – Chikopi alum
• Grant Voet – Mother, Laura Hatfield, Ak-o-Mak alum
• Landon Stoll – Mother Ak-o-Mak alum