Awards

The league has two awards specific to diving. Recipients are selected from the nominations we receive from you. You may send your nominations all throughout the summer and no later than July 25th. Click on each award name for the nomination form. The winners are announced at the annual league meeting and awards luncheon in August.

Clark Falkenstein Award

In 2001, the Board of Governors of the Fairfield County Swimming League established the Clark Falkenstein Diving Award in memory of long-time and much beloved diving coach, Clark Falkenstein, who died in 2000 after a typically feisty and courageous battle with a brain tumor. According to the wishes of Maria Coomaraswamy-Falkenstein, and as agreed by the FCSL Board, this award would be presented to “a diver who, regardless of the odds, kept plugging along. One who was not necessarily always a ‘winner’, but who, nevertheless, tried the hardest because of their love of the sport.” The nominations will come from FCSL diving coaches, swim coaches, or divers. The nominations will be reviewed by a committee consisting of the Diving Coaches’ Representative, the Vice-President of Diving, and a person selected by Maria Coomaraswamy-Falkenstein to represent her on the committee. 

Jon Hahnfeldt Award

In 2012, the Board of Governors of the Fairfield County Swimming League voted to recognize the life-long commitment of a beloved diving coach, who had recently passed away, by establishing the Jon Hahnfeldt Award. This will be awarded to “a person who has been an important advocate of, or who has been extraordinarily important to, the sport of diving in Fairfield County.” The nominations for this award will come from FCSL diving coaches, swim coaches, divers, or any member of the FCSL diving community. The nominations will be reviewed by a committee consisting of the Diving Coaches’ Representative, the Vice-President of Diving, and a person selected by Maria Coomaraswamy-Falkenstein to represent her on the committee.