'Ten Years After'................ My Transplant Anniversary February 22,...

Discover A weekly PBS TV Ad run 2005 on.

2010 NKF US TX Games, Madison,WI. Badgerville, USA.

Sunday August 1, 2010 a day at the Badger Pool for Zonie Swimmers. A hot humid all day adventure for US Defending Champion Team.

Mary Armstrong, Lance Parsons, Bill Wohl, Dianne Miller and Roxanne Papacheck.
(missing from the AZ Swim Team Multiple Medal winners, Ben Sorinson and Steve Duemler.

           

                        Team AZ Pool on the Deck supporters and family members.

Ben Sorinson, Bill Wohl ( 2008 members of AZ Record setting medley relay) with Steve Duemler and Lance Parsons on our 2010 relay team.
 Silver Team Arizona behind Team Michigan but retains our 2008 Medley US Record..

Jaynee has fun with three Gold two Silver as Bill completes a full day of Competition.

Bill with one lance's race bikes at the Trek Bike Factory in Waterloo, WI. tour.

Bill, Jaynee, Libby & Guy.
Our north american friends, international couples.

Two Weeks tomorrow is Madison. Sunday August 1, 2010

The 2008 Games were so special for Team Arizona as we all did so well in the Pool those two days.

For me personally to spend the week with the Parents of my donor Paula and Stan Brady.

Carnegie Mellon University July 2008 NKF US TX Games.

             Tune in for "Return of The Zonies."
             University of Wisconsin Pool on
                 Sunday August 1, 2010
            for the NKF US TX Games 2010.

Personalities: Giving Thanks with Golds

Personalities: Giving Thanks with Golds

About Two Months to 2010 US Nationals in Madison.

                  
                  Team Arizona 2008 NKF
        US TX Games National Champions

    TX Team Arizona represents our state and people as defending 2008 NKF US TX Games Champions. Our team is an ongoing media, support and most positive element for help in the transplant community. Our team and supporters, donor family members, practitioners get to see a bigger slice of our transplant world. The idea for our license plates came from Team AZ member upon returning from the 2002 Games having seen other state Donate Life plates.
                            How do you say
                                Thank you
                               for the Gift of Life?

    Team AZ Heart TX Bill Wohl gives his first    two Gold Medals to his donors parents
                   Stan and Paula Brady.

          

Thousands of Athletes to Descend on Madison for the 2010 National Kidney Foundation’s U.S. Transplant Games

New York, NY (November 4, 2009) – They haven't hit the court or track yet and already this group of athletes has performed death–defying feats. They all carry an inner trophy – a new organ that qualifies them for the dream team in the game of life. Their ultimate trial will kick off at the 2010 National Kidney Foundation’s U.S. Transplant Games in Madison, Wisconsin.

The Games, to be held July 30–August 4, 2010, are an Olympic–style event for athletes who have received life–saving organ transplants of every type – kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas and bone marrow. Transplant athletes will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in 12 different sports, including track and field, swimming, tennis, basketball, cycling and golf. Presented biennially by the National Kidney Foundation since 1990, the U.S. Transplant Games draw participants from all over the country who are organized into 50 state teams.

Both the Alliant Energy Center and the University of Wisconsin Recreational Sports Facilities, will serve as the sports venues. Event hosts include the Greater Madison Convention and Visitors Bureau and the National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin.


             Mary Armstrong goes big too!

“More than 107,000 Americans are currently on the waiting list for life–saving organ transplants and 18 people die each day while waiting. The Transplant Games visually showcase the success of transplantation, demonstrating the life–saving power of organ donation,” says John Davis, CEO of the National Kidney Foundation. “We hope our spirited competition will slam home the message that every American should consider becoming an organ donor.”

Games sponsors include the Greater Madison Convention & Visitors Bureau, Dane County Sports Fund, City of Madison Event Assistance Fund, Wisconsin Department of Tourism, UW Health Children's Hospital and Health System and Froedtert Hospital Foundation.

                              Ben Sorinsen
              dominates his age group big time.

Attendance at the 2010 U.S. Transplant Games are expected to reach 7,000 people, including transplant athletes, their families and friends and families of organ donors. Athlete participants range in age from two to 85. In addition to athletic competition, the Games will feature special ceremonies honoring living organ donors and families of deceased organ donors. The Games will also offer four days of special workshops for donor families and an educational program for professionals involved in transplantation. A special Celebrate Life Night will be held at Willow Island at the Alliant Energy Center on Friday, July 30 and a Community 5 K Run to promote organ donation, will be held on Saturday, July 31, 2010.

Mike  "Chef" Scozzaro another Zonie kidney TX that showed big in the Pool

Team AZ Cheering Section as the Team is a Dominant Force in the Pool.

Little Bradley Epstein cheers on his Dad Heart TX Team AZ Zach Epstein.

Team AZ

Silver Medals in the Mixed Freestyle Relay


                               Medley Relay Team AZ First,
New American Games Record by 20 seconds.

Larry Hagman (JR Ewing.) Liver Recipient
presents gold to Gordon Taylor Team AZ Heart TX Swimmer.

Team AZ Freestyle Relay First Place

Dianne Miller Team AZ Liver TX Gives her Gold Medal

to the mother of her Lifesaving Liver Donor.

Larry Hagman Liver Recipient ( Known as JR Ewing on TV) gives Gordon Taylor Team AZ Heart TX another Gold.

Cycling Season begins with El Tour De Phoenix.

Preparing before the ETP Start.



Ussery pass is a bear about 3 miles uphill with no breaks about half way through.



April 10, 2010 brought a hot windy Saturday for El Tour De Phoenix.
Finishing 55 th overall was a most interesting experience but so good just to ride again.




Sunday April 25, 2010 in Marana, AZ. for the Tour of Tucson's Mountains. Another hot windy day with a finish of 38 th overall.
Just glad to ride again.