Number 1000
by Al Myers
I knew this day would be approaching soon, and lo and behold, it’s here today! This is my 1000th blog I’ve written for the USAWA website, which I dubbed early on as the USAWA Daily News. In 2009 I assumed duties of the USAWA website from Joe Garcia who started the website early on in the late 90’s. So between Joe and myself the USAWA has had a website for close to 20 years!
On top of my 1000 blogs I have written and/or edited many meet results and meet announcements. Add on keeping the meet roster up to date and the other website daily duties this has been quite a responsibility over the past 8 years and requires a daily time committment. Our USAWA website is deep in content. Through the years I have added a large historical archive – past summary results from all the National Championships and IAWA Worlds, summaries of past championships, history of past officers, archive of our Hall of Fame members, and much more. Pretty much anything someone would need to know about the USAWA can be found on this website.
I remember when I started this I thought about the NUMBER 1000 being a good long-term goal and would be considered a “good run” for me. It’s hard for me to believe I’ve actually achieved it.