Tucson's Penny Taylor retiring; swam in 1948 Olympics

Tucsonan Penny Taylor, a 1948 USA Olympic swimmer, is retiring after 20 years as Chef de Mission for USA Swimming. She has been at the site of every conceivable major swimming meet in the world since 1988. Taylor was also inducted into the Arizona Swimming Hall of Fame last month, along with gold medalists Gary Hall Jr. and Misty Hyman. Not only that, Taylor was named one of 16 key contributors to swimming in America — a “Splashmaker” — at swimming’s annual awards banquet in Los Angeles. Also on the list of 16: Sabino High and UA grad Dan Hicks, who has been the Voice of Olympic swimming on NBC since 1996. 

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