This award is given to to female swimmer with the greatest single individual race of the year, with special emphasis on the 2009 World Championships. Past Winners: 2008: 200 Breaststroke (Olympic Games) - Rebecca Soni
2007: 1500 Freestyle (TYR Meet of Champions) - Kate Ziegler
2006: 200 IM (Pan Pacific Championships) - Whitney Myers
2005: 1500 Freestyle (World Championships) - Kate Ziegler
2004: 200 Breaststroke (Olympic Games) - Amanda Beard
Jessica Hardy returned to competition in August of 2009 and made the most of her races at the U.S. Open in early August. She accomplished the rare feat of breaking two world records in the same race. Swimming the 100m breast, Hardy not only broke the world record in the 100m breast, but also snapped the world mark in the 50m breast at the halfway point. Her time of 29.80 made her the first woman to break 30 seconds in the 50m race.  Rebecca Soni: 100m Breaststroke at World Championships
Rebecca Soni’s won the Golden Goggle for Race of the Year in 2008. In 2009, Soni won gold and set the world record in the 100m breast at World Championships in Rome. Soni had back-to-back swims in the semifinal and final that both went under the old world record. In the final, she took the gold by nearly half a second.
Breakout Athlete Perseverance Award Coach of the Year Relay Performance Male Race of the Year Female Athlete of the Year Male Athlete of the Year
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