Florida Swimming has named Naples resident Erika Erndl the Florida Female Swimmer of the Year.
“I’m very excited about it,” said Erndl, 31. “I didn’t even really think about it. I was very surprised.”
Erndl, 31, won the Masters 1K on Sunday in Aaron Peirsol’s Race for the Oceans in Fort Myers Beach, collecting a $1,500 prize.
“I did surprise myself a little,” she said. “I knew I had a chance to win. I was pretty tired from a hard week of training.”
She doesn’t normally compete in open water competitions.
“I kind of did it for fun,” said Erndl, who won the Masters Mile at the Open Water Festival in Fort Myers Beach in June.
Erndl said she will participate next in pool competitions, the Minnesota Grand Prix in November and the USA Swimming Short Course Nationals in December in Washington.
In August, Erndl set three meet records at the U.S. Open and was named to the U.S. national team as she attempts to qualify for the 2012 Olympics in London.
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