Maria Wahlers
Maria Wahlers was the 1957 Queen of Cabrillo Beach. She was selected by the Cabrillo Beach Polar Bears of Cabrillo Beach, California as the individual who best represents the local open water swimming community.
Cabrillo Beach Polar Bears
John Olguin and Jack Cheaney co-founded the Cabrillo Beach Polar Bear Club in Southern California in 1953. The Cabrillo Beach Polar Bears is a club of open water swimmers who train at Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro, California near the finish of the Catalina Island channel crossings. The team annually hosts the Cabrillo Beach Polar Bear Swim on 1 January and is dedicated to swimming, fitness and community service. The members meet to swim everyday at noon and various other times of the day. Beginning in 1953, Cabrillo Beach Polar Bears annually elected a King and Queen of Cabrillo Beach from the many daily beach enthusiasts who gather and swim at Cabrillo Beach.
Kings and Queens of Cabrillo Beach
The list of Kings and Queens of Cabrillo Beach:
2012 • Domino Santro • Miriam Santro
2011 • Steve Skale • Marisa Solomon
2010 • Mitchell Reiter • Jeannie Matthews
2009 • Jack Simmons • Carla Esquivel
2008 • Bret E. Boyd • Annie Donohue
2007 • George Gabric • Regina Ryan
2006 • Paul Ryker • Lydia Jewell
2005 • Lou Mannick • Candice Gawne
2004 • Martin Donohue • Bea Smart
2003 • Courtland Cleaves • Ann Cleaves
2002 • Richard Havenick • Kim M. White
2001 • Ned Heaton • Rebecca Romero
2000 • Bruce Nash • Nancy Jean Utovac
1999 • Marc G. Mendelsohn • Evon Mendelsohn
1998 • George Pugsley • June Smith
1997 • Michael R. Daum • Susan Loftus
1996 • Dennis Trani • Annette McDonald
1995 • Patrick Donahugh • Lisa Kay Marshall
1994 • Clark Faulk, Jr. • Barbara A. Cottom
1993 • Alan Shilling • Melissa Shilling
1992 • Peter Mirich • Kathy Mirich
1991 • Tom Guinn • Esther Bond
1990 • Peter Goemans • Delora Bertsch
1989 • Ben Depentgny • Karen Depentgny
1988 • Anton Svilicich • Alice Turner
1987 • Jerry Naughton • Jerri Naughton
1986 • Hervey Yurak • Mary Croft
1985 • David Fox • Phylis Svilicich
1984 • Allan Johnson • Ursla Martozke
1983 • Tony Malley • Julie Melwig
1982 • John Burich • Sandy Burich
1981 • Bill Samaras • Irene Parkinson
1980 • Ray Falk • Ann Falk
1979 • Tom Schmitz • Jo Ann Schmitz
1978 • Forrest Taylor • Marie Eberhardt
1977 • Lionel Bushling • Julia Fontes
1976 • Albert Rea • Mary Bertsch Samaras
1975 • Jack Carr • Anita Dragovich
1974 • Victor Pappas • Margarethe Hamilton
1973 • Mike Lauro • Felisa Harrold
1972 • Gene Hayes • Mary Ranni
1971 • Kreso Grbac • Eva Grbac
1970 • Lee Carver • Tillie Karnes
1969 • David Jones • Margaret Tracy
1968 • John Reiman • Katherina Berger
1967 • John Durante • Bridget O'Gorman
1966 • Wayne Pickens • Helda Berg
1965 • Bob Browning • Odette Browning
1964 • Willi Hoefke • Dyna Bertolotti
1963 • Martin Vliet • Olga Vliet
1962 • Charles Fisher • Irene Person
1961 • Gregory Jilzov • Emily Copp
1960 • Bob Engdal • Maria Pleso
1959 • Marion Chuka • Trudie Logan
1958 • Norman Pulver • Josephine Gearin
1957 • Joe Anderson • Maria Wahlers
1956 • Oscar Gunderson • Maria Trutanich
1955 • John Truta • Florench Ferkich
1954 • Bob Heron • Margaret Koch
1953 • Raymond Pearson • Marguerite Gardiner
