2022 Inducted into the New England LMSC Hall of Fame (Contributor)
Years Active 1997-2018
Recipient of the NEM Service Award 2011
NEM President - 2006-2010, 2011-2014
NEM Board Member - 2010-2011
NE LMSC SCY Top Ten Recorder - 2004-2014
USMS National Committee Positions held
2012-2016 USMS Finance Committee Member, Vice Chair 2013-2015
2005-2011 USMS Records and Tabulations Committee Member
2007-2009 USMS International Committee Member
2005-2006 USMS Planning Committee Member
USMS Top Ten Achievements – 68 individual, 9 relay
Club: New England Masters
USMS Profile Laszlo J Eger - USMS Swimmer
Laszlo began competing during his sophomore year in high school while living in New York City. He also played water polo. While attending Yale, he continued to swim, but the emphasis shifted from swim team to water polo. Laszlo returned to competitive swimming many years later in 1994 while living in France, as a Master. He was immediately hooked once again. He loved the feeling of camaraderie of his fellow swimmers and the satisfaction of accomplishing some great times. He returned to the United States in 1995, where he competed as a Master in the NY/NJ area, before becoming a NEM in 1997.
For many years Laszlo has been a familiar presence around NEM local meets, as well as National and World Championship events. Additionally, he has taken on many responsibilities behind the scenes that have helped make our club successful.
“I’m very numbers oriented, so my first job was Top-Ten Recorder (SCY) for the NE LMSC starting in 2004. This is a very challenging task - collecting all meet results, reviewing, correcting errors, uploading them to the USMS web site, preparing Top-Ten submissions, etc. Shortly thereafter, Homer Lane took me under his wings, inviting me to several USMS conventions, and proposed, with Tom Lyndon, that I consider taking over as Club President in 2006. I stayed as President for 4 years afterwards spent 2 years on the Board. I volunteered to take on the presidency again and served from 2011-2014.”
“Maintaining the high standards set by my predecessors is the main goal and challenge. For me, this is providing for the needs of our membership - ensuring opportunities for everyone to partake in their favorite pass time, organizing pool and open water events, and communications (NEM News, web site, e-mails).”