FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 27, 1999


Run-offs required in elections to fill seats on FHSAA Board of Directors

GAINESVILLE – Incumbents Norman Wein and Jim Kirton, face run-offs with challengers in their respective bids to win election to second terms on the Florida High School Activities Association Board of Directors.

Wein, athletic director of Episcopal High School in Jacksonville, and his challenger, Bishop Kenny High School (Jacksonville) athletic director Bob West, both received 38 votes in the general election.

Kirton, principal of Seabreeze High School in Daytona Beach, was forced into a run-off with Vic Cervizzi, athletic director of Central High School in Brooksville. Kirton received 38 votes in the general election – not enough for a majority of the 104 votes cast. Cervizzi received 24.

The 15-member FHSAA Board of Directors is the body responsible for developing guidelines, regulations, policies and procedures for the Association, which is the governing body for interscholastic athletics in Florida. It also serves as the final court of appeal in all requests for waivers of rules and appeals of decisions which come before it.

Because FHSAA Bylaws forbid any election from being initiated when school is not in session, the run-off elections will not be conducted until September. Both Wein and Kirton will continue to serve on the Board of Directors until those run-off elections are completed and their successors are chosen.

In other elections:

• Merry Ortega, principal of Godby High School in Tallahassee, and David Ward, principal of Union County High School (Lake Butler), will be in a run-off election for the public school seat on the FHSAA Section 1 Appeals Committee. Ward is the incumbent.

• Michael Blasewitz, principal of Edgewater High School in Orlando, and Paula Steele, principal of St. Augustine High School, will be in a run-off election for the public school seat on the FHSAA Section 2 Appeals Committee. Incumbent Eddie Sneed, principal of Jones High School in Orlando, did not run for re-election.

• Keith Windham, principal of Lake Wales High School, won re-election to his public school seat on the FHSAA Section 3 Appeals Committee.

• Mark Masala, athletic director of St. John Neumann High School in Naples, won election to the private school seat on the FHSAA Section 4 Appeals Committee. Incumbent Sam Budnyk of Cardinal Newman High School in West Palm Beach did not seek re-election.

• Bruce Irvin, athletic director of Maclay School in Tallahassee, was elected as the private school delegate to the FHSAA Representative Assembly from Legislative Divisions 3 and 4.

• Dennis Duffy, athletic director of Stewart Middle School in Zephyrhills, and Christopher Wilson, athletic director of Fox Chapel Middle School in Spring Hill, will be in a run-off election for the junior high/middle school delegate seat on the FHSAA Representative Assembly from Administrative Section 2.

• Vic Cervizzi, athletic director of Central High School in Brooksville, defeated incumbent Earl Bramlett, assistant principal of Crystal River High School, for the public school delegate seat on the FHSAA Representative Assembly from Legislative Division 12.

• Incumbent Clyde Russell, principal of John Carroll High School in Fort Pierce, won re-election to the private school delegate seat on the FHSAA Representative Assembly from Legislative Divisions 23 and 24.

• Michael Lindgren, athletic director of Martin County High School in Stuart, was elected as the public school delegate to the FHSAA Representative Assembly from Legislative Division 24.

For the record, here are the results of each of the 11 races in the 1999 FHSAA General Election (** - denotes winner; * - denotes in run-off):

FHSAA Board of Directors
Administrative Section 1 Private School Seat
Norman Wein, Athletic Director, Episcopal (Jacksonville)* – 38 votes
Bob West, Athletic Director, Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville)* – 38 votes
Administrative Section 2 Public School Seat
Vic Cervizzi, Athletic Director, Central (Brooksville)* – 24 votes
Jim Kirton, Principal, Seabreeze (Daytona Beach)* – 38 votes
Robert Lundquist, Principal, Oviedo – 16 votes
Paula Steele, Principal, St. Augustine – 16 votes
Christopher Wilson, Athletic Director, Fox Chapel Middle (Spring Hill) – 1 vote

FHSAA Sectional Appeals Committees
Administrative Section 1 Appeals Committee Public School Seat
Cheri Landry, Principal, Hamilton County (Jasper) – 12 votes
Merry Ortega, Principal, Godby (Tallahassee)* – 38 votes
David Ward, Principal, Union County (Lake Butler)* – 32 votes
Administrative Section 2 Appeals Committee Public School Seat
Michael Blasewitz, Principal, Edgewater (Orlando)* – 40 votes
Paula Steele, Principal, St. Augustine* – 39 votes
Christopher Wilson, Athletic Director, Fox Chapel Middle (Spring Hill) – 13 votes
Administrative Section 3 Appeals Committee Public School Seat
Michael Lindgren, Athletic Director, Martin County (Stuart) – 12 votes
Tim Sparkman, Athletic Director, Astronaut (Titusville) – 21 votes
Mike Tucker, Principal, Winter Haven – 12 votes
Keith Windham, Principal, Lake Wales** – 52 votes
Administrative Section 4 Appeals Committee Private School Seat
Mark Masala, Athletic Director, St. John Neumann (Naples)** – 59 votes
Caroline Sigmon, Principal, King’s Academy (West Palm Beach) – 42 votes

FHSAA Representative Assembly
Legislative Divisions 3 & 4 Private School Delegate
Charles Fielding, Principal, North Florida Christian (Tallahassee) – 8 votes
Bruce Irvin, Athletic Director, Maclay (Tallahassee)** – 16 votes
Administrative Section 2 Junior High/Middle School Delegate
Terry Aunchman, Athletic Director, Gulf Middle (New Port Richey) – 20 votes
Dennis Duffy, Athletic Director, Stewart Middle (Zephyrhills)* – 36 votes
Christopher Wilson, Athletic Director, Fox Chapel Middle (Spring Hill)* – 23 votes
Legislative Division 12 Public School Delegate
Earl Bramlett, Assistant Principal, Crystal River High School – 4 votes
Vic Cervizzi, Athletic Director, Central High School (Brooksville)** – 5 votes
Legislative Divisions 23 & 24 Private School Delegate
Rosemary Hinton, Athletic Director, St. Edward’s (Vero Beach) – 12 votes
Clyde Russell, Principal, John Carroll (Fort Pierce)** – 13 votes
Legislative Division 24 Public School Delegate
Derek Howard, Athletic Director, Gifford Middle (Vero Beach) – 1 vote
Michael Lindgren, Athletic Director, Martin County (Stuart)** – 12 votes

Contact:
Jack Watford
Director of Communications, FHSAA
(352) 372-9551 ext. 170
jwatford@fhsaa.org