Ken Spence
Ken Spence
Full Name:  Kenneth Alan Eric Spence
     Born:  June 14, 1963
     Died:  August 23, 1982, Tallahassee, Fla.


FSU Career
Swimming & Diving
Year  Pos     Hgt  Wgt  Cl  Ltr  Hometown
81-82 FS                Fr       Plano, TX                       


Comments
From the Tallahassee Democrat

A 19-year-old member of the Florida State University swim team drowned Tuesday while on an outing with seven other FSU swimmers at Gopher Hole Sink on State Road 369.

Kenneth Alan Eric Spence, a sophomore from Plano, Texas, drowned about 4:30 p.m. in an underground tunnel that linked one small sinkhole to another, said Dick Simpson, a spokesman for the Leon County Sheriff's Department.

Simpson said Spence apparently had made the swim several times before his fatal attempt.

Spence, a second-year freestlye swimmer, and other swim team members had made previous visits to the sinkhole, located in Leon County about one-fourth of a mile from the Wakulla County line.



FSU Statistics
Swimming & Diving
   Date    Opponent/Meet                  Event                         Place  Results Points
---------- ------------------------------ ----------------------------- ----- -------- ------
            1982 Season
11/14/1981 Daytona Beach CC               400-Yard Medley Relay           1    3:41.2    1.75
12/12/1981 Indian River CC                400-Yard Medley Relay           1    3:37.9    1.75