INDIANAPOLIS - At the Annual Awards Breakfast Saturday morning, USA Track & Field announced the 2006 awards winners for their contribution on and off the track. The winners are listed below: Youth Athletics Committee Awards Frank Sevigne Award: Inez Finch and Harold "Lefty" Martin Bill Hargrove Award: North Carolina The Chair Awards: Erika Baxter, Larry Colbert, Sr., Jack Enad, James Duncan, Ron Jackson, Al McDaniels, Ginger Mulanax, Roma Poole, Robert W. Smith and Ray Vanderstein Masters LDR Committee Awards Otto Essig Award: Don Lein Paul Spangler Award: Kathryn West and Vernon Schaefer Age Division Runners of the Year: 40-44: Colleen DeReuck, Dennis Simonaitis 45-49: Carmen Ayala-Troncoso, John Tuttle 50-54: Kathryn Martin, Pete Orban 55-59: Nancy Rollins, Gary Romesser 60-64: Jan Holmquist, Gerard, Malacynski 65-69: Barbara Miller, Bill Borla 70-74: Ginette Bedard, Bill Riley 75-79: Toshiko D'Elia and Lois-Ann Gilmore, Joe Fernandez 80-84: Helen Klein, Lou Lodovico 85-89: Louise Rossetti, Bill Tribou 90-94: Marion Downs, John Gray 95-99: Kathryn West, Vernon Schaefer Masters Track & Field Committee Masters Athletes of the Year: Male: Bill Collins Female: Nadine O'Connor Outstanding Single Event Performance Male: Trent Lane Female: Nadine O'Connor Athlete of the Year - Combined Events Male: Emil Pawlik Female: Christel Donley Race Walking Award: Female: Janet Higby Male: Ray Sharpe Masters Administrator of the Year: Suzy Hess Masters Age Group Athletes-of-the-Year: (women's track, women's field, men's track, men's field) 30-34: Sanja Friend-Uhl, Antwon Dussett, Nick Petrucci 35-39: Lisa Daley, Laura Barre, Don Drummond, Pat Manson 40-44: Alisa Harvey, Regina Richardson, Aaron Thigpen, Thomas VanZandt 45-49: Leslie Chaplin Swann and Joy Upshaw-Margerum, Oneithea Lewis, Willie Gault and Pete Magill, Bruce McBarnette 50-54: Kathryn Martin, Monica Kendall, Oscar Peyton, Gary Hunter 55-59: Carol Smith-Hanna, Phil Raschker, Bill Collins, Charles Rader 60-64: Nadine O'Connor, Nadine O'Connor, Steve Robbins and Stan Whitley, Tom Gage 65-69: Kathy Bergen, Paul Edens, Ed Burke and Gary Stenlund 70-74: Mary Harada, Christel Donley, Bobby Whilden, Bob Ward 75-79: Edythe Leek, Gloria Krug and Magdalena Kuehne, Jim Stookey, Bud Held 80-84: Pat Peterson, Johnnye Valien, Mel Larsen, Dick Mulkern 85-89: Gerry Davidson, Melanie Reske, John Means, Robert Chase, Ralph Maxwell 90-94: Betty Jarvis, Bob Matteson, Leland McPhie 95+: Trent Lane (men's field) Associations Committee Awards
Association-of-the-Year: Wisconsin Gold-Silver-Bronze Awards: Gold: Inland Northwest and Maine Silver: Long Island, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, Pacific Bronze: New England, Pacific Northwest Horace Crow Jr. Award: Valerie Foss Cross Country Running Council Awards Doris Heritage Award: Male: Adam Goucher Female: Blake Russell Mountain/Ultra/Trail Running Council Awards
Mountain Runners-of-the-Year: Male: Simon Gutierrez Female: Nicole Hunt Masters Male: Simon Gutierrez Masters Female: Lisa Goldsmith MUT Contributor-of-the-Year: Laspotiva/Golibe Ultrarunners-of-the-Year: Ted Corbitt Award: Karl Meltzer Ruth Anderson Award: Nikki Kimball Masters Male: Dan Verrington Masters Female: Anne Riddle-Lundblad Men's LDR Committee Awards H. Browning Ross LDR Merit Award: Joe Newton Scott Hamilton Award: Kevin Hanson and Pete Hanson Robert E. DeCelle, Jr., Award: Dan Lincoln Women's LDR Committee Awards Runner-of-the-Year: Marla Runyan Marja Bakker Contributor-of-the-Year Award: Irene Herman Athletics for the Disabled Committee Awards Awards of Merit: Athlete: Jessica Galley (Wchair) Association: Georgia Athletes Advisory Committee Awards Florence Griffith Joyner Award: Kelsey Stephens, Indiana Officials Committee Awards Andy Bakjian Award: Keith Mitchell 25th Anniversary of the Andy Bakjian Award plaque presented to Mary Bakjian Horace Crow Award: Chester Bradley Charles M. Ruter Award: Jim Carlisle John R. Davis Memorial Humanitarian Award: Denise Hutchins U.S. Track Meet Directors Association Awards Meet Director of the Year Award: Tom Jordan, Nike Prefontaine Classic Howard Schmertz Lifetime Achievement Award: Bob Erhart, Drake Relays meet director, 1969-2000 Race Walking Committee Awards Captain Ron Zinn Race Walking Awards: Male: Kevin Eastler Female: Joanne Dow Association: Indiana Additional Race Walking Awards: Mike Riban Contributor: Don DeNoon Henry Laskau Junior Male: Mike Kazmierczak Henry Laskau Junior Female: Katy Hayes Women's Track & Field Committee Awards Joseph Robichaux Award: Sandra Farmer-Patrick C.C. Jackson Awards: Track: Sanya Richards Field: Kim Kreiner Men's Track & Field Committee Awards Harrison Dillard Award: Jeremy Wariner Glenn Cunningham Award: Bernard Lagat Jim Thorpe Award: Walter Davis Al Oerter Male Thrower-of-the-Year Award: Breaux Greer John Bennett Award: Tom Pappas Roy Griak Distinguished Service Award: Harry Groves For more information on the 2006 USATF Annual Meeting, please visit www.usatf.org. | 
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