RENO, Nev., At the Annual Awards Breakfast Saturday morning at the 2008 USA Track & Field Annual Meeting, award winners were announced for their achievements on and off the track. Winners are listed below:
Youth Coaches Awards: Cassandra McKenzie, Fred Thompson, Nelson Alexander
National Youth Chair's Awards: John Chaplin, Sam Smith, Betty Robinson, Darlene Hickman
Masters Track & Field Awards: Male: Nolan Shaheed, Pasadena, Calif.; Female: Phil Raschker, Marietta, Ga.
Masters Track & Field Men 30-59 Athletes of the Year: Bill Collins (55-59), Houston, Texas; Tom Fahey (60-64), Chico, Calif.; Greg Foster (45-49), Lumberton, N.J.; John Hinton (45-49), Chapel Hill, N.C.; Gary Hunter (50-54), Fort Wayne, Ind.; Jim Sorenson (40-44), San Leandro, Calif.
Masters Track & Field Men 60+ Athletes of the Year: John Altendorf (60-64), Corvallis, Ore.; Mel Larsen (80-84), Ames, Iowa; Robert Lida (70-74), Wichita, Kan.; Bob Matteson (90-94), Bennington, Vt.; Emil Pawlik (65-69), Jackson, Miss.; James Stookey (75-79), Dickerson, Md.
Masters Track & Field Women 30-59 Athletes of the Year: Carol Finsrud (50-54), Lockhart, Texas; Rita Hanscom (50-54), San Diego, Calif.; Alisa Harvey (40-44), Manassas, Va.; Oneithea Lewis (45-49), Bayside, N.Y.; Kathryn Martin (55-59), Northport, N.Y.; Joy Upshaw-Margerum (40-49), Los Altos, Calif.
Masters Track & Field Women 60+ Athletes of the Year: Jeanne Daprano (70-74), Fayetteville, Ga.; Christel Donley (70-74), Colorado Springs, Colo.; Betty Jarvis (90-94), Aberdeen, N.C.; Barbara Jordan (70-74), S. Burlington, Vt.; Marie-Louise Michelsohn (65-69), New York, N.Y.; Nadine O'Connor (65-69), Del Mar, Calif.
David Pain Distinguished Service Award: Pete Taylor, Fairfax, Va.: Honorable Mentions: Mark Cleary, Ken Stone, John Seto
Masters Long Distance Running Athletes of the Year
Women: 40-44 Colleen De Reuck; 45-49 Linda Somers Smith; 50-54 Joan Samuelson; 55-59 Kathryn Martin; 60-64 Nancy Rollins; 65-69 Sharon Dolan; 70-74 Ginette Bedard; 75-79 Lois Ann Gilmore; 80-84 Joy Johnson; 85-89 Helen Klein; 90-94 Evelyn Tripp; 95+ Kathryn West
Men: 40-44 Sean Wade; 45-49 Dennis Simonaitis; 50-54 Norm Larson; 55-59 Dan Morse; 60-64 William Dixon; 65-69 Doug Goodhue; 70-74 Bill Riley; 75-79 Lloyd Slocum; 80-84 Jerry Johncock; 85-89 Lloyd Young; 90-94 Henry Sypniewski; 95+ Abraham Weintraub
Masters Long Distance Running Performers of the Year: Women, Joan Samuelson; Men, Dennis Simonaitis
Otto Essig Award: Mary Rosado
Paul Spangler Award: Women, Kathryn West; Men, Abraham Weintraub
Outstanding USATF Association Awards
Most Improved Association of the Year: Georgia
Gold-Silver-Bronze Awards
Gold:Maine, Montana
Silver:Inland Northwest, Long Island, Oregon
Bronze:Pacific
Horace Crow Jr. Award: Mary Bakjian, Southern California Association
Cross Country Awards
Doris Heritage Award:Charlie Brown
Masters Harriers of the Year: Kathryn Martin, Peter McGill
Men's Long Distance Running Awards
H. Browning Ross Merit Award: Bob Sevene
Scott Hamilton Memorial Award:Richard Bolt
Robert E. DeCelle Jr. Award: Fernando Cabada
Allan Steinfeld Award: Scott Keenan
Women's Long Distance Running
Runner of the Year: Deena Kastor
Marja Bakker Contributor of the Year: Frank Porter
Athletics for the Disabled
Athlete of the Year: Jessica Galli
Association Awards: Arizona, New Jersey
Athletes Advisory Florence Griffith Joyner Award: Jocelyn Vides
Officials' Awards
Andy Bakjian Award: Bob Podkaminer
Horace Crow Award: Jim Flanik
Charles Ruter Award: Ken Morton
John Davis Award: Lori & Ron Boemker
Jim Grey Humanitarian Award: Dr. Bill Price
Officials Hall of Fame Inductees: Shirley Crow, Clarence Crawford, Helio Rico, Ron Althoff, Tom Tunk, George Kleeman, Jim Grey, Lori Maynard, Murray SanfordU.S. Track Meet Directors Association
Meet Director of the Year Award: Dave Johnson (Penn Relays)
Howard Schmertz Lifetime Achievement Award: Al Franken
Race Walking Awards
Captain Ron Zinn Memorial Awards: Philip Dunn & Joanne Dow
Mike Riban Contributor Award: Diane Graham-Henry
Association of the Year: Oregon
Chairman's Awards: Robin Beamon, Jim Bean
Henry Laskau Junior Athlete Awards: Trevor Barren & Miranda Melville
Race Walking Grand Prix Award Winners
Men
1. Theron Kissinger - New Balance
2. Patrick Stroupe - Kansas City Smoke
3. Matt Boyles - Miami Valley TC
Women
1. Teresa Vaill - Walk USA
2. Solomiya Login - S. E. PA
3. Joanne Dow - adidas
Junior Men:
1. John Randall - Miami Valley TC
2. Matthew Forgues - Maine Race Walkers
3. Roberto Vergara - South Texas Walking Club
Junior Women
1. Catherine Davis - S.E. Pennsylvania AC
2. Allison Chin - Miami Valley TC
3. Jenna Monahan - St. Josephs College
Men's Team Awards
1st place: Pegasus Athletic Club2nd place: Shore Athletic Club2nd place: New England Walkers
Women's Team Awards
1st Place - Walk USA1st Place - Pegasus Athletic Club3rd Place - Pegasus Athletic Club
High Performance Awards
Harmon Brown Award: Dr. David Martin
Gill Athletics Field Athlete of the Year: Hyleas Fountain
Women's Track & Field Awards
Joseph Robichaux Award: Bobby Kersee
C.C. Jackson Awards: Shalane Flanagan & Stephanie Brown Trafton
Men's Track & Field Awards
Harrison Dillard Award: LaShawn Merritt
Glenn Cunningham Award: Bernard Lagat
Jim Thorpe Award: Derek Miles
Al Oerter Male Thrower of the Year: Christian Cantwell
John Bennett Award: Bryan Clay & Shirley Crow
Roy Griak Distinguished Service Award: Duffy Mahoney
Mountain Ultra Trail Council Runners of the Year
Mountain men open: Joseph Gray
Mountain men master: Simon Gutierrez
Mountain women open: Brandy Erholtz
Mountain women master: Laura Haefeli
Ultra men open: Michael Wardian
Ultra men master: Roy Pirrung
Ultra women open: Susannah Beck
Ultra women master: Beverly Anderson-Abbs
Contributor of the Year: Scott McCoubrey
For more information on USA Track & Field and the 2008 USATF Annual Meeting, visit: USATF.org.
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