Dozens Honored at USATF Awards Breakfast, release, note by Larry Eder

USA Track & Field honored many quite worthy folks in the organization this morning at the awards breakfast. Congrats to all and to our friends at New England USATF, who were recognized!

Tom Surber
USA Track & Field
Media Information Manager
317-713-4690; Tom.Surber@usatf.org

Dozens honored at Awards Breakfast

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – At the
Annual Awards Breakfast Saturday morning at the 2010 USA Track &
Field Annual Meeting, award winners were announced for their
achievements on and off the track. Winners are listed below:

Associations Awards

Association of the Year: New England Association

Horace Crow Award: Linda Bommicino

Men’s Long Distance Running Awards

H. Browning Ross Merit Award: Virginia Brophy Achman

Allan Steinfeld Award: Ed Froehlich

Scott Hamilton Memorial Award: Tom Knight

Robert E. DeCelle Jr. Award: Antonio Vega

Women’s Long Distance Running Awards

Runner of the Year: Katie McGregor

Marja Bakker Contributor of the Year: Elva Dryer

Sports Medicine and Science Awards

Dr. C. Harmon Brown Award: Melvin R. Ramey, PhD – Cheryl Parker, PA, ATC – Susan Snouse, PA, ATC – Mark Troxler, D.O.

Women’s Track & Field Awards

Joseph Robichaux Award: Connie Price-Smith

C.C. Jackson Award – Track Athlete: Debbie Dunn

C.C. Jackson Award – Field Athlete: Chanute Howard

Men’s Track & Field Awards

Harrison Dillard Award: David Oliver

Glenn Cunningham Award: Bernard Lagat

Jim Thorpe Award: Dwight Phillips

Al Oerter Male Thrower Award: Christian Cantwell

John Bennett Award: Rick McGuire (Contributor), Ashton Eaton (Athlete)

Roy Griak Distinguished Service Award: Dean Hayes

Youth Athletics Awards

Frank Sevigne Award: Denise Smotherland

Bill Hargrove Award: USATF North Carolina Association

Cross Country Awards

Male Athlete of the Year: Patrick Smyth

Female Athlete of the Year: Shalane Flanagan

Cross Country Council Awards:

Doris Heritage Award: Bill Roe

Masters Harriers of the Year: Carmen Ayala-Troncoso, Rick Becker

Masters Track & Field Awards

Masters Athlete of the Year: Oneithea “Neni” Lewis, W50

Masters Male Athlete of the Year: Ralph Maxwell (M90), Nolan Shaheed (M60)

David Pain Distinguished Service Award: Leslie (Jim) Weed

Masters Track & Field Age Division Athletes of the Year Women

Ages 30-59

Lisa Daley (40), Rita Hanscom (56), Renee Henderson (45), Kay Glynn (57), Kathy Martin (59), Lisa Valle (44)

Women Ages 60-79

Kathy Bergen (70), Christel Donley (75), Audrey Lary (75), Flo Meiler (76), Phil Raschker (63), Carol Young (70)

Women Ages 80+

Betty Jarvis (95), Sumi Onodera-Leonard (80), Johnnye Valien (80)

Men Ages 30-59

Nick Berra (41), David Bickel (40), Richard Burns (55), Bill Collins (55), Michael Waller (52), Jim Wetenhall (56)

Men Ages 60-79 Charlie Allie (63), John Altendorf (63), Tyrone Brown (65), Edward Burke (70), Ray Feick (78), Donald Neidig (65)

Men Ages 80+ Harvey Lewellen (81)Leland McPhie (95)Orville Rogers (90

Masters Long Distance Running Awards

Male Athlete of the Year: Doug Winn

Female Athlete of the Year: Linda Somers Smith

Masters LDR Athlete of the Year: Linda Somers Smith

Otto Essig Award Contributor to Masters LDR: Lee Ann Meyer

Paul Spangler Award: Henry Sypniewski

Masters Age Division Athletes of the Year

M40 Tracy Lokken – W40 Stephanie Herbst Lucke

M45 Mbarak Hussein – W45 Linda Somers Smith

M50 John Tuttle – W50 Joan Samuelson

M55 Reno Stirrat – W55 Kathryn Martin

M60 Doug Winn – W60 Sabra Harvey and Nancy Rollins

M65 Doug Goodhue – W65 Sharon Dolan

M70 Bill Riley – W70 Barbara Miller

M75 Ray Parella – W75 Lois Gilmore

M80 Jerry Johncock – W80 Margretta Lutz

M85 Lou Lodovico

M90 Henry Sypiewski – W90 Evelyn Tripp

Race Walking Awards

Captain Ron Zinn Memorial Awards:

Male Athlete: Trevor Barron

Female Athlete: Maria Michta

Mike Riban Contributor Awards: Maryanne Daniel, Stella Cashman, USATF Minnesota Association

Henry Laskau Junior Athlete Award: Trevor Barron, Nicolette Sorensen

Male Race Walker of the Year: Chris Schmid

Female Athlete of the Year: Teresa Vaill

Mountain /Ultra/ Trail Running Awards

Mountain Runners of the Year:

Mountain Men Open: Joseph Gray

Mountain Men Master: Tim Van Orden

Mountain Women Open: Kristin Price

Mountain Women Masters: Nicole Hunt

Ultra Men Open: Michael Wardian

Ultra Men Masters: Scott Dunlap

Ultra Women Open: Kami Semick

Ultra Women Masters: Meghan Arbogast

USA Trail Championships Series Winners: Mario Mendoza, Gina Lucrezi

Contributor of the Year: Bob and Anita Teschek

Officials Awards

Andy Bakjian Award: Shirley Crowe

Horace Crow Jr. Award: Mike Armstrong

James Grey Humanitarian Award: James Carlisle

Lori Maynard Award: Bruce MacDonald

U.S. Track Meet Directors Association Awards

Meet Director of the Year Award: Jack Pfeifer

The “Howard Schmertz” Lifetime Achievement Award: David E. Walker

Coaching Education Award

Fred Wilt Award: Matt Lydum

NACAC Coach of the Year

Brooks Johnson

The 2010 USATF Annual Meeting in Virginia Beach
continues through Sunday. For more information on USATF and the Annual
Meeting, visit: www.usatf.org

Author

Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 50-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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