Ryan Crouser and Sydney McLaughlin are big winners at USATF convention

What amazing years for Ryan Crouser and Sydney McLaughlin!

Ryan Crouser set World Indoor and World Outdoor shot put records in 2021, as well as Tokyo 2021 Olympics gold medalist!

Sydney McLaughlin set two world records at the 400m hurdles and won gold medals in the 400 m hurdles and 4x400m relays!

Ryan Crouser won the Jesse Owens award and Sydney McLaughlin won the Jackie Joyner Kersee award.

Ryan Crouser, photo by Kevin Morris / @kevmofoto

Sydney McLaughlin, photo by Kevin Morris / @Kevmofoto

Crouser and McLaughlin

ORLANDO (USA): Double world record setter and double Olympic gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin has been named the 2021 USATF Jackie Joyner-Kersee Award winner, while Olympic and Diamond League champion and two-time world record setter Ryan Crouser has won the 2021 USATF Jesse Owens Award. Esteemed coach Bobby Kersee is named 2021 USATF Nike Coach of the Year, Masters queen Kathy Bergen and teenage phenom Erriyon Knighton won their respective categories, USATF announced. The recipients were honored at the 2021 USATF Night of Legends Gala on December 4 in Orlando, Florida, as part of the USATF Annual Meeting.

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Dave Hunter is an award-winning journalist who is a U.S. Correspondent for Track & Field News. He also writes a weekly column and serves as Senior Writer for www.RunBlogRun.com, and covers championship track & field competition domestically and in such global capitals as Moscow, Birmingham, Zurich, Brussels, Beijing, Rio de Janeiro, Zagreb, Ostrava, and Doha. Hunter frequently serves as the arena or stadium announcer for championship track & field gatherings, including the Ivy League, the Big East, the Mid-American Conference, the NAIA, the Big Ten, and the Millrose Games. Hunter has undertaken foreign and domestic broadcast assignments. He ran his marathon P.R. 2:31:40 on the Boston Marathon course back in the Paleozoic Era. To find out more about Dave, visit his website: www.trackandfieldhunter.com He can be reached at: [email protected]

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