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 (J.W. North HS, Riverside 2002)
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)Nolan has been one of LA's top studio musicians since 1974
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) Edward ("Ed") Andrew Burke (born March 4, 1940) was an American hammer thrower, especially famous for carrying the flag of the United States at the Olympics in Los Angeles 1984. He was born in Ukiah, California. His best result at the Olympics was the 7th place in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Burke_(athlete)
, 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
[Linda Somers-Smith (born May 7, 1961 in Bitburg Air Force Base, Rhineland-Palatinate) is an American long-distance runner who is a two-time United States national champion in the marathon.[1][2] Somers competed in the marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She also won the 1992 Chicago Marathon (2:37:41) and the 1993 California International Marathon (2:34:11).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Somers]
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
Charles M. Ruter Award: Fred Thomas, Gordon Bocock
John R. Davis Memorial Award: Richard Moss
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
Lydum was the head track and field coach at San Francisco State University, where he tutored several All-Americans, individual conference champions and school-record holders. Under his leadership, the Gators won the 1998 NCAC championships.
http://www.defiance.edu/athletics/track_field_coaching_staff.html
NACAC Coach of the Year
Brooks Johnson [A former head coach at Stanford University (1979-92) and California Polytechnic State University (1993-96)]
The 2010 USATF Annual Meeting in Virginia Beach continues through Sunday. For more information on USATF and the Annual Meeting, visit: www.usatf.org
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