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 I R I For more information on USA Track & S Field and the 2008 USATF Annual O N Meeting, visit: www.usatf.org . A M R E PRESIDENT BILL ROE (FAR RIGHT) AND MASTERS LDR CHAIR DONALD LEIN PRESENT MARY ROSADO WITH THE OTTO ESSIG AWARD THANK YOU!! SEE YOU NEXT YEAR IN INDY! OFFICIAL USATF SPONSORS OFFICIAL SUPPLIERS USATF Today VOLUME 7, ISSUE 4 DECEMBER 7, 2008 RENO, NEVADA DOZENS HONORED AT AWARDS BREAKFAST At the Annual Awards Masters Track & Field Women 60+ Breakfast Saturday morning at the Athletes of the Year: Jeanne 2008 USA Track & Field Annual Daprano (70-74), Fayetteville, Ga.; Meeting, award winners were Christel Donley (70-74), Colorado announced for their achievements Springs, Colo.; Betty Jarvis (90-94), on and off the track. Winners are Aberdeen, N.C.; Barbara Jordan (70- listed below: 74), S. Burlington, Vt.; Marie-Louise Michelsohn (65-69), New York, N.Y.; Youth Coaches Awards: Nadine O’Connor (65-69), Del Mar, Cassandra McKenzie, Fred Calif. Thompson, Nelson Alexander David Pain Distinguished Service National Youth Chair’s Awards: Award: Pete Taylor, Fairfax, Va.: John Chaplin, Sam Smith, Betty Honorable Mentions: Mark Cleary, Ken Robinson, Darlene Hickman Stone, John Seto Masters Track & Field Awards: Masters Long Distance Running Male: Nolan Shaheed, Pasadena, Athletes of the Year Calif.; Female: Phil Raschker, Women: 40-44 Colleen De Reuck; I R Marietta, Ga. I 45-49 Linda Somers Smith; 50-54 S O Joan Samuelson; 55-59 Kathryn N Masters Track & Field Men 30- A Martin; 60-64 Nancy Rollins; 65-69 M 59 Athletes of the Year: Bill R Sharon Dolan; 70-74 Ginette Bedard; Collins (55-59), Houston, Texas; E 75-79 Lois Ann Gilmore; 80-84 Joy Tom Fahey (60-64), Chico, Calif.; YOUTH CHAIR LIONEL LEACH (RIGHT) PRESENTS SAM Johnson; 85-89 Helen Klein; 90-94 Greg Foster (45-49), Lumberton, SMITH WITH A NATIONAL YOUTH CHAIR’S AWARD Evelyn Tripp; 95+ Kathryn West N.J.; John Hinton (45-49), Chapel Hill, N.C.; Gary Hunter (50-54), Fort Wayne, Ind.; Jim Men: 40-44 Sean Wade; 45-49 Dennis Simonaitis; 50-54 Sorenson (40-44), San Leandro, Calif. Norm Larson; 55-59 Dan Morse; 60-64 William Dixon; 65-69 Doug Goodhue; 70-74 Bill Riley; 75-79 Lloyd Slocum; 80-84 Masters Track & Field Men 60+ Athletes of the Year: John Jerry Johncock; 85-89 Lloyd Young; 90-94 Henry Altendorf (60-64), Corvallis, Ore.; Mel Larsen (80-84), Ames, Sypniewski; 95+ Abraham Weintraub Iowa; Robert Lida (70-74), Wichita, Kan.; Bob Matteson (90- 94), Bennington, Vt.; Emil Pawlik (65-69), Jackson, Miss.; Masters Long Distance Running Performers of the Year: James Stookey (75-79), Dickerson, Md. Women, Joan Samuelson; Men, Dennis Simonaitis Masters Track & Field Women 30-59 Athletes of the Year: Otto Essig Award: Mary Rosado Carol Finsrud (50-54), Lockhart, Texas; Rita Hanscom (50-54), San Diego, Calif.; Alisa Harvey (40-44), Manassas, Va.; Paul Spangler Award: Women, Kathryn West; Men, Abraham Oneithea Lewis (45-49), Bayside, N.Y.; Kathryn Martin (55-59), Weintraub Northport, N.Y.; Joy Upshaw-Margerum (40-49), Los Altos, Calif. Outstanding USATF Association Awards Most Improved Association of the Year : Georgia Gold-Silver-Bronze Awards Gold: Maine, Montana AAC ELECTIONS Silver: Inland Northwest, Long Island, Oregon PRESIDENT: JON DRUMMOND Bronze: Pacific VICE PRESIDENT: ALLEN JOHNSON Horace Crow Jr. Award: Mary Bakjian, Southern California Association SECRETARY: SUZY POWELL TREASURER: DEXTER MCCLOUD continued on page 3 1 BROWN REMEMBERED WITH RICO LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Known worldwide as a pioneer in sports science and medicine, Dr. C. Harmon Brown, was posthumously named the recipient of the Heliodoro and Patricia Rico Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2008 Jesse Owens Awards and National Track & Field Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Reno, Nev . Formerly known as USATF's Pacesetter Award, the award acknowledges an individual's long-term impact on and contribution to the sport of track and field in the United States. A well-respected author, coach, professor, speaker, endocrinologist, team administrator and track meet official, Dr. Brown, a resident of San Mateo, Calif., served the sport of track and field in countless ways. He died on November 11, 2008 at the age of 78, A school record-holding hurdler in his younger days, Brown earned his M.D. from the George Washington School of Medicine in 1956. While pursuing his career in medicine in California, he coached in club, high school, collegiate, national and international levels. During his coaching career he mentored numerous All-Americans and three Olympic O T O throwers. He served on coaching staffs with nine Team USA international teams from H P 1967-1986, including two Olympic and two Pan-American teams. F A A When he began coaching in 1962, women were not permitted to participate in I collegiate competitions. Brown became a tireless advocate on behalf of women athletes and conducted pioneering research on the effects of strenuous exercise on the female body to demonstrate women's physiologic and performance capabilities. Brown served TAC/USATF as chair of the organization's Sports Science and Medical Committee for two decades, where he was instrumental in developing USATF's innovative drug testing initiatives. The past few years he served as USATF's High Performance Sports Science Chair. Brown was also one of the co-architects of USATF's High Performance Programs philosophy of track and field being an athlete-centered, coach-driven and science-based sport. Brown was a member of the IAAF Medical and Anti-Doping Commission, and in the early 1980s he helped to initiate and then chair the IAAF Medical Education Working Group, a forerunner to the current Medical and Anti-Doping Commission. In all, Brown's contribution to the IAAF's medical and anti-doping program consisted of 24 years of devoted service, a period which also involved many appointments as Medical Delegate to IAAF championships. A contributing author to the USA Track & Field Coaching Manual, Brown was a well respected author. He served as the editor and co-author of the IAAF Medical Manual for Athletics and Road Running Competitions: A Practical Guide, a publication which is now in its third edition. DARLENE HICKMAN RECEIVES GIEGENGACK AWARD Former USATF Board member, coach, volunteer and meet official Darlene Hickman on Saturday was honored with USA Track & Field's Robert Giegengack Award at the Jesse Owens Awards and National Track & Field Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Reno. Named in honor of former Yale University coach and 1964 Olympic Team head coach Robert Giegengack, the award goes to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the development and success of USA Track & Field and the larger community of the sport. Hickman has served the sport in countless ways over the course of more than 30 years. She has coached young athletes at her local school and has been an Olympic and Goodwill Games meet official. With a history of involvement with youth, race walk, women’s track and field, long distance running, masters track and field, coaching education, athlete development and USATF Associations, she has worked in nearly every area of the sport. Since 1984 she has been a certified international race walk judge and is a past president of the USATF Pacific Northwest Associations. On the USATF national level, she has been Women's Track & Field Committee secretary, USATF national vice president, and national secretary, serving twelve years as a national officer and board member. For the last four years, she has been a special assistant to outgoing USATF President Bill Roe and has assisted with the diversity and leadership efforts of USATF. She has been the team leader, manager or team official on countless U.S. youth, junior and elite teams around the world, yet she remains just as active on her local level as she was in the 1970s. “It doesn't seem I can go to a local Seattle meet without encountering her on the computer or clerking,” Roe said before presenting the award to his fellow Washington state resident. “With many years of service ahead of her, we salute her voluminous legacy to our sport already amassed. 2 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 I R I Officials’ Awards S Andy Bakjian Award: Bob Podkaminer O N Horace Crow Award: Jim Flanik A M R Charles Ruter Award: Ken Morton E John Davis Award: Lori & Ron Boemker STEPHANIE HIGHTOWER, LAURYN WILLIAMS, JOCELYN VIDES, HYLEAS FOUNTAIN AND JON Jim Grey Humanitarian Award: Dr. Bill DRUMMOND PRESENTING THE ATHLETES ADVISORY FLORENCE GRIFFITH JOYNER AWARD Price Junior Men: John Randall – Miami Valley TC Officials Hall of Fame Inductees: Shirley Crow, Clarence Matthew Forgues – Maine Race Walkers Crawford, Helio Rico, Ron Althoff, Tom Tunk, George Roberto Vergara – South Texas Walking Club Kleeman, Jim Grey, Lori Maynard, Murray Sanford Junior Women U.S.